Living (channel)
| Sky Living | |
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| Launched | 1 September 1993 |
| Owned by | Sky plc |
| Picture format |
16:9, 4:3, 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.50% 0.10% (+1) (September 2015, BARB) |
| Slogan | TV to talk about (2011-2016) Anyone for a soap? (2016-present) |
| Formerly called | UK Living (1993–1997) Living TV (1997–2004) LIVINGtv (2004–2007) Living (2007–2011) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Challenge, Pick, Real Lives, Sky 1, Sky 2, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic, Sky Cinema, Sky Cinema Box Office, Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky Sports F1, Sky Sports News HQ |
| Timeshift service | Sky Living +1 |
| Website | skyliving.sky.com |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 107 (SD/HD) Channel 122 (+1) Channel 221 (SD) On Demand |
| Cable | |
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Virgin Media (UK) |
Channel 111 (HD) Channel 112 Channel 140 (+1) Sky Anytime |
| WightFibre | Channel 71 Channel 62 (+1) |
| Virgin Media Ireland | Channel 124 Channel 125 (+1) Channel 144 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Freewire | Channel 140 |
| TalkTalk TV | Channel 303 |
| Streaming media | |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
| Now TV | Watch live (UK only) |
Sky Living is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland, owned and operated by Sky plc.
The channel was launched as UK Living on 1 September 1993. It was known as simply Living from 1997 to 2002, as Living TV from 2002 to 2007, and again as Living from 2007 to 2011. British Sky Broadcasting took over the channel in 2010, and rebranded it as Sky Living on 1 February 2011.
The channel's programming was originally aimed mainly at women and young adults. More recently, with shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Boston Legal and The Blacklist, the channel has broadened its audience reach to a wider range of demographics, including men aged 18–45.
UK Living began broadcasting on 1 September 1993, as part of the Sky Multichannels network.
UK Living was originally owned by a three way partnership; former ITV London franchise holder Thames Television, Tele-Communications Inc. and fellow cable communications company Cox Enterprises, with a budget of £25million. The channel was mainly aimed at women aged between 25 and 45, broadcasting films, dramas, chat shows and soap operas. Most of its original programming came from the programme libraries of Thames Television and the BBC. A unique aspect was the repeats of programmes such as Kilroy, Anne and Nick, and Floyd, which were all shown within a week of being transmitted on mainstream television.
By January 1994, Flextech (later known as Virgin Media Television and Living TV Group), took over TCI's shares in UK living as part of a deal between the two companies
By 1996, Telewest's Flextech division gained full control, after buying out the now-defunct Thames and Cox Enterprises. Shortly afterwards the channel moved away from its reliance of BBC programming, and increase its output of American programming.
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