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  2. Ultra-high-definition television - Wikipedia

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    The channel "France TV Sport Ultra HD" was available via the Fransat platform for viewers in France. [170] In May 2015, satellite operator SES announced that Europe's first free-to-air Ultra HD channel (from Germany's pearl.tv shopping channel) would launch in September 2015, broadcast in native Ultra HD via the Astra 19.2°E satellite position ...

  3. Universal TV (British and Irish TV channel) - Wikipedia

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    The channel launched in October 1999 and was previously owned by the privately backed Sparrowhawk Media Group, until late 2007 when it was bought out by NBCUniversal.It previously licensed programming and branding from Crown Media Holdings, and was previously known as the Hallmark Entertainment Network and the Hallmark Channel (Crown Media had sold off their international assets in 2005).

  4. UTV (TV channel) - Wikipedia

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    2000 – On 1 July 2000, the day when programme presentation and commercials shown on the four main UK television channels switched from the 4:3 aspect ratio to 14:9 on analogue broadcasts and 16:9 on digital broadcasts, UTV refused to adopt the 1999 ITV Hearts look and introduced a new set of idents inspired by the 1989 ITV generic ident featuring a stripe on a black background using footage ...

  5. Sky Sports - Wikipedia

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    Sky Sports was the first channel to show live rugby union every week when it picked up the rights to show the top division of England club rugby in the mid-1990s. The rights transferred to ESPN in 2009 and the league is now covered by BT Sport.

  6. List of free-to-air channels at Astra 28.2°E (Ireland and the ...

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    This is a list of the free-to-air channels that are currently available via satellite from SES Astra satellites (Astra 2E/2F/2G) at orbital position 28.2 °E, serving Ireland and the United Kingdom. Sky and Freesat use these satellites to deliver their channels.

  7. 2013 in British television - Wikipedia

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    Date Event 2: Former Olympic Skier Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards wins the first series of Splash!.: 4: More4 launches in high-definition for the first time.: 5: Cable television provider Virgin Media announced it is to be acquired by Liberty Global for US$23.3 billion (£15 billion).

  8. BBC Scotland (TV channel) - Wikipedia

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    As of 2017, BBC Scotland had operated regional variations of BBC One and BBC Two for the Scottish region, as well as the Gaelic channel BBC Alba.On 22 February 2017, BBC director general Lord Hall announced that the corporation planned to replace BBC Two Scotland with a new, part-time BBC Scotland television channel, focused exclusively on Scottish programming.

  9. TLC (British and Irish TV channel) - Wikipedia

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    TLC is a British pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.It is based on the American channel of the same name.It launched on 30 April 2013 at 8:00 p.m., [1] replacing Discovery Real Time and DMAX +2.