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Five is now Channel 5

Paul — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:34:33 +0000

Five has rebranded as Channel 5 today.

Also, Five HD has become Channel 5 HD.

Fiver and Five USA will rebrand in the coming weeks (Fiver will become 5* and Five USA will become 5USA).

Rebrands for Channel 5′s sister channels

Paul — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:19:04 +0000

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.

Five rebrand to Channel 5

Paul — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:21:49 +0000

Five will rebrand as Channel 5 on the 14th February.

It’s been referred to as Channel 5 in newspapers for a while now, but the on-screen rebrand will finally take place next month.

Five HD launches on Sky and cable

Paul — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:51:22 +0000

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.

Five wins Freeview HD slot

Paul — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:22:58 +0000

Five has one won of the slots up for grabs on Freeview for high definition broadcasts. Five are planning to simulcast their main channel in HD on Freeview and any standard definition programmes are thought to be carried at SD quality on the new stream. Five HD should launch on Freeview by late 2010.

Five puts in a bid for Freeview HD slot

Paul — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:04:06 +0000

Media website Digital Spy is reporting Five have put in a bid for one of the Freeview HD slots. They say “the proposed service would offer an HD simulcast of Five between 5pm and 1am each day, followed by five hours of other services, such as VOD, for use by Five and other broadcasters… the 6am-5pm window would be licensed out to a third-party HD broadcaster”.

If the bid is successful, the HD service from Five is expected to launch in late 2010. Click here for more details at Digital Spy.