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Key ► Free channel ► Text service ► Audio only ► Primary subscription chanel Primary subscription channels cost £10/month for any 6 (timesharing channels counted as one choice), or £12/month for the entire selection. ► Premium subscription channel Premium Sky channels were available with the following monthly charges:£11 for any one channel, £15 for any two, £18 for any three, or £20 for all four. Sky Sports 3 was available free with either Sky Sports 1 or 2. The ITV Sport Channel cost £7/month; FilmFour cost £6/month. ► Pay-per-view channel
Thanks to Andrew McAnulty, Mark Jones and ONhistory for their help in compiling this information - if you can fill the gaps, or spot a mistake, please get in touch. |
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BBC One |
Nov 1998 - Present |
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BBC Two |
Nov 1998 - Present |
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ITV |
Nov 1998 - Present |
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Channel 4 |
Nov 1998 - Present |
Eng, Scot, NI only |
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S4C |
Nov 1998 - Present |
Wales only |
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Channel 5 |
Nov 1998 - Present |
Now Five |
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ITV2 |
Nov 1998 - Present |
England and Wales only |
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S2 |
Nov 1998 - Present |
Scotland only; now ITV2 |
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UTV 2 |
Nov 1998 - Present |
NI only; now ITV2 |
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BBC Choice |
Nov 1998 - Present |
Now BBC Three |
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Channel 4 |
Nov 1998 - Present |
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Teletext |
Feb 2000 - Present |
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BBC Text |
May 1999 - Present |
Now BBCi |
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BBC News 24 |
Nov 1998 - Present |
Now BBC News |
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BBC Parliament |
Nov 1998 - Present |
Audio only |
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BBC Knowledge |
Jun 1999 - Present |
Now BBC Four |
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Four Text |
Mar 2000 - Dec 2003 |
Now Teletext on 4 |
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NTL |
Aug 2000 - late 2002 |
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ITV Text+ |
Feb 2001 - Feb 2002 |
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S4C 2 |
Nov 1998 - Present |
Wales only |
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Tele G |
Nov 1998 - Present |
Scotland only |
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Shop! replaced by QVC in April 2002 |
Nov 1998 - Present |
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First ONdigital replaced
by |
Nov 1998 - Aug 2001 |
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ITV Sport Channel |
Aug 2001 - May 2002 |
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Sky Sports 1 |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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Sky Sports 2 |
Nov 1999 - May 2002 |
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Sky Sports 3 |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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Sky MovieMax |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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Sky Premier |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
On channel 22 from Nov 98 to Nov 99 |
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Sky One |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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Cartoon Network |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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Carlton Cinema & ONsport 2 |
Nov 1998 - Mar 2003 |
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British Eurosport |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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Granada Plus |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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Granada Breeze & Men & Motors |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
Breeze closed in Jan 2002 |
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UK Gold |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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MTV |
Jul 1999 - May 2002 |
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Carlton Kids & Carlton World |
Nov 1998 - Jan 2000 |
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Carlton Select & Taste (CFN) |
Nov 1998 - Dec 2001 |
Select closed in 2000 |
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Discovery Channel & Discovery Kids & Wings |
Nov 2001 - May 2002 |
Kids & Wings launched Feb 2000 |
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Play UK |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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UK Style |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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Nickelodeon & Paramount Comedy |
Jan 2001 - May 2002 |
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ONdigital information channel |
Nov 1998 - Nov 1999 |
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Film Four |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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E4 |
Nov 1998 - May 2002 |
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Simply Money replaced by UK Horizons in January 2001 |
May 2000 - May 2002 |
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TV Travel Shop |
Apr 2000 - Feb 2004 |
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ONgames |
Mid-1999 - Dec 2001 |
Two Way TV from Jul 2001 |
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ONgames 2 |
Jun 2000 - Jul 2001 |
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ONoffer |
Jun 2000 - Feb 2001 |
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Wellbeing |
Apr 2001 - Dec 2001 |
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ITN |
Aug 2000 - Dec 2005 |
Replaced by ITV News Channel |
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ITV Select information channel |
dates unknown |
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ONrequest re-branded as ITV Select 1 from August 2001 |
May 2000 - Apr 2002 |
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ITV Select 2 |
Late-2000 - Apr 2002 |
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ITV Select 3 |
Late-2000 - Apr 2002 |
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ITV Select 4 |
Late-2000 - Apr 2002 |
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ITV Select 5 |
Late-2000 - Apr 2002 |
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ITV Digital information channel |
dates unknown |
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The Adult Channel |
Late-2000 - May 2002 |
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Television X |
Early-2001 - May 2002 |
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Adults Only 1 |
Jun 2001 - Apr 2002 |
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Adults Only 2 |
Jun 2001 - Apr 2002 |
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Adults Only 3 |
Oct 2001 - Apr 2002 |
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98 |
ITV Sport Select |
Aug 2001 - Apr 2002 |
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ITV Sport Plus |
Aug 2001 - Apr 2002 |
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