- UKTV Bright Ideas
Infobox TV channel
name = UKTV Bright Ideas
logosize = 200px
logofile = UKTV Bright Ideas logo.png
logoalt = Logo of UKTV Bright Ideas
launch =15 January ,2003
closed date =14 October ,2007
share = 0.1%
share as of = October 2007
share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti]
owner =UKTV
(BBC /Virgin Media Television )
former names = UK Bright Ideas (until March 2004)
replaced by names = Dave
web = [http://www.uktvbrightideas.co.uk/ www.uktvbrightideas.co.uk]
availability note =
(at time of closure)
terr serv 1 = Freeview
terr chan 1 = Channel 19
sat serv 1 = Sky Digital
sat chan 1 = Channel 269
cable serv 1 =Virgin Media
cable chan 1 = Channel 263
cable serv 2 =Tiscali TV
cable chan 2 = Channel 41|
UKTV Bright Ideas (previously known as UK Bright Ideas and originally UK HomeStyle) was a
digital television channel broadcast in theUnited Kingdom which was part of theUKTV family of channels. The channel broadcast a variety of programmes, often originally aired onUKTV Style ,UKTV Food andUKTV Gardens , and are thus mainly cookery, DIY and gardening. However, in January 2005, it began showing programmes branded by UKTV Sport, presumably to increase potential audience figures by extending the programme to Freeview viewers.Bright Ideas was launched on
15 January 2003 initially for the Freeviewdigital terrestrial television platform, but later expanded to other platforms. Along with the rest of theUKTV network, the "UK" prefix was changed to "UKTV" on8 March 2004 and it became UKTV Bright Ideas.The channel was available on
digital terrestrial television (Freeview), Sky Digital andVirgin Media .In September 2007 UKTV announced that UKTV Bright Ideas, which only averaged 0.1% of the audience share, would be replaced on Freeview by UKTV G2, renamed 'Dave', as of
15 October . [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/a70407/uktv-considers-g2-freeview-launch.html UKTV considers G2 Freeview launch]Digital Spy , August 8th 2007]UKTV Bright Ideas ceased broadcasting on all platforms on
14 October 2007 at 6pm.Former programming
Logos
References
External links
* [http://www.uktvbrightideas.co.uk Bright Ideas] at UKTV.co.uk
* [http://thetvroom.com/uktv The TV Room] looks at presentation/branding on the UKTV channels
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