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Challenge (TV channel)
Challenge is a British free-to-air television channel dedicated to game shows from the UK, including acquired classic and contemporary shows. It is owned by Sky UK.
Challenge is currently available on terrestrial television and FAST platforms, such as Samsung TV Plus, along with sister channel Sky Mix. An Irish feed has been available since November 2013 on cable and satellite. It later launched on DTT (Saorview) on 1 February 2023; joining sister channel Sky News on the service.
The Family Channel was a domestic version of the American cable network of the same name (now known as Freeform), then-owned by U.S. firm International Family Entertainment; which was the spin-off of the Christian Broadcasting Network that operated the channel. Prior to its launch, IFE sold a 39% stake in the channel to the UK-based Flextech (later to be known as Virgin Media Television, and the Living TV Group) in June 1993. The Family Channel was then launched on 1 September 1993.
In April 1996, IFE sold its remaining 61% share to Flextech, giving them full ownership of the venture and production studio in Maidstone.
Flextech planned to relaunch The Family Channel as "The Challenge Channel" during the autumn of 1996, with daytime targeted towards housewives, and evening and weekend programming focused on game shows. However, Flextech decided to delay the relaunch so it would not compete with the October 1996 launch of Granada Sky Broadcasting's suite of channels; which included the potential competitor Granada Good Life. Instead, The Family Channel began transitioning to the new brand by introducing a weekend game show strand known as Family Challenge Weekend. On 3 February 1997, The Family Channel rebranded as Challenge TV, devoting the majority of its lineup to game shows.
On 28 March 2002, Flextech announced that they would rebrand Challenge TV as Challenge? on 20 May. In addition, Sky Digital (now known as Sky UK) customers could play some shows from home to earn a spot on the Challenge? leaderboard, with the highest scorers earning prizes. Flextech also announced that these interactive services would come to digital cable later in 2002. A year later, on 30 June 2003, the question mark was dropped from the channel's name, subsequently rebranding it as simply Challenge.
On 13 December 2004, a one-hour timeshift of Challenge, known as Challenge +1, launched on Sky Digital.
In May 2005, with the success of its recently added gambling-related programmes, Challenge launched a dedicated strand titled Player. The block would air from 10:00 pm every night, and feature live poker, as well as scripted series and films.
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Challenge (TV channel)
Challenge is a British free-to-air television channel dedicated to game shows from the UK, including acquired classic and contemporary shows. It is owned by Sky UK.
Challenge is currently available on terrestrial television and FAST platforms, such as Samsung TV Plus, along with sister channel Sky Mix. An Irish feed has been available since November 2013 on cable and satellite. It later launched on DTT (Saorview) on 1 February 2023; joining sister channel Sky News on the service.
The Family Channel was a domestic version of the American cable network of the same name (now known as Freeform), then-owned by U.S. firm International Family Entertainment; which was the spin-off of the Christian Broadcasting Network that operated the channel. Prior to its launch, IFE sold a 39% stake in the channel to the UK-based Flextech (later to be known as Virgin Media Television, and the Living TV Group) in June 1993. The Family Channel was then launched on 1 September 1993.
In April 1996, IFE sold its remaining 61% share to Flextech, giving them full ownership of the venture and production studio in Maidstone.
Flextech planned to relaunch The Family Channel as "The Challenge Channel" during the autumn of 1996, with daytime targeted towards housewives, and evening and weekend programming focused on game shows. However, Flextech decided to delay the relaunch so it would not compete with the October 1996 launch of Granada Sky Broadcasting's suite of channels; which included the potential competitor Granada Good Life. Instead, The Family Channel began transitioning to the new brand by introducing a weekend game show strand known as Family Challenge Weekend. On 3 February 1997, The Family Channel rebranded as Challenge TV, devoting the majority of its lineup to game shows.
On 28 March 2002, Flextech announced that they would rebrand Challenge TV as Challenge? on 20 May. In addition, Sky Digital (now known as Sky UK) customers could play some shows from home to earn a spot on the Challenge? leaderboard, with the highest scorers earning prizes. Flextech also announced that these interactive services would come to digital cable later in 2002. A year later, on 30 June 2003, the question mark was dropped from the channel's name, subsequently rebranding it as simply Challenge.
On 13 December 2004, a one-hour timeshift of Challenge, known as Challenge +1, launched on Sky Digital.
In May 2005, with the success of its recently added gambling-related programmes, Challenge launched a dedicated strand titled Player. The block would air from 10:00 pm every night, and feature live poker, as well as scripted series and films.
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