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It was again relaunched in May 2003 on EPG channel 265. Recurring financial issues, aggravated by the technical failure of a premium-rate SMS service on the channel which would have brought in funding, and various other problems, left the channel in a precarious state. By April 2004 it was running on
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The channel had never been profitable, and its average audiences were in the region of 100,000. UBM placed the channel on the market in 2001, but as it was unable to find a buyer, UBM closed the channel on 31 October 2001, with the loss of 46 jobs and debts estimated at £12 million, notably playing
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based independent production company Power TV, who had previously produced some shows for the channel. A temporary relaunch occurred to
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fell through and the channel ceased to broadcast and was removed from the Sky EPG. Plans for its relaunch were kept active, however. Its named holding company, Rapture TV (Scotland), which was incorporated in 2002, was wound up in 2005.
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Rapture attempted to restart their satellite broadcast presence in an audio-only capacity by broadcasting several shows for
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at weekends, and eventually used this transponder full-time, until closing its analogue service on 12 December 1999. Shortly before this, on 27 October 1999, the channel had moved to digital broadcasting via
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replaced with a high quality paid service. In
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an almost autopilot, having moved (again) to EPG channel 205, with a somewhat randomised playlist of a few videos, reruns of old club nights overnight, and extreme sports in the day.
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as its final track over pictures of the station staff. During this time, it had refocused almost entirely on dance music, and had moved to the music section of the EPG.
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