Dave
Launched	October 1998
Owned by	UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Scripps Networks Interactive)
Picture format	576i (16:9 and 4:3) (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Audience share	0.8% 0.3% (Dave ja vu) (June 2011, BARB)
Slogan	"The Home of Witty Banter"
Country	United Kingdom Ireland
Formerly called	UK Gold Classics (1998-1999) UK Gold 2 (1999-2003) UKG² (2003-2004) UKTV G2 (2004-2007)
Sister channel(s)	Alibi Blighty Eden Gold Good Food Home Really Watch Yesterday
Timeshift service	Dave ja vu
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 19 Channel 25 (ja vu)
Satellite
Sky	Channel 111 (SD/HD) Channel 158 (ja vu) Channel 232 (SD)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 128 Channel 129 (HD) Channel 191 (ja vu)
Smallworld Cable	Channel 114
UPC Ireland	Channel 122
IPTV
TalkTalk TV	Channel 40
Internet television
TVCatchup	Watch live (UK only)

Dave is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland owned by UKTV. The channel is available on cable, IPTV, Freeview and some satellite platforms. The channel took the name Dave in October 2007, but it had been on air under various identities and formats since October 1998.

History[link]

UK Gold Classics and UK Gold 2[link]

UK Gold Classics, UKTV's first digital-only channel, was launched in October 1998; around this time UK Gold began to move towards newer programmes instead of older ones; the 'classics' lineup included a number of early shows, including some black-and-white programmes, which had been acquired in the early years of the UK Gold service.

The 'Classics' format lasted just seven months, however; from 2 April 1999, the channel was renamed to UK Gold 2, and screened morning programmes from UK Gold time-shifted to the evening of the same day.

UKG2 and UKTV G2[link]

The UK Gold subsidiary channel was again relaunched with a completely new programme line-up and renamed UKG² on 12 November 2003. The channel was promoted as being an edgier alternative to UK Gold; like that channel, the output was mainly comedy from the BBC with some shows produced inhouse. A fair amount is similar to the comedy output of UK Play/Play UK before that channel's closure; however, unlike Play, the channel did not include music videos.

Along with the rest of the UKTV network, the "UK" prefix was changed to "UKTV" on 8 March 2004 and therefore the channel name changed to UKTV G2. The continuity announcer, Colin Murnane, had been known to make fun of the extreme length of the full name saying that "it's for watching rather than saying", "more laughs than letters in its name" or "more letters than Postman Pat" "Ucktavagahtoo for watching not pronouncin" and according to Digital Spy said "just what this channel needs a show with two more letters. This is QI on UKTV G2 on th B O X".

Initially, the channel broadcast in the evenings only, but during the 'G2' era the decision was made to expand hours into the daytime; to expand the programming line-up, comedy was joined by popular-factual and magazine shows which were already running on UKTV People (now Blighty) such as Top Gear and Airport.

Programming history[link]

Some shows available on Dave include Mock the Week, Top Gear, Red Dwarf, QI, Have I Got News for You, Little Britain, Dragons' Den and stand up comedy shows, among many others. Dave is a regular target of jokes on new episodes Top Gear, Mock the Week and Have I Got News for You, as it broadcasts topical comedies years after the events the shows refer to are over.

On 7 October 2005, it was announced that they would show sports programming. This new line-up was called UKTV Sport and included a new show by the same name. UKTV Sport also had its own logo and DOG. There was talk that this could lead to a channel but it never happened.^[1]

In February 2006, they picked up the rights to show highlights of the RBS Six Nations rugby union championship, with a highlights show broadcast on the evening of the games previously shown live on the BBC. On 16 March 2006, they announced a deal to air extensive coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup as a sub licensing of the BBC's rights to the tournament.^[2] UKTV G2 simulcast the BBC's live matches, including the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica, England's game with Paraguay and the final. The channel also showed highlights of every match in the tournament.

Dave and Freeview launch[link]

In September 2007, UKTV announced that they would relaunch and rename UKTV G2 to Dave on 15 October.^[3] UKTV said the name of the channel was chosen because "Everybody knows a bloke called Dave".^[4][5] The rebrand included the channel being available free-to-air on digital terrestrial platform, Freeview, replacing UKTV Bright Ideas which only averaged 0.1% of the audience share.^[6] The move to Freeview saw Dave launch in the bandwidth previously used by UKTV History which was moved to the time limited (7am to 6pm) bandwidth once occupied by UKTV Bright Ideas. Dave is available daily, from 7am to 3am, on all platforms. It uses the tagline "the home of witty banter" and uses Ralph Ineson as an announcer, along with David Flynn (now with Gold), Phill Jupitus, Iain Lee and Radio 1 DJ Greg James, who announce during the prime-time schedule.

To ensure that all Freeview viewers receive the channel on number 19, UKTV briefly placed a re-tuning notice on the programme's information.

From 31 January 2008, the channel began broadcasting in widescreen, along with the other UKTV channels.^[7]

In April 2009, they aired 3 new instalments of Red Dwarf, titled Back to Earth. This marked the channel's first foray into scripted original programming. During the airing of the Red Dwarf mini-series, the Dave DOG in the top left corner of the screen had the word 'Lister' added after it in the same font after the show's lead character; during the show it is even suggested that the station is named after him. Back to Earth brought record breaking viewing figures, not just in the context of the channel's past, but for digital television in general.^[8]

In June 2009, the logo was updated to incorporate the 'circle' logo branding of all the new UKTV channels (for example Blighty, and Really). At this time,^[when?] the voice of Dave became Nigel Grover, aka, Scott Saunders, who had previously worked at a number of local radio stations.

Dave HD[link]

On 29 July 2011, UKTV announced that it had secured a deal with BSkyB to launch three more high-definition channels on Sky.^[9] As part of Virgin Media's deal to sell its share of UKTV, all five of UKTV's HD channels will be added to Virgin's cable television service by 2012.^[10] Dave HD launched on 10 October 2011 on Sky and Virgin Media,^[11] two days before Watch HD, while Alibi HD will launch in 2012. All three channels will be HD simulcasts of the standard-definition channels.

Timeshift[link]

Timeshift logo

A one-hour timeshifted service of the channel - then known as UKTV G2 - began to operate on 1 November 2004, under the name UKTV G2 +1. As UKTV G2 at the time was an evenings-only service, the timeshift also operated in the evenings only, using the satellite and cable capacity which, during daytime, was used by the now-defunct UKTV Bright Ideas. The sharing arrangement meant that when UKTV G2's hours extended into daytime, the timeshift remained evenings-only.

At the time of the Dave relaunch, UKTV Bright Ideas closed, freeing up the space to allow UKTV G2 +1 to expand its hours to follow those of the parent channel fully; due to the main channel's relaunch as Dave, UKTV G2 +1 became Dave +1.

The timeshift was initially available on the Virgin Media and Sky platforms; from 22 January 2009, following UKTV's acquisition of a further Freeview broadcast slot, Dave +1 was made available on the digital terrestrial platform.

On 24 February 2009, Dave +1 was renamed Dave ja vu (a play on the phrase déjà vu) on all platforms; this was carried out to "strengthen the brand's positioning as the home of witty banter"^[12] according to UKTV bosses.

During the channel's World Cup 2006 coverage, UKTV was not permitted to timeshift the World Cup matches; for this reason, UKTV G2 +1 (as it was then known) became a full-time 'mirror' of the main channel's schedule during the tournament, returning to its one-hour delay the day after the competition concluded.

On 14 June 2011, UKTV announced that Really would launch on Freeview on 2 August 2011,^[13] to facilitate this Dave ja vu's broadcast hours on the platform were reduced from 8am-4am to 2am-4am.

Reception[link]

Within just one month of its launch, Dave had become the tenth largest television channel in the UK. The broadcaster puts daily averages at around 3 million viewers, although, much of the growth may be attributed to its presence on Freeview; nonetheless, it is performing significantly better in pay TV homes than UKTV G2 ever did. Over the month since its launch, Dave averaged a 1.32% share in multichannel homes and a 3.2% share in the 16-34 male demographic.^[14]

Dave's positive reception is proven by an attraction of 4 million viewers throughout 18 November 2007 for its coverage of "Car of the Year", pushing it to second place in multichannel behind ITV2.^[14]

The shows with the highest ratings are Mock the Week (over 420,000 viewers), Jo Brand's Big Splash (417,000) QI (over 400,000), Top Gear (350,000) and Dragons' Den (about 300,000).

The first episode of Red Dwarf: Back to Earth attracted 2,060,000 viewers.^[15] The highest rating original commission before this had been Red Bull X-Fighters (about 185,000).

Sponsorship[link]

As a commercial television channel, Dave raises revenue through advertising and sponsorship. From 28 May 2010 to 31 January 2012, all motoring on "Dave" was sponsored by We Buy Any Car, whose adverts featured prominently at the start and end of each advertising break as well as on its website.^[16] These adverts were replaced by those of retailer Halfords, as of 1 February 2012.^[17]

Programming[link]

Upcoming content[link]

• Red Dwarf - New series, coming in Autumn 2012^[18]

Dave Weekly podcast[link]

In August 2011, Dave launched a regular comedy podcast called The Dave Weekly hosted on joindave.co.uk and accessible via iTunes.^[19] Presented by Ben Shires, the podcast comprises interviews with comedians like Russell Kane, Jo Brand, Adam Buxton, Paul Foot and Alex Horne along with occasional features.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Dave on Twitter

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Dave may refer to:

• Dave (given name)

Film and television[link]

• Dave (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver
• "Dave" (Lost), an episode from the TV show Lost
• Dave (TV channel), a digital television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland
• Dave the Barbarian, a Disney Channel cartoon series
• Meet Dave, a 2008 comedy film starring Eddie Murphy
• D.A.V.E. from The Batman television series

Other entertainment:

• Dave (singer), a Dutch-born French singer
• "Dave", a song by The Boomtown Rats from their 1984 album In the Long Grass
• Dave, a comedy routine by Cheech & Chong, from their 1972 self-titled album
• Dave FM, a brand for radio stations in Canada and the United States
• Dave (artist) (born 1969), Swiss artist

Software[link]

• Thursby DAVE, Windows file and printer sharing for Macs
• Dangerous Dave, a computer game by John Romero
• DAvE (Infineon), C-language software development tool

See also[link]

• Davey (disambiguation)
• David (disambiguation)

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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 (VSB) and 59.75 MHz for analog audio (FM), or 55.31 MHz for digital ATSC (8VSB). Channels may be shared by many different television stations or cable-distributed channels depending on the location and service provider.

Depending on the multinational bandplan for a given region, analog television channels are typically 6, 7, or 8 MHz in bandwidth, and therefore television channel frequencies vary as well. Channel numbering is also different. Digital television channels are the same for legacy reasons, however through multiplexing, each physical radio frequency (RF) channel can carry several digital subchannels. On satellites, each transponder normally carries one channel, however small, independent channels can be used on each transponder, with some loss of bandwidth due to the need for guard bands between unrelated transmissions. ISDB, used in Japan and Brazil, has a similar segmented mode.

Channel separation on over-the-air channels is accomplished by skipping at least one channel between two analog stations' frequency allocations. (There can be gaps between channels, where numbers are sequential, but frequencies are not contiguous, such as the skip from VHF low to high, and the jump to UHF.) On cable TV, it is possible to use adjacent channels only because they are all at the same power, something which could only be done over the air if the two stations were transmitted at the same power and height from the same location. For digital TV, selectivity is inherently better, therefore channels adjacent (either to analog or digital stations) can be used even in the same area.

Other meanings[link]

Commonly, the term "television channel" is used to refer to either a terrestrial television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). Sometimes, especially outside the U.S. and in the context of cable/satellite television, it is used instead of the term television network, which otherwise (in its technical use above) describes a group of geographically-distributed television stations that share affiliation/ownership and some or all of their programming with one another.

This terminology may be muddled somewhat in other jurisdictions, for instance Europe, where terrestrial channels are commonly mapped from physical channels to common numerical positions (i.e. BBC One does not broadcast on any particular "channel 1" but is nonetheless mapped to the "1" input on most British television sets). On digital platforms, such (location) channels are usually arbitrary and changeable, due to virtual channels.

Television station[link]

A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television. Individual television stations are usually granted licenses by a government agency to use a particular section of the radio spectrum (a channel) through which they send their signals. Some stations use LPTV broadcast translators to retransmit to further areas.

Many television stations are now in the process of converting from analogue (NTSC, PAL or SECAM) broadcast, to digital TV (ATSC broadcast, DVB or ISDB).

Non-broadcast television channels[link]

Because some regions have had difficulty picking up over-the-air signals (particularly in mountainous areas), alternative means of distribution such as direct-to-home satellite and cable television have been introduced. Television channels specifically built to run on cable or satellite blur the line between TV station and TV network. That fact led some early cable channels to call themselves superstations.

Satellite and cable have created changes. Local programming TV stations in an area can sign-up or even be required to be carried on cable, but content providers like TLC cannot. They are not licensed to run broadcast equipment like a station, and they do not regularly provide content to licensed broadcasters either. Furthermore, a distributor like TNT may begin producing its own programming, and shows presented exclusively on cable/satellite by one distributor may be syndicated to broadcast stations. The cost of creating a nationwide channel has been reduced and there has been a huge increase in the number of such channels, with most catering to a small group. See also: significantly viewed.

From the definitions above, use of the terms "network" or "station" in reference to nationwide cable/satellite channels is technically inaccurate. However, this is an arbitrary, inconsequential distinction, and varies from company to company. Indeed, the term "cable network" has entered into common usage in the United States in reference to such channels. There is even some geographical separation among "national" cable/satellite channels in the U.S., be it programming (e.g., the Fox Sports Net group of regional sports channels, which share several programs), or simply regionalized advertising inserted by the local cable company.

Should a legal distinction be necessary between a (location) channel as defined above and a television channel in this sense, the terms "programming service" (e.g. [1]) or "programming undertaking" (for instance, [2]) may be used instead for the latter definition.

A person viewing by cable or satellite might not know what kind of organization is responsible for a given program, especially if it is syndicated, so what seems to be a station or a network may be neither.

See also[link]

Look up television channel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Barker channel
• Lists of television channels
• Television channel frequencies

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