Ftn
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Ftn (Flextech Television Network) or Ftn Channel is a TV channel from Flextech transmitting free-to-air on Freeview (Channel 20), and also on Sky Digital (Channel 157), Telewest (123), and NTL (914). It claims to mix gritty reality, celebrity gossip, full on talk, hard hitting drama, and real life fly on the wall documentaries, although its most well-known shows are American animation Dilbert and famous Australian sitcom Kath & Kim. Ftn also features programmes from other Flextech channels: LivingTV, Bravo, Trouble, and Challenge. The channel broadcasts from 6pm to 6am, although the first hour, 6pm to 7pm, is used to transmit Thomas Cook TV, a holiday shopping channel. Ftn also broadcasts Quiz Night Live between 10pm and 1am, where viewers can win cash prizes by solving an on-screen puzzle and calling a premium rate number or entering online. Callers very seldom find the correct answer, and solutions are never given. Two complaints were made to Ofcom regarding two editions transmitted in January and February 2006 and were not upheld in their March 2006 complains bulletin. It is felt by many that Ftn is a waste of the already limited bandwidth available on the Freeview platform, of which it is a part of, as it shows Thomas Cook TV, Quiz Night Live and Teleshopping for most of its time.