Alibi
Launched	1 November 1997
Owned by	UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Scripps Networks Interactive)
Picture format	576i (16:9 and 4:3) (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) (From 2012)
Audience share	0.3% 0.1% (+1) (June 2011, BARB)
Slogan	"The Deadliest Place on TV"
Country	United Kingdom Ireland
Formerly called	UK Arena (1997-2000) UK Drama (2000-2004) UKTV Drama (2004-2008)
Sister channel(s)	Blighty Dave Eden Gold Good Food Home Really Watch Yesterday
Timeshift service	Alibi +1
Website	Alibi
Availability
Satellite
Sky	Channel 132 Channel 132 (HD Customers, from 2012) Channel 209 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 130 Channel 131 (+1) Channel TBA (HD, from 2012)
Smallworld Cable	Channel 131 Channel 185 (+1)
UPC Ireland	Channel 151
IPTV
BT Vision	Channel TBA (from 2012)[1]

Alibi is a digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel launched on 1 November 1997 and relaunched in its current format on 7 October 2008. The channel is available on satellite through Sky, on cable, primarily through Virgin Media and from later in 2012, will be streamed over BT Vision.^[1]

History[link]

The channel originally launched as part of the new four channel UKTV network on 1 November 1997. The channel, originally name UK Arena, focused on arts programming and was named after the BBC's flagship arts programme Arena (The BBC, through BBC Worldwide, owning half of UKTV and therefore half the channel). However, following disappointing original ratings, the channel's focus was broadened to include all drama series, and was renamed UK Drama as a result on 31 March 2000. The service lasted, with greater viewing figures until 8 March 2004 when, along with the rest of the UKTV network, rebranded as UKTV Drama to better show the central UKTV brand.

Following the successful relaunch and rebranding of the channel UKTV G2 as Dave, the remainder of the UKTV network underwent the same treatment. UKTV Drama was rebranded as Alibi on 7 October 2008, and the channels programming output was redirected from all dramas, to specifically crime dramas.^[2][3] All non-crime dramas were either transferred to the rebranded Gold channel, or to the newly created flagship channel Watch.

Timeshift[link]

The time shift service Alibi +1 was originally launched on 2 May 2006 as UKTV Drama +1, using the frequency previously occupied by UKTV People +1. It features the channels schedule broadcast an hour later, with no special idents or continuity used.

Alibi 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.^[4] 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.^[5] Alibi HD will launch in 2012, while Dave HD and Watch HD launched in October 2011. All three channels will be HD simulcasts of the standard-definition channels.

Identity[link]

When the channel launched in 1997, the idents used featured a star shape, usually inside a circle, with the UK Arena logo below. The logo, like that of all the UKTV channels until 2001, featured a single straight line logo with the UK prefix in a white box and the channel name typed in Gill Sans above a line extending out from the box. When the channel changed to UK Drama in 2000, the idents remained the same, with a change of logo the only noticeable difference.

The next change occurred in 2001, when the logo design was dropped in favour of a new design. The new design resulted in the UK Drama logo standing alone at the bottom of the screen in a blod text, stylised to appear like ^UK Drama. On the end of the logo, a small design was included. One was assigned to each channel, with the exception of UK Gold and UK Gold 2, to identify what the channel broadcast. In the case of UK Drama, it was a bold, eight pointed star within a circle. The idents themselves were replaced by three men beating drums with water on the surface, so that water flew up whenever a man beat the drum. Each man was bathed in a particular colour light: red, blue and green.

Following the name rechange to UKTV Drama, the generic style was changed. The logo was now an uppercase 'DRAMA' below a UKTV logo, aligned to the left of the screen. The ident used in the background featured a giant glass appearing 'D', moving around in the background. the stations colour at the time was purple, and many of the channels promotions, on the channel and on the rest of the UKTV network featured this background colour.

Following the rebrand to Alibi, the channels idents featured the words associated with crime and murder arranged into different shapes, including the outline of a dead body, a gunshot shattering a pane of glass, the dials of a safe and the beam from a torch illuminating the words. These are accompanied by the alibi logo, seen with interchangeable colours of white, black and red.

Programming[link]

The output of the channel is mainly drama series and serials from the BBC archive but also has ITV series and some exclusive shows from U.S. and Canadian networks.

Current[link]

• 55 Degrees North
• Bergerac
• Body of Proof (US Import from ABC)
• Campion
• Castle (US Import from ABC)^[6]
• Dalziel and Pascoe
• Diagnosis: Murder (US Import from CBS)
• Father Dowling Mysteries(US Import from NBC/ABC)
• Hamish Macbeth
• Hart to Hart (US Import from ABC)
• Hunter
• Inspector George Gently^[7]
• The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
• Judge John Deed
• The Last Detective (ITV)
• Maisie Raine
• Miss Marple
• Missing
• Murder in Mind
• Murdoch Mysteries (Canadian Import from Citytv)
• New Tricks
• Rebus (ITV)
• Republic of Doyle (Canadian Import from CBC)
• Return of the Saint (ITV)
• Rizzoli & Isles (US Import from TNT)
• The Saint (ITV)
• Silent Witness
• Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (Canadian Import from CTV, US Import from PAX TV)
• Taggart (ITV)
• Waking the Dead
• Wallander

Previous[link]

• Spooks (BBC) (Droped by Alibi moves to Sony Entertainment Television (UK & Ireland) in 2012)
• The Bill (ITV) (Transferred to Watch in 2010)
• Murder, She Wrote (US Import from CBS, Transferred to ITV in 2012)

See also[link]

• UKTV
• Television in the United Kingdom

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} "UKTV agrees on-demand, channels deal with BT Vision". Digital Spy. 22 March 2012. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a372534/uktv-agrees-on-demand-channels-deal-with-bt-vision.html. 
2. ^ Donnelly, Alison (17 September 2008). "UKTV unveils new channels and familiar stars like John Cleese and Red Dwarf crew". Brand Republic. http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/846913/UKTV-unveils-new-channels-familiar-stars-John-Cleese-Red-Dwarf-crew/. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
3. ^ Curtis, Chris (17 September 2008). "UKTV to reveal eye-opening Watch logo". Broadcast Now. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/09/uktv_to_reveal_eyeopening_watch_logo.html. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 
4. ^ "UKTV enters VoD market with landmark HD content deal with Sky". UKTV. 29 July 2011. http://uktv.co.uk/network/item/aid/646048. 
5. ^ "Virgin Media sells £239m stake in UKTV". Financial Times. 15 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-cz51SAczqUJ:www.ft.com/cms/s/0/04a841ee-c729-11e0-a9ef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1VI55De3n. 
6. ^ From Wednesday, 7th April. "Castle - New and exclusive to Alibi" UKTV. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
7. ^ From late 2009. (Staff (19 June 2009). "Alibi eyes new co-productions" (subscription). C21Media. (Retrieved 19 June 2009)

External links[link]

• Alibi
• Alibi on Facebook
• Alibi on Twitter
• UKTV at The TV Room
• Alibi at TVARK

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An alibi is a type of defense found in legal proceedings by demonstrating that the defendant was not in the place where an alleged offense was committed. There may be legal ramifications for not disclosing a true alibi defense, as well as penalties for providing a false alibi.

Alibi defense[link]

An alibi is a judicial mode of defense under which a defendant proves or attempts to prove that he/she was in another place when a crime was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi. The Criminal Law Deskbook of Criminal Procedure ^[1] states: "Alibi is different from all of the other defenses; it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent." In the Latin language alibī means "somewhere else."

Duty to disclose[link]

In some legal jurisdictions there may be a requirement that the defence disclose an alibi defence prior to a trial.

In Canada, the defence must disclose an alibi defence with sufficient time for the authorities to investigate the alibi, and with sufficient particularization to allow for a meaningful investigation. Failure to comply with the two requirements will result in the court making an adverse inference against the alibi defence (but will not result in the exclusion of the alibi defence).^[2]

Conversely, some judges in other jurisdictions have held the opinion that the mandatory early disclosure of alibis is controversial, possibly even unconstitutional.^[3]

False alibi[link]

The giving of a false alibi, beside resulting in possible subsequent criminal offences (obstruction of justice, perjury, etc.), may, in some jurisdictions, result in negative ramifications for the trial itself.

In Canada, the giving of a false alibi may be used by the court as actual evidence of guilt, provided certain requirements are met.^[4][5] Specifically:

• The alibi must not be believed;
• There is evidence of an intention to fabricate the alibi that is independent from the evidence used to show the alibi is false; and
• The court must reject all innocent explanations offered that would explain why a false alibi was fabricated.

Alibi agency[link]

An alibi agency, also called an alibi network^[6] forges explanations for unexcused absences, eg. due to an extramarital affair or adultery. In other words, alibi agencies are literally paid to lie for their customers.^[7][8] Originating in 1990s Japan, such services appeared in Europe in 2004,^[9][10] where they were condemned as immoral by the Catholic Church in Germany.^[11] They are the subject of the 2006 movie The Alibi.

References[link]

1. ^ 1988; ISBN 0-8205-1217-6
2. ^ R. v. Cleghorn, [1995] S.C.R. 175 at para. 3
3. ^ Williams v. Florida, USSC, Dissenting opinion
4. ^ R. v. Hibbert, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 445
5. ^ R. v. O'Connor, (2002) 170 C.C.C. (3d) 365 (Ont. C.A.)
6. ^ http://www.alibinetwork.com/index.jsp
7. ^ Doctorow, Cory. PRO. EXCUSE MAKERS HELP YOU LIVE A LIE. Boing Boing/Kottke. 11/12/2006. URL:http://boingboing.net/2006/11/12/pro_excusemakers_hel.html. Accessed: 2011-04-18. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5y2vReqmG)
8. ^ http://lostcauselessness.blogspot.com/2006/11/alibi-networks.html
9. ^ Bonnie Malkin: Agency offers cheaters £12 alibi - published at Telegraph.co.uk on 2007-9-12
10. ^ John Hooper: Infidelity finds a faithful friend in alibi agency - published at Theage.com.au on 2007-3-14
11. ^ Helen Nugent, Allan Hall: Now sex cheats can buy an alibi for £800 a day - published at Times Online on 2004-8-30

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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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Look up Channel, channel, or channels in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Channel, Channels, and similar terms may refer to:

• Channels (band), a rock band fronted by ex-Jawbox singer/guitarist J. Robbins
• Channels (film), a 2008 film
• Channel, synonym for pre-chorus in popular song structure
• Ion channel, a protein that allows ion flow through a cell membrane
• Mediumship (also known as channelling), communication with spirits
• Meridian (Chinese medicine) (or channel), a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong
• Legal channeling, the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability for an event

Places[link]

• Channel (geography), in physical geography, the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks
• Stream channel, a hydrologic scientific term for physical confine of a stream (river) consisting of stream bed and stream banks

Europe[link]

• English Channel, the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France
• Channel Tunnel, or the Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel linking the U.K. and France
• Channel Islands, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy

North America[link]

• Channel Islands of California, a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California
• Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Channel Lake, Illinois
• Channel, California, a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States
• Channel Home Centers, a defunct home improvement chain based in the northeastern United States

Australia[link]

• Channel Highway, a regional highway in Tasmania, Australia
• Channel Express, a defunct British airline

Business[link]

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• Marketing channel, set of activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption

Technology[link]

• Communication channel, a transmission medium, e.g. a wire, or a multiplexed connection, e.g. a radio channel, used to convey an information signal from a sender to a receiver,
• Channel (digital image), the grayscale representation of a primary color in a digital image
• Channel (programming), in computer science, a tool used for interprocess communication
• Television channel, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart
• Channel (broadcasting), a range of frequencies assigned by a government for broadcasting
• I/O Channel, in computing, a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture
• Audio channel