Posted 7th March 2011 by Paul
Channel 5′s sister channels have relaunched today.
Fiver has become 5* (Five Star) and Five USA has become 5USA.
The main channel was rebranded from Five to Channel 5 last month on-screen.
5* is available on Freeview channel 30, Sky channel 176 (+1 on channel 177) and Virgin Media channel 151 (+1 on channel 152).
5USA is available on Freeview channel 31, Sky channel 174 (+1 on channel 175) and Virgin Media channel 153 (+1 on channel 154).
Tags: 5*, 5usa, Cable (Virgin Media), channel 5, five usa, fiver, Satellite (Sky Digital), Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 7th February 2011 by Paul
The new names for Channel 5′s sister channels have been revealed.
When Five rebrands back to its original Channel 5 name on the 14th February, Fiver will rebrand as 5* and Five USA will rebrand as 5USA.
Tags: 5*, 5usa, Cable (Virgin Media), channel 5, five, five usa, fiver, Satellite (Sky Digital), Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 13th July 2010 by Paul
Five HD is now available on Sky channel 171 and Virgin Media channel 150. The Five channels have been reshuffled on Virgin Media to keep all them together in the EPG – Five HD is on channel 150, Fiver is on channel 151, Fiver +1 on channel 152, Five USA on channel 153 and Five USA +1 on channel 154.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), five, five hd, five usa, five usa +1, fiver, fiver +1, hd, Satellite (Sky Digital)
Posted 14th May 2009 by Paul
Fiver and Five USA have changed channel numbers on Freeview. Fiver has moved from channel 36 to channel 30, and Five USA has moved from channel 35 to channel 31.
Tags: five usa, fiver, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 3rd May 2009 by Paul
Fiver will move from channel 36 to channel 30, and Five USA will move from channel 35 to channel 31 on the 12th May.
Tags: five usa, fiver, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 21st March 2009 by Paul
Partyland has launched on Freeview channel 50 and airs from 1am through to 5.30am every night. The channel’s owned by Channel 5, and uses Five USA’s Freeview capacity between those hours (so Five USA now airs until 1am on Freeview).
Tags: five usa, partyland, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 16th February 2009 by Paul
Five US has rebranded as Five USA today (16th February). Five USA is available on Virgin Media channel 150 and Freeview channel 35. Freeview customers may need to rescan their set top boxes to pick up the new channel name.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), five us, five usa, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
