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Sky Three

Pick
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Launched 31 October 2005
Owned by Sky plc
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3)
Audience share 0.77%
0.05% (+1) (August 2016 (2016-08), BARB)
Country United Kingdom, Ireland
Formerly called Sky Three (2005–08)
Sky3 (2008–11)
Pick TV (2011–13)
Sister channel(s) Challenge,
Real Lives,
Sky 1,
Sky 2,
Sky Arts,
Sky Atlantic,
Sky Cinema,
Sky Living,
Sky News,
Sky Sports,
Sky Sports F1,
Sky Sports News HQ
Timeshift service Pick +1
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview Channel 11
Satellite
Freesat Channel 144
Channel 145 (+1)
Sky
(UK)
Channel 152
Channel 163 (+1) (GB)
Channel 283 (+1) (NI)
Sky
(Ireland)
Channel 152
Channel 283 (+1)
Astra 2F 12207 V 27500 5/6
12207 V 27500 5/6 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media (UK) Channel 123
Virgin Media (Ireland) Channel 133
WightFibre Channel 11
Channel 21 (+1)
Streaming media
FilmOn Watch live

Pick is a British television channel, available via Freeview, Freesat,Sky and Virgin Media.

The channel was originally launched in 2005 as Sky Three. It was essentially a "shop window" service for Sky's main entertainment channel Sky 1 and its other subscription services, which served to "offer digital terrestrial viewers the opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of popular programmes from Sky". From its launch on 1 November 2005 until 24 June 2010, the channel carried Sky Travel's commercial presentations selling holiday deals for a number of providers.

Early highlights from the channel's schedule included Futurama, Cold Case, Tru Calling, Relic Hunter, Road Wars, the Inside strand of documentaries, Brainiac: Science Abuse, Airline, and 35mm from Sky Movies (which looks at upcoming films in the cinema and on Sky's premium movies service Sky Movies) and Dream Team. The channel has also shown the free-to-air premieres of some of Sky 1's more prestigious shows such as series 3 and 4 of 24, Rescue Me, The 10th Kingdom, Hex and the latest remake of Battlestar Galactica. The channel also showed seasons 3 and 4 of Prison Break in 2010.

In recent years, the number of well known Sky 1 shows being shown on Pick TV has declined. The channel is well known for airing repeats of Road Wars and Airline whilst other shows such as Coach Trip and It's Me or the Dog are also shown regularly, the closure of Sky Real Lives responsible for the increase in lifestyle programming. The number of American shows airing on the channel has declined rapidly, with Prison Break the last major US Sky 1 drama to be shown on the channel in 2010. Since its rebrand to Pick TV, recent Sky 1 shows such as UK Border Force, Pineapple Dance Studios and documentary series hosted by Ross Kemp such as gangs and in search of Pirates were aired.


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