Sky1 facts for kids

Sky1 is a television channel in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest satellite television channel in the world.

History

The channel was launched on 26 April 1982 in Norway and Finland as Satellite Television Ltd and was available to around 700,000 homes. The channel offered premium programming not avaliable to other free channels. The channel was launched on 27 June 1983 in the United Kingdom and was later renamed Sky Channel on 16 January 1984.

The main airing times during the 1984 to 1989 era were 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the UK and 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the western region.

Sky1 was renamed again in 2008.

Images for kids

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  Sky Channel management 1984: Patrick Cox, Gary Davey and Malcolm Tallantire

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  American pop group E.Y.C. interview on the Coca-Cola Hit Mix weekly show

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  British singer Matt Goss on the music brand which would simultaneously broadcast on Sky One and Sky Two's Hit Mix (Long Play)

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  Sky One share of viewing 1992–2008. Peak was 9.5%, July 1993, current 0.9%.

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  (January 1984–February 1989)

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  (1990–1993)

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  (1993–1995)

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  (1995–1996)

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  (1996–1997)

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  (1997–1998)

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  (1998–2002)

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  (2002–2004)

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  (2004–2008)

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  (2016–2017)

See also

In Spanish: Sky One para niños