Ftn

Ftn

Infobox TV channel
name = Ftn
logofile = Ftnlogo.png logoalt = Ftn logo
launch = 15 January, 2003
closed date = 1 October, 2007
replaced by names=Virgin 1
share = 0.2% (0.0% for Ftn+1)
share as of = August 2007
share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?report=multichannel&requesttimeout=500&
]
owner = Virgin Media Television
timeshift names = Ftn+1| availability note =
(at time of closure)
terr serv 1 = Freeview
terr chan 1 = Channel 20
sat serv 1 = Sky Digital
sat chan 1 = Channel 153
Channel 154 (+1)
cable serv 1 = Virgin Media
cable chan 1 = Channel 122
Channel 123 (+1)| cable serv 2 = UPC Ireland
cable chan 2 = Channel 129| |

Ftn (Flextech Television Network) was a television channel from Virgin Media Television (formerly known as Flextech) transmitting free-to-air on Freeview and Virgin Media, and as a subscription channel on Sky Digital. The channel was broadcast between 6pm and 6am daily. It launched at 6pm on 15 January 2003, six hours after neighbouring Freeview channel, UKTV Bright Ideas, also partially owned by Virgin Media Television which itself closed down on 14 October 2007.

Ftn's schedule featured entertainment and reality programming, and also programming from other Virgin Media Television cable channels, such as Living, Living2, Bravo, Bravo 2, Trouble, and Challenge. This provided a preview to Freeview viewers of what the other Virgin Media channels offered, in a similar fashion to BSkyB's Sky3, a channel also on Freeview.

Ftn +1 launched on Sky and Virgin Media on 9 August, 2007. Despite being a one hour timeshift, Ftn +1 only broadcasted from 7pm until 1am, as Live Roulette TV which was shown on Ftn from 12am till 3am could not be rebroadcast an hour later for legal reasons.

Closure

It was announced in the summer of 2007 that Virgin Media Television was to launch a new channel, Virgin 1. [cite news
title = Virgin Media Television announces Virgin 1
publisher = Virgin Media Press Office
date = 12 June, 2007
url = http://pressoffice.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1014424&highlight
accessdate = 2006-08-24
] The new channel launched on Monday 1 October, 2007. [cite news
title = Virgin 1 launch date announced
publisher = Digital Spy
date = 18 September, 2007
url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a75847/virgin-1-launch-date-announced.html
accessdate = 2006-09-18
] The channel being intended to be Virgin Media's attempt to rival Sky1.

As a result of the launch of Virgin 1, it was revealed that Ftn would close, leaving its EPG positions on Sky, Virgin Media and Freeview to Virgin 1. [cite news
title = Launch of Virgin 1 on Freeview
publisher = Freeview.co.uk
date =
url = http://freeview.co.uk/help/channels-programming/q102
accessdate = 2006-08-24
]

Ftn closed on Monday 1 October, 2007 at 6am, with Virgin 1 launching at 6pm but actually at 9pm on the same day. [cite news
title = Ftn/Virgin 1 schedule (1 October 2007)
publisher = Radio Times
date =
url = http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=4&jspGridLocation=%2Fjsp%2Ftv_listings_grid.jsp&jspListLocation=%2Fjsp%2Ftv_listings_single.jsp&jspError=%2Fjsp%2Ferror.jsp&listingsFormat=L&searchDate=01%2F10%2F2007&channels=921&searchTime=00%3A00
accessdate = 2006-09-19
] At the same time Ftn’s timeshift channel Ftn+1 was replaced by Virgin 1’s +1 channel on Cable and Satellite.


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