UKTV Bright Ideas
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UKTV Bright Ideas was a digital
television channel
broadcast in the United Kingdom
, which was part of the UKTV
family of channels. The channel broadcast a variety of programmes, often originally aired on UKTV Style
, UKTV Food
and UKTV Gardens, and are thus mainly cookery, DIY and gardening. However, in January 2005, it began showing programmes branded by UKTV Sport, presumably to increase potential audience figures by extending the programme to Freeview viewers.
platform, but later expanded to other platforms. Along with the rest of the UKTV
network, the "UK" prefix was changed to "UKTV" on 8 March 2004 and it became UKTV Bright Ideas. It timeshared with Ftn
, which has since been closed down and replaced with Virgin1 on 1 October 2007.
The channel was available on digital terrestrial television
(Freeview), Sky Digital
and Virgin Media
.
In September 2007 UKTV announced that UKTV Bright Ideas, which only averaged 0.1% of the audience share, would be replaced on Freeview by Dave, as of 15 October.
UKTV Bright Ideas ceased broadcasting on all platforms on 14 October 2007 at 6pm.
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
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...
, which was part of the UKTV
UKTV
UKTV is a digital cable and satellite television network, formed through a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, a commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Scripps Networks Interactive, spun off from The E.W Scripps Company in 2008...
family of channels. The channel broadcast a variety of programmes, often originally aired on UKTV Style
UKTV Style
Home is an interior home and garden-oriented lifestyle television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom, as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 1 November 1997 and relaunched in it's current format on 30 April 2009...
, UKTV Food
UKTV Food
Good Food is a lifestyle channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 5 November 2001 and relaunched in its current format on 22 June 2009. Good Food is available on satellite through Sky and on cable services, primarily...
and UKTV Gardens, and are thus mainly cookery, DIY and gardening. However, in January 2005, it began showing programmes branded by UKTV Sport, presumably to increase potential audience figures by extending the programme to Freeview viewers.
History
The channel was launched on 15 January 2003 as UK Bright Ideas, initially for the Freeview digital terrestrial televisionDigital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
platform, but later expanded to other platforms. Along with the rest of the UKTV
UKTV
UKTV is a digital cable and satellite television network, formed through a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, a commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Scripps Networks Interactive, spun off from The E.W Scripps Company in 2008...
network, the "UK" prefix was changed to "UKTV" on 8 March 2004 and it became UKTV Bright Ideas. It timeshared with Ftn
Ftn
Ftn was a television channel from Virgin Media Television transmitting free-to-air on Freeview and Virgin Media, and as a subscription channel on Sky Digital. The channel was broadcast between 18:00 and 06:00 daily...
, which has since been closed down and replaced with Virgin1 on 1 October 2007.
The channel was available on digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
(Freeview), Sky Digital
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...
and Virgin Media
Virgin Media
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.
In September 2007 UKTV announced that UKTV Bright Ideas, which only averaged 0.1% of the audience share, would be replaced on Freeview by Dave, as of 15 October.
UKTV Bright Ideas ceased broadcasting on all platforms on 14 October 2007 at 6pm.
Programming
- Tuscany to Go - Now Shown On Good Food
- A House in Florida - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- Antiques RoadshowAntiques RoadshowAntiques Roadshow is a British television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979...
- Now Shown On Yesterday (TV channel) - My Favourite Garden - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- Model Gardens - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- Ready Steady CookReady Steady CookReady Steady Cook was a BBC daytime TV cooking programme it first debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last edition was broadcast on the 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott became the new host...
- Now Shown On Good Food - The Thai Way - Now Shown On Good Food
- Great Food LiveGreat Food LiveGreat Food Live, formerly Good Food Live, was a British magazine programme hosted by Jeni Barnett and broadcast on UKTVFood part of the UKTV Network between 2001 and 2007. Jeni Barnett was joined every day by a chef co-host...
- Now Shown On Good Food - Food UncutFood UncutFood Uncut is a programme being shown on UKTV Food and was presented by Merrilees Parker, Stefan Gates and Jean-Christophe Novelli....
- Now Shown On Good Food - Design ER - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- House Chain: Under Offer - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- Perfect Properties - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- James Martin Digs Deep - Now Shown On Good Food
- Ching's Kitchen - Now Shown On Good Food
- Heaven's Kitchen at Large - Now Shown On Good Food
- Safari Chef with Mike Robinson - Now Shown On Good Food
- House in Spain - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- Fly to Buy - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- Garden Rivals - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- Summer Live - Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
- Worrall Thompson
- Our HouseOur House (UKTV Style)Our House is a British Entertainment television programme. Broadcast on UKTV Style, it is a show which more thoroughly follows the DIY show fad of the late 1990s....
- Now Shown On Home (TV channel)
External links
- The TV Room looks at presentation/branding on the UKTV channels