List of British television channels
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This is a list of channels available on digital aerial, satellite and cable systems. Some channels have a "timeshift" service, i.e. the same programming (and usually advertisements as well) broadcast one or two hours later to give viewers another chance to catch a favourite programme. These channels are not included in the list below.
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A
- ABC1 - operated by Disney under the ABC Brand
- The Adult Channel
- Adventure 1 - affiliated with National Geographic Channel
- The Advert Channel
- Amateur Girls
- Animal Planet - operated by Discovery Networks Europe
- Artsworld
- ARY Digital
- Asia 1
- Asianet
- At the Races - originally operated by Channel 4; now owned by Sky
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B
- B4
- B4U Movies
- B4U Music
- B4U TV
- Bangla TV
- BBC Four
- BBCi 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, Interactive Television Service
- BBC News 24
- BBC One
- BBC Parliament
- BBC Prime
- BBC Three
- BBC Two
- BBC World
- BBC World India
- BEN Television
- BET International
- The Baby Channel
- bid tv
- BIG Game TV!
- Bliss
- Bloomberg Television
- The Biography Channel - affiliated with the History Channel
- Boomerang - operated by Cartoon Network
- The Box
- Bravo
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C
- Cable Channel One
- Cartoon Network
- CBBC Channel - operated by the BBC
- CBeebies - operated by the BBC
- CCTV 9
- Celtic TV - operated by Celtic F.C.
- Challenge
- Channel 4
- Channel M
- Channel U
- Chart Show TV
- Chelsea TV - operated by Chelsea F.C.
- CITV Channel
- Classic FM TV
- CNBC Europe
- CNE
- CNN International (see also CNN for more information)
- Community Channel
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D
- Discovery
- Discovery Civilisations
- Discovery Home & Health (formerly Discovery Health)
- Discovery Kids
- Discovery Real Time (formerly Discovery Home & Leisure; originally TLC)
- Discovery Science (formerly Discovery Sci Trek)
- Discovery Travel and Living (formerly Discovery Travel and Adventure)
- Discovery Wings
- Disney Channel (UK)
- Disney Cinemagic
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E
- E4 - operated by Channel 4
- EuroNews
- Eurosport 2
- Eurosport
- Extreme Sports
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F
- Fashion TV
- FilmFlex - video-on-demand movies for cable
- FilmFour - operated by Channel 4
- FilmFour Weekly - operated by Channel 4
- Five (formerly known as Channel 5)
- Fizz
- Flaunt
- FOX News
- Friendly TV
- Front Row Digital
- Ftn
- FX - operated by Fox
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G
- Gay TV Operated by Red Hot TV
- Gay Date
- Gay Network
- GBC
- Gems TV
- Global Draw Greyhounds
- GMTV - runs on ITV1 daily, 06:00 - 09:25
- GMTV2 - runs on ITV2 daily, 06:00 - 09:25
- The God Channel
- The God Channel 2
- The God Channel Africa
- The God Channel Europe
- The God Channel Scandinavia
- God UK
- GUST - Glasgow University Student Television
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H
- Hallmark Channel
- Channel Health
- Hellenic
- The History Channel
- The Hits
- The Horror Channel
- Hollywood TV
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I
- Ideal World
- ITV1 (Border Scotland, England and Wales; formerly ITV), Scottish TV in S. Scotland, Grampian TV in N. Scotland, UTV in N. Ireland and Channel TV in the Channel Islands
- ITV2
- ITV3
- ITV4
- ITV Play
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J
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K
- Kerrang! TV (affiliated with Kerrang magazine)
- Kiss TV (affiliated with Kiss FM radio)
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L
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M
- Channel m, Manchester
- Magic TV (affiliated with Magic 105.4 FM)
- MATV Midlands Asian Television- targeting Asian viewers in the Leicestershire. Broadcasts programs in Hindi, English and Gujurati
- Men & Motors - operated by ITV
- More4 - operated by Channel 4
- Motors TV
- The Move Channel
- MTV
- MTV Base
- MTV Dance
- MTV Hits (MTV Extra prior to May 2001)
- MTV2
- Multi Channel
- 40 Music Choice Channels (audio and text only)
- MUTV - operated by Manchester United F.C.
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N
- National Geographic Channel
- Nick Jr
- Nickelodeon
- Nicktoons Network
- North American Sports Network (NASN)
- NvTv - Belfast-based RSL
- NTL Front Row - (Pay-Per-View)
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P
- Paramount Comedy 2
- Paramount Comedy
- Performance
- Playboy One
- Playboy TV
- Playhouse Disney
- player (TV channel)
- Pokerzone
- The Poker Channel
- POP
- PremPlus - Formally Premiership Plus (Pay-Per-View)
- price-drop tv
- propeller
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Q
- Q TV affiliated with Q Magazine
- Quiz Call
- Quiz Nation Nordic
- Quiz TV
- QVC
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R
- The Racing Channel
- Racing UK
- Rangers TV - operated by Rangers F.C.
- Rapture TV
- Reality TV
- Redhot 40+ Wives - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot All Girl - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Amateur - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Climax - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Movies - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Only 18 - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Rears - operated by Red Hot TV
- Redhot Wives - operated by Red Hot TV
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S
- S4C
- S4C2
- SAB TV- Indian television
- Sat 1
- Sci-fi (no longer affiliated with US Sci Fi Channel (United States))
- Screenshop
- Scuzz
- Setanta Sports UK
- Shop America
- Simply Shopping
- Six TV, Oxford and Southampton
- Sky Box Office - (Pay-Per-View) 52 screens
- Sky Movies Cinema 1
- Sky Movies Cinema 2
- Sky Movies 1 through Sky Movies 10 (these channels supersede Sky Movies Premier 1 through 5 and Sky Movies Max/Moviemax 1 through 4, but not necessarily in that order)
- Sky News
- Sky One
- Sky Two (originally Sky One Mix and then Sky Mix)
- Sky Three
- Sky Sports 1
- Sky Sports 2
- Sky Sports 3
- Sky Sports Xtra
- Sky Sports News
- Sky Travel
- Sky Travel Extra
- Sky Vegas Live
- Smash Hits
- Solent TV, Isle of Wight
- Sony Entertainment TV Asia
- speed auction tv
- Star Plus
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T
- TCM
- Teachers' TV
- TeleG - Scottish Gaelic channel
- Television X
- TMF - The Music Factory
- Tiny Pop
- Toonami (formerly CNX) - affiliated with Cartoon Network
- Travel Channel
- Treasures TV
- Trouble
- True Movies
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U
- UKTV Bright Ideas
- UKTV Documentary
- UKTV Drama
- UKTV Food
- UKTV G2
- UKTV Gold
- UKTV History
- UKTV People
- UKTV Style
- UKTV Style Gardens
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V
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W
- The Wrestling Channel British Channel broadcasting from Ireland
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X
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Y
- York@54, York.
- YSTV- University of York Student Channel
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Z
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Future channels
- 4Kids TV - A Kids TV channel from 4Kids Entertainment[1]
- Bravo Player - Interactive Spinoff channel from Bravo. To launch Early 2006 [2]
- Bridges TV - Muslim general entertainment channel.[3]
- C4US - Channel for Channel 4's US Imports.[4]
- Cartoon Network Too - from Turner Broadcasting who own Cartoon Network.[5]
- Fight+ - Combative Sports.[6]
- five.2 - channel in development, operated by Five.[7]
- Hallmark 2 - sister channel to The Hallmark Channel.[8]
- Inside Movies - Cinema news channel.[9]
- Sky Vegas Live 2. Spin-off of Sky Vegas Live.[10]
- TCM2 - Sister channel to the British version of TCM. To launch between July and September 2006. [11]
- An unnamed Gaelic TV channel to be funded by SMG plc channels Scottish TV & Grampian TV and the BBC.[12]
- New You Health Channel
- The Queer Channel Gay Entertainment Station [13]
For a regularly updated list of channels lauching on the multichannel platforms see Digital Spy.
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Defunct channels
- The Amp now Bliss
- Auction World.tv - Licence to broadcast terminated
- BBC Choice - replaced by BBC Three
- BBC Knowledge - replaced by BBC Four
- Carlton Cinema
- Cartoon Network+1 replaced with new Toonami
- Channel Six Dundee - A former RSL broadcasting to the city of Dundee
- Chase-it.tv - Licence to broadcast terminated
- CNX
- Disney Channel+1 replaced with Disney Cinemagic+1
- EBN - Merged with Bloomberg
- Express Shopping Channel- operated by The Daily Express
- Faze TV - Television channel targeted towards gay men. Scheduled to start broadcasting in September 2005; however never lauched due to funding issues.
- FilmFour Extreme
- FilmFour World
- Fox Kids now Jetix
- Granada Breeze
- Granada Talk TV
- ITV News Channel (formerly ITN News Channel)
- LONDON TV
- Play UK (originally UK Play)
- Plus - originally Granada Plus; Closed by Granada Sky Broadcasting as part of a deal to carry ITV3 on Sky Digital
- Pop Plus now Tiny Pop
- Premiere (the first premium television service in the UK)
- Shop!
- Six TV, Portsmouth
- Sound TV
- Super Channel — one of the early pan-European satellite television channels. Was taken over by American network NBC.
- The Studio - NTL cable only
- .tv - Previously known as The Computer Channel
- UK Horizons
- UTV2 Broadcast in Northern Ireland on ONdigital (an early UK pay DTT Network) in place of ITV2 which was available in England and Wales
- S2 Broadcast in Scotland on ONdigital (an early UK pay DTT Network) in place of ITV2 which was available in England and Wales
- Sky 2
- Sky Soap
- The Wrestling Channel Reloaded
- Toon Disney replaced with Disney Cinemagic
- TV Travel Shop
- TV Travel Shop 2
- Vectone Sinhala
- Vectone Tamil
- Vectone Music
- Vectone Urdu
- Vectone News and other Vectone-operated stations, 8 in total, all withdrawn without warning on April 15, 2006
- whereits.at
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See also
- Lists of television channels
- Analogue television in the United Kingdom
- Restricted Service Licence
- List of UK Digital Terrestrial television channels
- International BBC television channels
- List of British radio stations
- UK topics
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