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A one-hour timeshifted version of Channel 5's main terrestrial network will be launched this December. The broadcaster already has two other one-hour timeshifted versions of its digital channels, 5*+1 and 5USA.
Announced by network owner, Richard Desmond, the new channel will be called Channel 5+1, and it will be broadcast of Freeview, Freesat and BSkyB. Sometime in the coming year, it is also expected to be made available on Virgin Media. It will give viewers a chance to catch up on some of the network's popular shows.
According to Jeff Ford, Channel 5's Director of Programming, they are “extremely proud of where Channel 5 currently sits in terms of its viewers, its commercial opportunities and the spread of its content across a variety of platforms.”
Not the first to have timeshifted versions of their broadcasts, ITV launched its own variant in January and Channel 4+1 has been airing since August 2008.
Announced by network owner, Richard Desmond, the new channel will be called Channel 5+1, and it will be broadcast of Freeview, Freesat and BSkyB. Sometime in the coming year, it is also expected to be made available on Virgin Media. It will give viewers a chance to catch up on some of the network's popular shows.
According to Jeff Ford, Channel 5's Director of Programming, they are “extremely proud of where Channel 5 currently sits in terms of its viewers, its commercial opportunities and the spread of its content across a variety of platforms.”
Not the first to have timeshifted versions of their broadcasts, ITV launched its own variant in January and Channel 4+1 has been airing since August 2008.