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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 broadcast by Virgin Media Television. 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 initially have a £40 million budget as well as being funded through advertising revenue.

The channel is broadcast 24 hours on cable and satellite complemented by the Virgin 1 +1 service (not available on Freeview). As Ftn only broadcast for 12 hours on Freeview, Virgin 1 is broadcast on Freeview only from 6:00 pm until 6:00 am.

The www.virgin1.co.uk website has 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 18.00 and 21.00.

The schedule for primetime shows on the Virgin 1 launch night were as follows (including official viewing figures):

  • 18.00: Previews
  • 21.00: Criminal Minds (251,000 viewers, 1.29%)
  • 22.00: The Riches (323,000 viewers, 2.50%)
  • 23.15: Penis Envy (158,000 viewers)

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 as well as its own commissioned content such as Crime Invasion.

Some planned programmes that will be shown on Virgin 1 include:

Coming soon

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V Funny Sunday

V Funny Sunday is a programming block which airs on Sunday evenings. The block airs from 9pm-11pm and features a mix of new and classic comedy from the United States. The block is thought to have taken inspiration from the US network Fox (owned by Sky One parent News Corp) which also airs a comedy block on Sunday evenings (known as LOL Sunday).

From the 11th November this programming block is being changed, both Help Me Help You and Boston Legal will no longer be included.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Virgin 1 schedule (2 October)". Radio Times. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  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 investment". 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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