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But spare a thought for the now-defunct channels that no longer exist. Owned by Disney and using the branding of US network ABC, this was a great little entertainment channel offering shows from America (most of which had already been cancelled over there, but ho hum, these were innocent times). Stornoway left the broadcasting business shortly after shutting them all down. Cable Music Channel was launched in 1984 by. Darrin Smith, VENN was as its name suggests a Video Game Entertainment and News Network, and launched in 2020 to produce content based on gaming and pop culture content. The Rolling Stones, Phil Collins, Prince, Carol Miller, Setanta Sports was first formed back in 1990 to broadcast Irish sporting events to international audiences. When a dying network decides to do something to commemorate its end with a bang, it's a Network Finale. This was followed by the channel's logo sitting silently on the screen for 30 seconds, followed by blackness. Discovery HD Theater was made as an HD version of the main channel.

Mary Sue Twohy, Hall & Oates, George Harrison, Despite heavy investment and an early model encouraging. The channel launched in early 2011 and was closed in August 2014, likely because of 3D TVs not taking off like they were expected to. Mother Love Bone,

Police, In some cases, though, a show will prove successful enough to outlive its former network and manage a last-second Channel Hop, usually a result of the show's rights being sold to another network. Disney Junior ended its run in the Netherlands on April Fool's Day in 2019. The Beach Boys, Rush, Kids & Teens TV (also known as KTV) was a Christian based TV channel targeted at kids. Rolling Stones, Satellite News Channel couldn't manage to get on enough cable systems, whose operators figured one to two news networks were enough to begin with, and folded after 15 months. Michael McDonald,

Sammy Davis Jr., Kenny, Buddy Holly, Kool Moe Dee, Guns N Roses,

Patsy Cline, Iron Maiden, Elvis Presley, BBC Four also replaced BBC Knowledge, which was initially focused on education programming, but later shifted to to what ended up being a prelude to BBC Four's eventual lineup which focuses more on the arts and other serious fare. CNN Airport Network, a version of CNN found exclusively in airports, shut down in 2021, citing the ubiquity of streaming video having made the networks purpose outdated. Disney XD was airing an up next promo, and Disney In English ended, Disney's United Kingdom branch would follow New Zealand's lead and shut down. National Educational Television (NET) was a forerunner to. Tony Bennett, Dennis Elsas, The new channel struggled for a bit, and then it was bought out by General Electric and became. Beatles, Despite the likes of Arctic Monkeys hitting the scene in 2005, it wasn't enough to keep the channel around and it was replaced by MTV Flux (another forgotten channel in its own right). Duran Duran, Wind & Fire, Diana Ross, Led Zeppelin, A short-lived channel that failed to make it to a full year on the air, Granada Talk TV had a lineup of live viewer phone-in programmes alongside talkshows such as Sally Jessy Raphael. Speed, formerly Speed Channel, formerly Speedvision, was completely changed into Fox Sports 1 in 2013. It also had sister channels ITV Sport Plus and ITV Sport Select. Cinderella, Solar Entertainment in the Philippines has its share of rebranding their channels catered by genre and demographic. Paley was forced to shut the channel down because Bravo and ABC/Hearst's Alpha Repertory Television Service (ARTS), which later became A&E, took a sizable chunk of CBS Cable's desired demographic. CNN2 updated its news every 30 minutes; it would eventually be renamed CNN Headline News. As a result, viewership numbers were disappointing to both media conglomerates. JJ Walker, Bob Dylan, Soundgarden, Joe Elliott, Eleven businessmen purchased a majority share of the network, renamed it the United Network, then watched its single program, a two-hour late night show called The Las Vegas Show, fail to make it a profitable investment. Rosemary Clooney, Randy Travis, Mark Strigl, The Temptations, At one stage, it looked as if a possible merger with ITV4 was on the cards, but in 2007, ITV confirmed plans get rid of the channel. Rush, Nat King Cole, Revisit the days of grunge and punk with tracks by Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Green Day, Foo Fighters, and Goo Goo Dolls. Charley Pride, Disturbed, Pan-Asian MTV clone Channel [V]'s localized versions in Japan, South Korea and The Philippines have all been shuttered. Commodores, Their first attempt at a second channel, Citynet 27, only lasted for a few years in the late 90's to early 2000's. First, Solar USA, which programmed crime dramas, suspense, and action (Hence their tagline, The Prevue Channel showed a rolling scroll of TV listings, run by the viewer's cable or satellite provider using an, UK Living began in 1993 as a general entertainment channel for women. It started showing anime in 2009, then stopped showing new episodes of it in 2011 before cancelling the shows one at a time. Sex Pistols, Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license. Many of Brazil's networks, including the country's first, TV Tupi. Myra Scheer, Madonna,

Both Disney Channel and Disney Junior shut down in South Korea on September 30, 2021, in preparation for the arrival of Disney+ on November 12 that year. Then the network fell into the hands of Alexander Tolmatsky, who decided to. Rage Against The Machine, Launched: 2007 / Closed: 2009 (on Broadband until 2014). Katie Price, Jo Guest, Roy 'Chubby' Brown and others were among the stars who appeared in the adult side, while everyone from Richard Hammond, John Inverdale and Gary Numan featured for the "Motors" side. The channel was closed after Disney decided to concentrate on their other channels and were frustrated with the limitations of being only available on Freeview. DogTV launched in 2012 as a 24/7 channel with sound, colors, and camera angles attempting to appeal to dogs themselves. There's no guarantee that this strategy will work, however, as there are cases when even new channels that aren't rebrands never get very far off the ground, especially in a modern digital cable/satellite world that has to contend with cord-cutters and niche streaming services. 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Things were pretty easy to follow. Mike Kelly, The Beatles, In 1997, after being denied from becoming part of. Pearl Jam, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Swedish Egil, Jeannie Seely, But then, all of a sudden, they disappeared with little fanfare. The Australian version of the Style Network abruptly shut down in December 2019, having it outlive the Esquire Network by six years. While some cable networks like HBO are approaching their 40th birthdays, other channels came and went so fast that you may have never accidentally discovered them by pressing the wrong button on your remote. Boys II Men, Broadcasting live from the 24th floor of Canary Wharf, the service became renowned for its downmarket content such as Topless Darts, weather bulletins presented variously by women in bikinis and a dwarf bouncing on a trampoline, and softcore porn shows such as Red Shoe Diaries. CNNfn, their answer to CNBC. Alan Hunter, Motley Crue,

Grant Random, Its broadcast license was abruptly revoked by the corrupt Najib regime for daring to post news critical of the ruling party and exposing corruption in the government. On January 5, 2022, DIY Network became Magnolia Network and transitioned from a reality/documentary channel with a focus on home building/home remodeling programming to more of a general lifestyle focused network. Goo Goo Dolls, Anime All Ages was a sister to Anime All Day, the main difference being that the former featured kid-appropriate shows like. Nina Blackwood, The NTA Film Network, established in 1956, was basically a syndication service which offered films and series (including, The Wometco Home Theater was an early pay-per-view channel that showed movies, in a similar vein as. The UK's only TV channel dedicated to soaps, Sky Soap launched in 1994 as a spinoff from the popular soaps block of programming on the old Sky Channel (later rebranded as Sky One). Doors, Paul McCartney, Sky Soap survived only a few months after the launch of Sky Digital, taking its last bow in April 1999. Low audience figures and an unaffordable multimillion-pound deal with the Football League led to huge losses for the company. DJ K Yung, Most of the programs aired were cancelled in 2003, with the whole network going off the air by 2004. Argo, This all sounds like medieval-speak now. Snoop Dogg, Jackson Browne, Beatles and Solos (John, However, Setanta went into administration in summer 2009, and most of its channels ceased all operations in the UK.

The news channels RT America and Today's Top Story, a 30-minute recap of headlines updated a few times a day similar to the original format of HLN, were completely retired. Keith Roth, Originally known as The Computer Channel, .tv launched in 1996 in the early days of the internet, initially broadcasting for just two hours a night. On March 1, 2021 WGN America, a superstation expansion of Chicago's famous WGN that was also formerly known as Superstation WGN, re-branded as NewsNation and began a slow transition to being a 24-hour news channel, slowly removing entertainment programming as contracts for syndication expired and immediately removing infomercials right at the rebranding.

After acquiring five other UHF stations, Overmyer tried to use those and other willing potential affiliates to create a fourth major television network just one year later to rival CBS, NBC, and ABC, attempting to succeed where the DuMont Network had failed after ten years of broadcasting in 1956. Marvin Gaye, Nancy Sinatra, Beatles, Metallica, Deftones, Remember The Premiership? Every Voom channel ended service on January 20, 2009. Buzzcocks, Janet Jackson, W Movies itself became the Canadian version of Cooking Channel in 2016. So when. Although it closed down two years later, it remained online until the company dissolved in 2014. Home Shopping Club Overnight Service was a spinoff of HSN as a shopping network for the things that didn't get sold on the main channel. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee heavily criticized interactive quiz TV formats, stating that they "generally look and feel like gambling", have "a lack of fairness and transparency" and that they encourage people to call more times than they can afford. The Setanta business in Ireland managed to survive just about, and has since been rebranded as eir Sport. Coldplay, Megless Griffin, Huey Lewis & The News, Kirkland, Danny Valentino, Then The Great Recession hit and the channel had trouble staying afloat until it was rebranded as a food-based channel called Cooking Channel in 2010. Dallas Wayne, Eric Clapton, Ranger Doug, CBS Cable continued to create 60 percent of its own daily schedule every day until its last, when it presented a new production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. You can help our automatic cover photo selection by reporting an unsuitable photo. Bad Brains, MHz WorldView was a non-commercial broadcast channel that aired as a subnetwork of most PBS stations and broadcasted newscasts and other multinational programming from around the world. Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson,

Peggy Lee, B.K. Rachel Steele, Ringo Starr, Elvis Presley, The Spinners, Public Enemy, Covino, Another British channel, The Wrestling Channel, went through financial troubles during its five years on the air. French travel-themed network Odyssey became Stylia in 2010 and then went off the air in 2014.

NIN, Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation was a Philippine broadcasting channel from 1972 to 1986 when ABS-CBN was shut down under the Marcos administration. Wedding Central was a spinoff of We TV focused on weddings. Hong Kong lost Disney Channel on October 1, 2021, while Taiwan did the same on January 1, 2022. Obviously related to the also deceased Nuts magazine, it was available on Freeview and Sky. Pearl Jam, This was the first British TV channel to broadcast exclusively in digital, and the BBC's second non-terrestrial channel. ", with the answer revealed to be "balaclava" and "rawlplugs". These were all channels that at one point or another we gave a go, and perhaps even loved. Hawkvision existed for the sole purpose of televising Blackhawks games played at Chicago Stadium to fans' living rooms for a fee. CNN+, the online streaming subscription service created by, DiGi TV, an early attempt at IPTV on DiGi Malaysia's network, was quietly put out of its misery once 4G was launched.

There are now hundreds and hundreds of channels to choose from, whether it's the many BBC or ITV stations, Sky's offerings, UKTV's catalogue, the various sport and movie networks, and let's not forget the naughty channels that you hit when you go too far down the page. Pluto TV Family was an all-family movies channel launched in 2018, a time when the service had few kid-appropriate channels. Pirate TV came to an abrupt end to make way for the Paramount Channel (now known as Comedy Central). Marc Benecke, The Wrestling Channel also had a sister channel, TWC Reloaded, which didn't do much better then the original and was sold off to become the movie channel Movies 333, which later became True Movies, followed by Sony Movies Classic, and is now known as Great! The British cable channel Music Box was launched in 1984 as the UK's version of MTV. Pink Floyd, Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. In Italy, Disney XD, along with Disney In English, shut down on October 1, 2019, though it was done very poorly. MetroVision Malaysia shut down with little to no fanfare in 2005, after which its license and headquarters were purchased wholesale by Media Prima, and it was relaunched as, Fellow Malaysian TV channel Channel 9 suffered a similar fate in the late 2000s. CBS founder William Paley oversaw the creation of CBS Cable, the network's first foray into the then relatively new and unfamiliar land of cable. Fox Sports World became Fox Soccer Channel in 2005, then simply Fox Soccer in 2011, before losing the rights to Premiere League games to, Country music/culture-focused The Nashville Network (TNN) came on the air in 1983, became the more generalized "The National Network," in 2000 ("The New TNN") and then became the male-focused. Muddy Waters, Ronnie Milsap, The Amalgamated Broadcasting System (ABS) was an attempt at a "third" U.S. radio network back when NBC and CBS were the "big two" networks (Mutual was yet to be established and ABC was still known as "NBC Blue"). In fact, the last real thing that it showed was a promo for a show that would of course never again air. premiered on April Fools Day 1990 with a couple of original sketch shows (The Unnaturals, Random Acts of Variety) and a game show (Clash! Sluggo , Mark Strigl, The Clash, George, Weather Information Network, the only weather-oriented television channel in the Philippines owned by TV5, launched in 2012, broadcasting weather alerts New Zealand-based MetraWeather, the channel ceased broadcasting on December 23, 2013 due to TV5 transferring its studios to Mandaluyong. An extension you use may be preventing Wikiwand articles from loading properly. It eventually made way for ITV HD. Earle Bailey,

However, this was later changed to automated videos and countdowns presented by celebrities. At peak times, you had a 1 in 8,500 chance of getting through. Buddy Guy, Outkast, Dangerous Darren, Ozzy Osbourne, The Men and Motors brand continues online, with various programmes and content available on YouTube. KoRn, Train, The morning show, America's Talking A.M., was co-anchored by Steve Doocy, one of a few America's Talking personalities that followed Roger Ailes when he left the company in 1996 to help Rupert Murdoch start the Fox News Channel. ABC (Associated Broadcasting Company) was a private TV network in the Philippines which started operations in 1992. Madison, This was only supported by Symbian phones proper, although some Windows Mobile phones could also do this with some modded libraries. In Germany, NBC Europe kept going strong until 2005, when it was rebranded as Das Vierte, which itself shut down in 2013 after it was bought out by Disney and replaced with the Disney Channel. Elvis Presley, This content is imported from YouTube. 10cc, It struggled for two decades before suddenly shutting down in 2019. The Four Seasons, The timing was not well thought out to say the least, there was a one year gap between Malaysia losing the Disney channels and, though a few non-Funimation titles were occasionally licensed for the channel, any show being carried on that network will die with it. Brenda Lee, Under the belief that it "wasn't fair to season ticket holders," and because he felt that it was ultimately costing him money, Chicago Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz decided after the 1992-93 NHL season that his franchise would be the only one out of the four major American sports to purposely not have its home games televised. Put on your dancing shoes for KC & The Sunshine Band and Village People. Military Channel was renamed to American Heroes Channel in 2014. It eventually became an indie rock channel, aimed at 25-34 year-old men. Hall & Oates, Clint Black, Bush, Pink Floyd, It's Canadian/Caribbean version became Fox Sports Racing. The channel was basically a mix of BBC One and Two, as well as some original programming such as its Glastonbury coverage, extended live sport and various children's shows. Pretenders, Exclusive channels, sports play-by-play, A-list hosts. Third Eye Blind, This browser is not supported by Wikiwand :( Wikiwand requires a browser with modern capabilities in order to provide you with the best reading experience.Please download and use one of the following browsers: An extension you use may be preventing Wikiwand articles from loading properly. Charlie Monk, Ramones, Black Sabbath, Stetsasonic, Depeche Mode, Prince, It was eventually replaced by BBC Three in 2003. 2Pac, An obscure children's channel from Argentina called NICK (. TAG was a Filipino channel launched by ABS-CBN in 2016 which aired Filipino-dubbed Hollywood and Asian movies. Dusty Street, It's a far cry from the halcyon days of 20 years ago, when digital TV was still relatively new and multichannel TV was a rapidly-increasing market in the UK. bpm:tv, ichannel and The Pet Network were all shuttered during the mid-2010s, with their owner Stornoway Communications citing the lack of sustainable distribution agreements being the cause. Katherine Boyd, Owned by Box Television, this was THE music video channel if you were a youth back in the early 2000s. Goo Goo Dolls, Eddie Trunk, Would you like to suggest this photo as the cover photo for this article?

When that proved to not be profitable after one season, Wirtz refused all television offers for the remainder of his life. Kim Ashley, The US version of VH1 MegaHits was a spinoff of, Global Reality Channel was the same thing, except it was a spinoff of, Canada was supposed to get Relationship Television, a network related to relationships and gender issues, and instead got the racier SexTV: The Channel in 2001, named after an existing. John Lee Hooker, Michael Jackson,

Basically, it was what your teachers wanted you to watch. Crosby Stills Nash & Young,

Music you grew up with to the sounds of today. The aforementioned Style Network was replaced by the Esquire Network in 2013, which itself did not last. Stills, Notorious B.I.G. Because some cable providers didn't want to choose sides between the two powerful companies, in some cases they ended up not adding either channel to their lineup. Amazingly, it also had a +1 channel. The network had abysmal ratings right from the get-go, and its only notable programming were reruns and spinoffs of. A Tribe Called Quest,

Mc Lyte, Stevie Wonder, Turner also had trouble getting the rights to popular videos because MTV allegedly put pressure on musicians to adhere to an exclusivity agreement. It was then replaced with either the very similar Create, or its sister channel World, both of which are still around. : 2022 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved, announcement of an upcoming sister network. It was notable that Ted Turner, known in the early '80s as "The Mouth of the South," had failed in attempting to create a new network to compete withand copyan existing network that had a specific format all to itself, because he had been on the other side of things just two years earlier.