Home Video Channel (HVC) was a British cable television channel that began operating in 1985, broadcasting low-budget films between 8:00 p.m. and midnight. Film genres included horror, action, adventure, science fiction, and erotica. In 1992, a second channel, The Adult Channel, was launched by HVC's owner, Home Video Channel Limited (HVCL). It broadcast erotic films and softcore pornography.
In 1994, HVCL was acquired by Spice Networks, a television channel group owned by Playboy Enterprises. In 1998, HVCL was merged into Playboy TV UK, a Playboy subsidiary that had been broadcasting Playboy TV in the UK since 1995. Playboy TV UK ceased transmission of the HVC channel in 1999, but it continued to broadcast the Playboy TV channel on the Sky UK digital satellite platform. In 2011, Playboy TV UK was sold to Manwin (later MindGeek), and Playboy TV ceased broadcasting in the UK in 2018.