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Virgin1 +1 to close 1st June

Paul — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:57:19 +0000

Virgin1 +1 will no longer be available from the 1st June. This is to make way for Yesterday becoming a 24 hour channel again.

Yesterday going 24 hours from 1st June

Paul — Sat, 29 May 2010 11:49:23 +0000

Yesterday will go back to being a 24 hour channel on Freeview from the 1st June. It had previously had its hours cut (when it used to be UKTV History) to finish at 6pm on Freeview.

UKTV History becomes Yesterday

Paul — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:56:27 +0000

UKTV History was rebranded as Yesterday today. Their new tagline is “where the past is always present”. To pick up the new name for the channel Freeview customers might need to rescan their boxes. Virgin Media customers don’t need to do anything. Click here for Yesterday’s official website. UKTV Food, UKTV Gardens and UKTV Style are the only UKTV channels left to rebrand.

UKTV History rebrand date confirmed

Paul — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:00:29 +0000

The date for the rebrand of UKTV History to Yesterday has been confirmed. In a press release from UKTV they say “following the successful rebrand of UKTV’s entertainment portfolio as Dave, G.O.L.D., Watch and Alibi, UKTV will launch its third rebranded factual channel Yesterday on Monday 2nd March, following Eden and Blighty’s launches on 26th January and 17th February 2009 respectively. The final wave of the network’s ambitious rebrand to create a portfolio of multiplatform brands will be completed in Q2 2009 with the re-launch of its lifestyle offerings”. UKTV History (soon to be Yesterday) is available on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky.

UKTV Documentary becomes Eden; other UKTV changes coming soon

Paul — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:38:18 +0000

UKTV Documentary has been rebranded as Eden. It’s available on Virgin channel 208. Other UKTV channels rebranding soon are UKTV People which becomes Blighty on the 17th February, and UKTV History will rebrand as Yesterday in March.

UKTV Documentary to become Eden in January

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:48:54 +0000

As reported a while back, UKTV Documentary is rebranding as Eden in 2009. The exact date of the name change is the 26th January. The rebrand was originally announced earlier this year. Also in 2009, UKTV People will become called Blighty (Q1 2009) and UKTV History will become Yesterday (Q1 2009).