UKTV Food
| Good Food | |
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| Launched | 5 November 2001 |
| Owned by |
UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Scripps Networks Interactive) |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.15% 0.02% (+1) (February 2017, BARB) |
| Slogan | "We have fun with food" |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland |
| Formerly called | UK Food (2001–2004) UKTV Food (2004–2009) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Alibi Dave Drama Eden Gold Home Really W Yesterday |
| Timeshift service | Good Food +1 |
| Website | uktv.co.uk/goodfood |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 133 (SD/HD) Channel 243 (+1) Channel 255 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 278 Channel 279 (+1) Channel 280 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| TalkTalk TV | Channel 313 |
| BT | Channel 313 Channel 388 (HD) |
| Plusnet | Channel 313 |
| Streaming media | |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) (TVPlayer Plus subscription required) |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
| Now TV | TBA |
Good Food is a lifestyle channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 5 November 2001 and relaunched in its current format on 22 June 2009. Good Food is available on satellite through Sky, on cable services, primarily through Virgin Media, and through IPTV with TalkTalk TV, BT TV. It is available through TVPlayer (When subscribed to TVPlayer Plus).
The channel originally launched on 5 November 2001 as UK Food, as a channel dedicated to cookery programmes that had previously been broadcast on the increasingly crowded UK Style channel. The channel uses a large amount of programming from the BBC's programme archive. The channel is familiar to a former international channel run by BBC Worldwide called BBC Food, as both use similar programming and both have a similar format. The channel changed its name on 8 March 2004 to UKTV Food.
As part of the rebranding of all UKTV's channels to a unique name and identity, UKTV Food rebranded as Good Food on 22 June 2009, the last of UKTV's brands to do so. The name is based on that of the BBC Good Food cookery magazine, published by Immediate Media Company. The channel and the magazine continue to be operated separately.
The network also operates a time shifted version of the channel Good Food +1, which shows the same schedule an hour later for catch up purposes. The time shifted channel does not use any special branding, with the occasional exception of a change in Digital on-screen graphic (DOG). The time shift channel is available on Sky and Virgin Media.
On 13 July 2009, Virgin Media revealed that they were "currently in active talks" with UKTV about launching a high-definition version of Good Food on their cable television platform.Good Food HD launched on 31 August 2010 on Sky, broadcasting a HD simulcast of the channel's schedule. As part of Virgin Media's deal to sell its share of UKTV, all five of UKTV's HD channels were added to Virgin's cable television service by 2012. Good Food HD was added to Virgin Media on 7 October 2011.
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