Dave (TV channel)
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| Launched | 2 October 1998 |
| Owned by |
UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Scripps Networks Interactive) |
| Picture format | 576i (4:3 and 16:9) (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.99% 0.10% (Dave ja vu) (February 2017, BARB) |
| Slogan | "The Home of Witty Banter" |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | 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 Drama Eden Gold Good Food Home Really W Yesterday |
| Timeshift service | Dave ja vu |
| Website | uktv.co.uk/dave |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 12 Channel 79 (ja vu) |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 111 (SD/HD) Channel 214 (ja vu) Channel 246 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 127 Channel 194 (HD) Channel 211 (ja vu) |
| Virgin Media Ireland | Channel 122 |
| WightFibre | Channel 69 |
| IPTV | |
| BT | Channel 387 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (Dave ja vu) (UK only) |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Dave is a television channel owned by UKTV, which is available in the United Kingdom and Ireland. 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.
UK Gold Classics, UKTV's first digital-only channel, was launched on 2 October 1998 and was only broadcast from Friday to Sunday on Sky Digital from 6.00pm to 2.00am. Around this time UK Gold began to move towards newer programmes instead of older ones; the 'classics' line-up 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. They also showed some recent shows from the main channel, but the main part of the channel was older shows from the early years of UK Gold. On weekdays, the channel was off air, showing a still caption of all the UKTV channels and start-up times.
The 'Classics' format lasted just six months; the channel ended on 28 March 1999, and 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 instead of classic shows.
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.
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 (then Blighty, now Drama) such as Top Gear and Airport.
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