Living (channel)
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| Launched | 1 September 1993 |
| Owned by | Virgin Media Television |
| Picture format | 16:9, 576i (SDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.6% (0.3% for +1) (April 2008, [1]) |
| Formerly called | UK Living (until 1997) Living TV (until 2004) LIVINGtv (until 2007) |
| Sister channel(s) | Living2 |
| Timeshift service | Living+1 |
| Website | www.livingtv.co.uk |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Top Up TV | Via Top Up TV Anytime |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 112 Channel 113 (+1) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 110 Channel 111 (+1) |
| NTL Ireland | Channel 124 Channel 125 (+1) |
| WightCable | Channel 40/113 |
Living is a British television channel owned by Virgin Media Television. Originally launched as UK Living in 1993, the channel changed its name to Living in 1997, to dissassociate itself from the UKTV network that launched that year, later becoming LivingTV and in 2004 adopted LIVINGtv. The channel's programming is aimed mainly at women and families but is increasing its reach in a bid to become "the 6th Channel". With new shows such as CSI:, Close to Home and Boston Legal, the channel is now broadening its audience reach to other key demographics such as men aged 18-45.
The most watched shows on Living are Ghost Whisperer, America's Next Top Model, Grey's Anatomy and Most Haunted Live.
The channel also airs Yvette Fielding's Most Haunted, in which Fielding and medium David Wells investigate supposedly haunted locations in the UK. The show has brought some of the channel's biggest ratings to date.
In 2001, Living launched a whole new genre of paranormal programming with such shows as Crossing Over with John Edward, 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry, Scream Team, Jane Goldman Investigates, Dead Famous, I'm Famous and Frightened! and Most Haunted, which continues to be a ratings winner.
Living has also launched a number of successful US television shows in the UK market. Past Successes include Charmed, Will & Grace, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Miss Match, Joan of Arcadia, CSI, and Just Shoot Me! . At present the channel currently has first run UK rights to Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer, The L Word, Men In Trees and the Australian comedy Kath and Kim. In 2008 the channel will also be debuting the first seasons of Army Wives, Lipstick Jungle, and Viva Laughlin.
Brian Dowling was put forward as one of the public figures to represent Living - by presenting programming including Celebrity Extra, Trolley Dollies, and a spin-off to I'm Famous and Frightened!. However in recent years, Brian has been mostly absent from the channel apart from the occasional Celebrity Extra presenting duties. Instead fellow Big Brother contestant Jade Goody became Living's newest public face, with three different shows devoted to her life, Jades Salon, Just Jade and Jade's P.A but she has recently been dropped due to the racist row on Celebrity Big Brother in January 2007.
To continue the list of Reality TV stars hosting programmes, Jodie Marsh announced that she would be presenting a new programme called Get A Life starting on 1 March 2007. However, Living announced that the show was to be cancelled and discussions got underway as to whether the remaining four episodes would be aired.
Living announced in February 2007 that Abigal Clancy, the runner up Britains Next Top Model (cycle 2) has signed a deal with the channel to make a new reality show with Janice Dickinson as her mentor, on trying to crack America.
Living is available officially in the Republic of Ireland via Sky Digital, NTL Ireland Cable [2], and NTL Digital [3] but is also available in many other European countries via Satellite. Increasingly Living has been trying to appeal more to the Irish, launching a huge billboard ad campaign throughout the country.
Living is broadcast on 11.739 GHz, vertically polarised at 28.2°E. It is encrypted using Videoguard. [4]
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[edit] Logos
 LIVINGtv (2004-2007) |
 LIVING (February 2007-) |
[edit] Notable Shows
[edit] reLIVINGtv
ReLivingTV was launched in 2006 on a temporary basis, and proved successful. It is an afternoon block on Sundays, where viewers are able to relive every episode of a certain show and season. It all began one Sunday in June for a morning session for viewers after the end of Charmed by repeating every episode of the eighth and final series, and since, it has had many successions with the likes of "Jade's Salon", "Just Jade", "Grey's Anatomy", "Boston Legal" and The WB's "Summerland". Although for most shows it continues on for a numerous amount of weeks until they are finished broadcasting that specific show or season, they have also started broadcasting films to break their gaps.
reLIVINGtv, was on most Sundays starting at around 3.00pm, and there was no specific ending time, so it was a case of "Miss It, and Miss Out"...
[edit] External links
- LivingTV.co.uk
- Living fanlisting
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- The TV Room looks at presentation/branding on Living
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