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Name | Ftn |
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Logofile | Ftn logo.svg |
Logoalt | Ftn logo |
Launch | 15 January 2003 |
Closed date | 1 October 2007 |
Replaced by names | Virgin 1 |
Owner | Virgin Media Television |
Timeshift names | Ftn+1 |
Availability note | (at time of closure) |
Terr serv 1 | Freeview |
Terr chan 1 | Channel 20 |
Sat serv 1 | Sky Digital |
Sat chan 1 | Channel 153 Channel 154 (+1) |
Cable serv 1 | Virgin Media |
Cable chan 1 | Channel 122 Channel 123 (+1) |
Cable serv 2 | UPC Ireland |
Cable chan 2 | Channel 129 |
Ftn (Flextech Television Network) was a television channel from Virgin Media Television (formerly known as Flextech) transmitting free-to-air on Freeview and Virgin Media, and as a subscription channel on Sky Digital. The channel was broadcast between 6pm and 6am daily. It launched at 6pm on 15 January 2003, six hours after neighbouring Freeview channel, UKTV Bright Ideas, also partially owned by Virgin Media Television which itself closed down on 14 October 2007.
Ftn's schedule featured entertainment and reality programming, and also programming from other Virgin Media Television cable channels, such as Living, Living2, Bravo, Bravo 2, Trouble, and Challenge. This provided a preview to Freeview viewers of what the other Virgin Media channels offered, in a similar fashion to BSkyB's Sky3, a channel also on Freeview.
Ftn +1 launched on Sky and Virgin Media on 9 August 2007. Despite being a one hour timeshift, Ftn +1 only broadcast from 7pm until 1am, as Live Roulette TV which was shown on Ftn from 12am till 3am could not be rebroadcast an hour later for legal reasons.
As a result of the launch of Virgin 1, it was revealed that Ftn would close, leaving its EPG positions on Sky, Virgin Media and Freeview to Virgin 1.
Ftn closed on Monday 1 October 2007 at 6am, with Virgin 1 launching at 6pm but actually at 9pm on the same day. At the same time Ftn’s timeshift channel Ftn+1 was replaced by Virgin 1’s +1 channel on Cable and Satellite.
Category:Living TV Group channels Category:Defunct British television channels Category:Television channels and stations established in 2003 Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2007
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