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This article is about the television channel. For the bank account formerly known as Virgin One, see The One account.
Virgin 1
Country United Kingdom
Ownership
OwnerVirgin Media Television

Virgin 1 is the flagship television channel that Virgin Media Television broadcast. The channel was launched on 1 October 2007 at 9pm on Freeview, Virgin TV and Sky Digital UK, replacing Ftn. The channel is intended to be Virgin Media's attempt to create a rival to Sky One with the advantage of having a wider reach of viewers. The channel will intially have a £40 million budget as well as being funded through advertising revenue.

The channel is broadcast 24 hours on cable and satellite complemented with the Virgin 1 +1 service (not available on Freeview). As Ftn only broadcast for 12 hours on Freeview, Virgin 1 will broadcast on Freeview from 6pm until 6am, contrary to belief that it would broadcast 24 hours a day. However, as ABC1 has closed, Virgin 1 may use this space on their multiplex to extend the hours of Freeview broadcasting.

The www.virgin1.co.uk website will have schedules, programme information as well as social networking facilities.

Launch night

The Channel started by showing three hours of looped previews accompanied by a countdown between 6pm and 9pm. The rest of The Virgin 1 launch Night schedule is as follows:

  • 18.00: Previews
  • 21.00: Criminal Minds
  • 22.00: The Riches
  • 23.15: Penis Envy
  • 00.15: Dog the Bounty Hunter
  • 00.45: Dog the Bounty Hunter
  • 01.15: 2006 World Cup Poker
  • 02.15: Ultimate Poker Challenge
  • 03.10: Gadgets and Stuff
  • 03.35: Gadgets and Stuff
  • 04.05: Takeshi's Castle
  • 04.30: Takeshi's Castle
  • 05.00: Home Shopping

Programming

The schedule for Virgin 1 currently consists of a mixture of American and British comedy, drama and factual programming. The channel is pitched towards its female-targeted channel Living and the male-targeted channel Bravo. The channel also shows commissioned content from Living, Bravo, Challenge and Trouble. Virgin 1 is expected to also show some of the better content from Ftn and current content of which Virgin Media Television holds the terrestrial rights to.

Some programmes that are shown on Virgin 1 include:

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g "October on Virgin 1". Idigitalsales. 18 September, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Virgin 1 to explore UK crime invasion". C21 Media. 24 August, 2007. Retrieved 2006-08-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Virgin 1 schedule (1 October)". Radio Times. Retrieved 2007-09-19. Cite error: The named reference "1oct" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Virgin 1 to air 'cockumentary'". Digital Spy. 23 August, 2007. Retrieved 2006-08-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Virgin 1 television advertisment". Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  7. ^ a b "Virgin 1 to get £40 million investmen". Digital Spy. 24 June, 2007. Retrieved 2006-08-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Virgin 1 goes for bold look with new identity". Brand Republic. 29 August, 2007. Retrieved 2006-09-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


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