The Comedy Channel (British TV channel)

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The Comedy Channel
Ownership
Country	United Kingdom
Owner	British Sky Broadcasting

The Comedy Channel was a short-lived United Kingdom subscription television channel during the early 1990s.

History

The channel launched on 1 October 1991,^[1] soon after the merger of Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB). The merged company, British Sky Broadcasting, brought together comedy programming from its existing libraries - Sky having an archive of US imports including Three's Company, I Love Lucy, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies and Seinfeld, and BSB having obtained rights to a number of BBC sitcoms such as Dad's Army and The Goodies.

The Comedy Channel existed in the days before the basic "Sky Multichannels" subscription package, ^{[citation needed]} so was made available as a premium service to subscribers of either Sky Movies or The Movie Channel. ^{[citation needed]} Listings for the channel were carried in the Radio Times^[2] and other listings magazines.

The channel ^[when?] eventually lost the broadcast rights to the BBC shows following the expiry of the contract between the BBC and former BSB. ^{[citation needed]} Eventually the channel closed on 30 September 1992, to be replaced by a "classic movies" channel, Sky Movies Gold. ^{[citation needed]}

Programmes

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References

^ https://books.google.com/books?id=8t6CBMN-F-EC&lpg=PT243&dq=sky%20%22the%20comedy%20channel%22&pg=PT243#v=onepage&q=sky%20%22the%20comedy%20channel%22&f=false An Introductory History of British Broadcasting - Andrew Crisell
^ https://books.google.com/books?id=aZPMwwunx9EC&lpg=PA210&ots=R-3-kd2mab&dq=sky%20%22the%20comedy%20channel%22%20listings&pg=PA210#v=onepage&q=sky%20%22the%20comedy%20channel%22%20listings&f=false The Radio Times Story - Tony Currie

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UK and Ireland

Channels	Challenge Sky Arts Sky Atlantic Sky Cinema Sky Comedy Sky Crime Sky Documentaries Sky Kids Sky Max Sky Mix Sky Nature Sky News Sky Replay Sky Sci-Fi Sky Showcase Sky Sports Box Office F1 News Sky Witness
Defunct channels	Now Galaxy The Power Station The Sports Channel The Comedy Channel Sky Arts Sky 2 The Movie Channel Sky Scottish Sky Soap .tv PremPlus Sky News Ireland The Amp Sky One Sky Travel Sky Real Lives Bravo 2 Challenge Jackpot Channel One Sky Living Loves Sky 3D Real Lives Merit
Joint ventures	Sky Sports Racing A&E Networks UK History H2 Blaze Crime & Investigation Ginx TV Paramount UK Partnership Comedy Central Extra Sky News Arabia
Defunct JVs	A&E Networks UK Lifetime Bio
Defunct magazines	Sky Magazine Sky Kids
Other	Amstrad Diagonal View Freesat from Sky On Demand Sky Sports Active Digibox Minidish Sky+ HD Sky Q Sky Betting & Gaming Sky Broadband Sky Active Sky Go Sky News Radio Sky Store Sky Text Sky Vision Now The Cloud Open.... Sky Multichannels

Germany and Austria

Channels	Sky One Sky Atlantic Sky Cinema Sky Krimi Sky Crime Sky Sport Sky Sport News Sky Sport Bundesliga Sky Sport F1
Defunct	Sky 3D Sky Arts Sky Select Sky Comedy
Other	Sky Store

Italy

Channels	Sky Uno Sky Arte Sky Atlantic Sky Cinema Due Sky Meteo 24 Sky Primafila Sky Sport Sky Sport F1 Sky Sport MotoGP Sky Sport 24 Sky Calcio Sky TG24 Cielo TV8 Sky Documentaries Sky Investigation Sky Nature Sky Serie
Defunct	Sky Vivo Sky Show Sky 3D Sky Music Sky Radio

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