Game Guru

Game Network
Launched	1999
Closed	February 27, 2006
Owned by	Cellcast Group
Replaced by	Babestation
Availability At time of closure
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 172
SKY Italia	Channel 816

Game Network was a European online game and television network company. It was initially owned by Digital Bros. group, but was later sold to Cellcast Group. Game Network was, during its broadcast, the only television channel in Europe dedicated to covering multimedia entertainment, and generally focused on video games.

Originally, Game Network's television channel was available all over Europe, with the UK version (produced by Cellcast) overlaying their own regional content to the channel, with programs including Digital Crack,'Me in Mir, The Weekly Chart Show, Game Guru, Reloaded, Livewire, and most recently, Evolution. The channel expanded in 2003 with the launch of non-gaming programmes such as Babestation, a late-night "tease" show. The success of this show lead to many other clone programmes appearing on other channels, and this alternative revenue stream lead to a later influx of phone-in quiz shows, of which Game Network shows many. As of 2005, Game Network's UK games programming is largely limited to a block of raw games footage from 5:30am - 10am, with Game Guru airing from 5pm until 7pm, followed by programmes such as Psychic Interactive, which continue until Babestation starts.

The major gaming shows, such as LiveWire, were cancelled in May 2005, and the Italian-language feed from Hotbird ceased in September 2005. At this time, Digital Bros. sold Game Network in the UK, to a company called Cellcast. The channel was run in tandem by Sem Mioli (Digital Bros.) and Jonathan French/Craig Gardiner (Cellcast), from 2003 to 2006.

During the time in which Game Network ran as a television channel, they also hosted various online games including Horizons Online, Droiyan Online, The Legend of Mir 2 and 3, and Myth of Soma. Although when Game Network ceased as a television channel, their online side involving the video games that they provided to the public continued as GNOnline.

As of 20 February 2006, Game Network UK had been renamed Babestation, with all video game content being dropped. On 28 February, the channel was moved to the adult section of the Sky EPG.