Sky 2
| Sky 2 | |
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| Launched | 9 December 2002 |
| Owned by | Sky plc |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3) |
| Audience share | 0.12% (August 2016, BARB) |
| Country | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Formerly called | Sky One Mix (2002–2004) Sky Mix (2004–2005) Sky Two (2005–2008) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Challenge, Pick, Real Lives, Sky 1, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic, Sky Cinema, Sky Cinema Box Office, Sky Living, Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky Sports F1, Sky Sports News HQ |
| Website | www.sky.com |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 129 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 121 |
| Virgin Media Ireland | Channel 115 |
| WightFibre | Channel 10 |
| IPTV | |
| TalkTalk TV | Channel 302 |
| Streaming media | |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
| Sky 2 | |
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| Launched | 1 September 1996 |
| Closed | 31 August 1997 |
| Owned by | British Sky Broadcasting |
| Country | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Replaced by | The National Geographic Channel |
| Sister channel(s) | Sky 1 |
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Availability
(at time of closure) |
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| Satellite | |
| Sky Multichannels | Astra 1E, 11.303H |
Sky 2 is a British television channel originally launched in September 1996 and relaunched December 2002.
Sky 2 was originally a television channel from British Sky Broadcasting, which launched on 1 September 1996 as a sister channel to Sky One, as part of a new bouquet of Sky channels including The Computer Channel and Sky Scottish. For an opening night it held an X-Files theme night. While the channel was still being broadcast, Sky One was branded as "Sky 1". Unlike the later Sky One spin-off, Sky One Mix, the channel showed exclusive first-run television shows rather than the same programming as its parent. Prominent shows on its schedule included Xena: Warrior Princess, Profit, TekWar and Melrose Place.
Sky used the launch of the channel and the rebrand of Sky 1 to introduce DOGs, on both channels.
While at some points the channel reached viewing figures nearly equal to that of its sister channel (such as for the initial episode of Xena: Warrior Princess), it was never very successful. It was eventually closed the following year along with Granada Talk TV following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Sky One Mix originally launched on 9 December 2002 as Sky One's sister channel. Sky One Mix was rebranded as Sky Mix in 2004. This branded-name was short lived, because in 2005, it was rebranded as Sky Two, effectively reviving the Sky 2 brand. It was rebranded as Sky 2 on 31 August 2008, when Sky's entertainment channels rebranded into the solids (used by Sky 1), liquids (used by Sky 2) and particles (used by the fallen Sky 3) theme. On 1 February 2011, Sky refreshed the presentation on many of its channels. Sky 2's idents follow the same themes as Sky 1's new idents, but feature a smaller metal '2' icon, and the action is in close-up.
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