Bravo (UK TV channel)
| Bravo | |
|---|---|
Logo from 2001 to 2006
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| Launched | 31 December 1985 |
| Closed | 1 January 2011 |
| Owned by |
Living TV Group (Sky plc) |
| Picture format | 16:9, 576i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Home of the Brave |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sister channel(s) | Bravo 2 |
| Timeshift service | Bravo +1 |
| Website | bravo.co.uk (closed) |
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Availability
(at time of closure) |
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| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 123 Channel 124 (+1) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 136 Channel 137 (+1) Catch Up TV on Demand TV Choice on Demand Bravo HD on Demand |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 508 Channel 509 (+1) |
| WightCable | Channel 83/116 |
Bravo was a British television channel owned by Living TV Group, a subsidiary of BSkyB. Its target audience was males in their 20s to early 40s. It broadcast a variety of both archive programming (such as Knight Rider and MacGyver) and original productions.
The Bravo channel ceased broadcasting on 1 January 2011. Its most popular programmes including: Spartacus: Blood and Sand (now on Sky1), Chuck, Leverage (now on Fox), Dog the Bounty Hunter (now on Pick), Star Trek (now on CBS Action), TNA Wrestling (now on Challenge), Sun, Sea and A&E, Motorway Patrol, Highway Patrol, Brit Cops and Caribbean Cops (now on Pick and Sky Livingit) moved to other Sky channels.
Bravo was launched on December 31, 1985, as a cable only channel, created by United Artists Programming broadcasting mainly black & white B-movies from the 1950s and 1960s. Initially, the channel was a cassette-delivered service provided to cable headends for automatic play-out.
In 1991, United Artists merged with their largest shareholder TCI (now[update]Liberty Media), to form the largest cable operator in the United States. TCI and US West announced a joint venture and, in 1992, the joint venture company became Telewest Communications. In 1993, talks were held with Tele-Communications Inc. which resulted in Flextech acquiring TCI's European programming business in exchange for shares. By January, the deal was complete with TCI, allowing it to acquire 60.4% of Flextech while Flextech acquired 100% of Bravo, 25% of UK Gold, 31% of UK Living, and 25% of the Children's Channel which increased its share in that channel.
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