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announces that
Channel 35, one of the two frequencies planned for use by a fifth channel, will not be available. The ITC expresses concern over this, but still views Channel 5 as a viable option since 60% of the UK will still be covered by the remaining
97:. It would need to be a general entertainment channel with a remit for some public service broadcasting. Additionally, it is estimated that the channel's coverage would reach only 74% of the UK, and a video retuning operation would need to be undertaken.
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Channel 5 licence to Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd, setting out its broadcasting remit. 50% of programming must be original, while there are quotas for the amount of public service programming that must be
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Channel 5 Holdings are the only current bidders for the Channel 5 licence there are concerns for the future of the process ahead of the deadline, but Channel 5 Holdings says it intends to put forward its bid as
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Channel 5 Broadcasting
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Channel 4 and Five have been called off after complexities arose between the public broadcaster Channel 4 and its commercial counterpart.
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content has been seen on terrestrial television for a decade.
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becomes a regular fixture as the channel purchases rights to
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Engineering transmission tests are carried out at some sites.
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to more closely associate itself with its sister channels.
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from early 2012. The broadcaster lost the programme to
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after acquiring the rights from ITV the previous year.
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1980:"Channel 4 Test coverage bowled out by Sky and Five"
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is axed as part of a revamp of the daytime schedule.
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is broadcast. The series ends after 2,285 episodes.
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275:Logo used from 30 March 1997 to 15 September 2002
1535:"ITC to identify Channel 5 winner – Design Week"
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1006:reboot attracts an audience of 2.4 million.
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2700:Television in the United Kingdom by year
825:13 July – Five's HD service launches on
2040:Five to shift news for Aussie soap hour
1446:"Two backers quit Channel 5 consortium"
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840:purchases Five for £103.5 million.
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1414:"thisisfive.co.uk – the story of five"
922:6 December – Channel 5 +1 launches on
599:Weekday afternoon lifestyle chat show
2271:"Wentworth Prison, Channel 5, review"
2269:Hollingshead, Iain (29 August 2013).
2215:"Channel 5+1 to launch on December 6"
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491:May – The licence to run Channel 5's
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1902:. Transdiffusion Broadcasting System
1811:Plunkett, John (24 September 2002).
2705:United Kingdom television timelines
2569:Vinter, Robyn (25 September 2021).
2246:. Media Guardian. 8 November 2011.
1873:"Merger off for Channel 4 and Five"
1843:"Channel 4 and Five discuss merger"
1689:"Spice Girls launch Channel 5 (UK)"
1584:"Channel 5: The Test Transmissions"
548:24 December – The final episode of
410:Summer – Channel 5 launches on the
384:The first episode of the game show
2362:Sweney, Mark (10 September 2014).
2300:Jeffery, Morgan (1 October 2013).
1949:"End of the Affairs for Five soap"
1271:8 November – Channel 5 relaunches
1206:will end after the current series.
860:4 February – The final edition of
719:28 August – Timeshift channels of
74:Independent Broadcasting Authority
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1978:Deans, Jason (15 December 2004).
1898:Beaumont, Ian (1 February 2005).
1050:American channel of the same name
123:Independent Television Commission
2484:Barraclough, Leo (8 June 2018).
2157:Andrews, Amanda (6 April 2011).
1947:Bishop, Tom (30 December 2005).
1786:"Sky News gets Channel 5 airing"
1756:"Channel 5 'bags Home and Away'"
602:Open House with Gloria Hunniford
574:5 August – The first episode of
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710:7 March – The final episode of
321:singing a rewritten version of
187:Secretary of State for Heritage
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2331:Eames, Tom (17 January 2014).
1813:"Hunniford loses daytime show"
1355:Brown, Maggie (23 July 2010).
1328:Timeline of sport on Channel 5
1097:11 February – 5* is rebranded
217:Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited
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1691:. YouTube. 22 November 2008.
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1639:"Channel 5 Schedule Overview"
1477:"Channel Five Bidding Closes"
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1161:presents his last edition of
2453:White, Peter (8 June 2018).
2088:. Virgin Media. 13 July 2010
1548:Tara Conlan (20 July 2005).
452:15 November – The launch of
2010:"Five launches +1 services"
850:Logo used from 2011 to 2016
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2623:Oct 25 (25 October 2021).
2522:. BBC. 14 September 2018.
1357:"Channel Five: a timeline"
2690:Culture-related timelines
2400:. Eurosport. 3 May 2018.
2244:"Channel 5 to axe OK! TV"
1849:. BBC. 27 February 2004.
585:digital on-screen graphic
289:page 698 for a few weeks.
1900:"New look for Five News"
1714:Channel 5 (Astra) launch
1069:banner. They are called
1879:. BBC. 17 November 2004
1792:. BBC. 19 December 2001
1726:"Home and Away returns"
328:Channel 5's soap opera
313:Channel 5 launches at 6
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1191:ends after 18 years.
1087:Logo used since 2016
1026:Northern & Shell
838:Northern & Shell
659:'s pay-TV operator,
353:Live & Dangerous
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1550:"A history of Five"
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2143:2018-09-09 at the
2045:2018-09-09 at the
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