UK Horizons
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UK Horizons was a television channel
broadcast in the United Kingdom
, as part of the UKTV
network of channels. The channel was in existence between 1997 and 2004.
network, also launching UK Arena and UK Style. The channel would focus on documentaries
, primarily from the BBC
, who held a 50% stake in the UKTV network through BBC Worldwide
. The channel was named after the BBC programme Horizon which itself broadcast these type of reports in their programme. The use of BBC programme brands for the new channels also occurred in the case of UK Arena. The launch editor was Bryher Scudamore and the deputy editor Eddie Tulasiewicz.
The channel used abridged versions of the majority of the programmes it used due to the cutting down of programmes to fit commercial timeslots as apposed to terrestrial slots. However, the channel also produced extended versions of top BBC brands such as Top Gear and Tomorrow's World
.
and would feature the best of all documentaries on the network that did not specifically fall into one of the other channels area, such as UKTV History
. The other new channel launched was UKTV People
, focusing on the excentric lives of the British people and contained programmes and features looking into the way Britain works. These two channels have since rebranded as Eden and Blighty respectively as part of the 2008/9 rebranding of all UKTV channels to unique names.
's helmet and a compass forming a circle and a bird cage and a steering wheel
. The look was accompanied by the generic logo style consisting of a box, containing the UK prefix, and the station anem written over a line.
This look lasted until 2001 when it was replaced by a cylindrical robot, with a large circular eye in the centre with two jet engines above and to the left and right of the main body. The robot was seen zooming around various environments, including world destinations, a tube and a multi coloured vortex. The look was accompanied by a plain UK Horizons logo, stylised as UK Horizons, with a target scope like icon added to the right hand end of the logo.
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...
, as 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...
network of channels. The channel was in existence between 1997 and 2004.
Launch
UK Horizons launched on 1 November 1997 as part of the initial expansion of the UKTVUKTV
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, also launching UK Arena and UK Style. The channel would focus on documentaries
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, primarily from the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, who held a 50% stake in the UKTV network through BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
. The channel was named after the BBC programme Horizon which itself broadcast these type of reports in their programme. The use of BBC programme brands for the new channels also occurred in the case of UK Arena. The launch editor was Bryher Scudamore and the deputy editor Eddie Tulasiewicz.
The channel used abridged versions of the majority of the programmes it used due to the cutting down of programmes to fit commercial timeslots as apposed to terrestrial slots. However, the channel also produced extended versions of top BBC brands such as Top Gear and Tomorrow's World
Tomorrow's World
Tomorrow's World was a long-running BBC television series, showcasing new developments in the world of science and technology. First aired on 7 July 1965 on BBC1, it ran for 38 years until it was cancelled at the beginning of 2003.- Content :...
.
Closure
The channel was closed on 8 March 2004, when the channel's output was split two ways. The channel retaining the UK Horizons EPG position was renamed UKTV DocumentaryUKTV Documentary
Eden is a digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in it's current format on 26 January 2009...
and would feature the best of all documentaries on the network that did not specifically fall into one of the other channels area, such as UKTV History
UKTV History
Yesterday is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 30 October 2002 and relaunched in its current format on 2 March 2009. The channel is available on satellite through Sky, cable services primarily through...
. The other new channel launched was UKTV People
UKTV People
Blighty is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in it's current format on 17 February 2009...
, focusing on the excentric lives of the British people and contained programmes and features looking into the way Britain works. These two channels have since rebranded as Eden and Blighty respectively as part of the 2008/9 rebranding of all UKTV channels to unique names.
Identity
The original UK Horizons identity featured the theme of a circle and a split screen. The screen would be split horizontally at the centre, with two separate images coming together to form one circle in the centre of the screen. Examples involved an astronautAstronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
's helmet and a compass forming a circle and a bird cage and a steering wheel
Steering wheel
A steering wheel is a type of steering control in vehicles and vessels ....
. The look was accompanied by the generic logo style consisting of a box, containing the UK prefix, and the station anem written over a line.
This look lasted until 2001 when it was replaced by a cylindrical robot, with a large circular eye in the centre with two jet engines above and to the left and right of the main body. The robot was seen zooming around various environments, including world destinations, a tube and a multi coloured vortex. The look was accompanied by a plain UK Horizons logo, stylised as UK Horizons, with a target scope like icon added to the right hand end of the logo.
See also
- UKTV DocumentaryUKTV DocumentaryEden is a digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in it's current format on 26 January 2009...
- UKTV PeopleUKTV PeopleBlighty is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in it's current format on 17 February 2009...
- UKTVUKTVUKTV 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...
- Television in the United Kingdom