Performance Channel
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Performance Channel was an arts and entertainment television
channel that broadcast in the United Kingdom
, on the Sky Digital platform. Performance Channel launched in 1985 and was an evening cable-only
service for many years. The channel started broadcasting on Sky Digital in 1998 and its broadcast hours expanded. The channel was dropped from cable networks shortly afterwards.
The channel broadcast concerts, performances, master classes and star profiles from noted composers and musicians. Music featured included jazz
and easy listening
, as well as opera
and classical. The channel also featured dance performances as well as interviews with noted actors and performers.
Performance Channel tended to offer more high culture
in its schedules, rather than its sister channel Performance MainStreet
which concentrated more on rock and pop music programming.
The Performance Channel was closed down at 6.00am on the 1st July 2008 after nearly 25 years of broadcasting.
As of 1 July 2008, some of the Performance Channel programmes had moved to its sister channel, Performance MainStreet
, until it closed down on September 10, 2008 and was replaced with Rock On TV
on October 1, 2008.
Television
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channel that broadcast in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, on the Sky Digital platform. Performance Channel launched in 1985 and was an evening cable-only
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
service for many years. The channel started broadcasting on Sky Digital in 1998 and its broadcast hours expanded. The channel was dropped from cable networks shortly afterwards.
The channel broadcast concerts, performances, master classes and star profiles from noted composers and musicians. Music featured included jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and easy listening
Easy listening
Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...
, as well as opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
and classical. The channel also featured dance performances as well as interviews with noted actors and performers.
Performance Channel tended to offer more high culture
High culture
High culture is a term, now used in a number of different ways in academic discourse, whose most common meaning is the set of cultural products, mainly in the arts, held in the highest esteem by a culture...
in its schedules, rather than its sister channel Performance MainStreet
Performance MainStreet
Performance MainStreet was an arts and entertainment television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom, on the Sky Digital platform....
which concentrated more on rock and pop music programming.
The Performance Channel was closed down at 6.00am on the 1st July 2008 after nearly 25 years of broadcasting.
As of 1 July 2008, some of the Performance Channel programmes had moved to its sister channel, Performance MainStreet
Performance MainStreet
Performance MainStreet was an arts and entertainment television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom, on the Sky Digital platform....
, until it closed down on September 10, 2008 and was replaced with Rock On TV
Rock On TV
Rock On TV was an arts and entertainment television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom, on the Sky platform. The channel launched on October 1, 2008 and it replaced Performance MainStreet when it closed down on September 10, 2008....
on October 1, 2008.