Sky2
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- This article discusses the present Sky2 channel (formerly Sky Mix). For the defunct channel with a very similar name, see Sky 2.
| Sky2 | |
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| Launched | 9 December 2002 |
| Owned by | BSkyB |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3) |
| Audience share | 0.5% (July 2009, BARB) |
| Formerly called | Sky One Mix (until 21 September 2004) Sky Mix (until 31 October 2005) Sky Two (until 31 August 2008) |
| Sister channel(s) | Sky1, Sky3 |
| Website | www.sky.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 107 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 122 |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 115 |
| IPTV | |
| Tiscali TV | Channel 34 |
Sky2 is a British television channel, known when it first launched as Sky One Mix and subsequently simply Sky Mix it was then rebranded from Sky Two into Sky2. It was assigned its current name in 2008 when all sky entertainment channels rebranded.
Sky2 is essentially a "catch-up" service for Sky's main entertainment channel, broadcasting popular Sky1 shows a few days after their original airing. It has also been described as a timeshuffle channel, so called to distinguish it from other channels like E4 and Living which broadcast on a timeshift basis (i.e. where they have sister channels showing the same programming 1 hour or so later). The channel broadcasts from Astra 28.2°E as Sky Digital channel 107, next to Sky1, NTL Ireland channel 115 and Virgin Media channel 122. It is also broadcast on Tiscali TV in the UK.
Sky2 carries some programming from Sky Travel and Sky Vegas, but the majority of its output falls under the heading of general entertainment, with "second chance" airings of shows like Lost, Stargate SG-1 and Futurama, although The Simpsons, a Sky1 staple, is notable by its absence. This changed in May 2009 when The Simpsons started being shown in a double bill at 10pm weeknights. Richard Woolfe, Sky director of programming, has been quoted as saying that the channel also broadcasts spin-off programmes from Sky1 shows.
On Thursday 1 March 2007, Virgin Media removed Sky's basic channels including Sky1, Sky2, Sky News, Sky Sports News, Sky Travel and Sky Travel Extra, from their Television Services after a dispute between Virgin Media and BSkyB caused by the expiry of their carriage agreement and their inability to reach a new deal[1]. At Midnight, Sky Two was removed, and the name of the station in the electronic programming guide was changed to "Old Sky Two Try Living" on the analogue cable service. On 13 November 2008, Sky2 along with Sky1, Sky News and Sky Sports News were returned to Virgin Media's television service along with four more Sky channels, these included Sky Arts 1, Sky Arts 2, Sky Real Lives and Sky Real Lives 2.
[edit] Rebrand
On 31st August 2008, Sky Two rebranded as Sky2. The name is similar to Sky 2, an earlier channel. Sky2 also got a new green logo, similar to Sky1 and Sky3's logos in blue and pink respectively. The new idents each include an element, in Sky2's case, it was green liquid, Sky1 with blue gem 'solids' and Sky3 with pink particles.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- TV Listings at sky.com
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