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Bravo 2
Bravo
History
Launched2 March 2006; 18 years ago (2006-03-02)
Closed1 January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-01)
Former namesPlayer
(until 28 September 2006)

Bravo 2 (formerly known as Player) was a British television channel.

History

Player

The channel launched as "Player" on March 2, 2006,[1] being a spin-off to a block that previously aired late-at-night on Challenge.[2] Unlike the block, the channel functioned as a sister to Bravo rather than that of Challenge due to them both heavily focusing on programming aimed at a male audience.

In addition to the already existing gambling-related programming the block offered, the channel also aired sporting programmes, including exclusive coverage of the FIA GT Championship and a limited amount of Serie A matches under the production of its sister channel Bravo.

The idents were the same as that of its original late-night slot on Challenge, except the red colouring was swapped out for yellow colouring and without the famous club.

Bravo 2

The Player channel proved to be a failure, and on September 21, 2006, Flextech announced that the channel would be rebranded as Bravo 2 on September 28, 2006, to coincide with the main channel's new rebranding.[3]

Bravo 2 kept some of the programming that Player offered, and included programmes from the main channel to the schedule, including

Cops and Superstars, Booze Britain, and The Real Football Factories
.

From January 2007, the channel started broadcasting

Bravo, with replays of the show on Bravo 2.[5] Bravo's original contract for TNA Wrestling Programming was an 18-month contract and was distributed by RDA TV, and the deal was extended on 1 July 2008 for another 18 months which was once again negotiated by RDA TV.[6]

On 15 September 2010, BSkyB announced that it would close Bravo 2 as well as sister channels

Channel One.[7] The Bravo channels closed on 1 January 2011, with the most popular programmes moved to the other Sky channels. The last image seen on Bravo 2 was the Bravo 2 logo with the words "Bravo 2 doesn't do regret".[8] The last program was series 3 of World's Most Amazing Videos
.

References

  1. ^ "Player's on-air identity revealed". Digital Spy. 28 February 2006.
  2. TheGuardian.com
    . 16 May 2005.
  3. ^ "Flextech ditches Player for Bravo 2".
  4. ^ "TNA Wrestling to air on Bravo 2". Archived from the original on 5 January 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  5. ^ "TNA confirms move to main Bravo channel". Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  6. ^ "TNA Wrestling extends deal with Bravo channels". Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  7. Guardian.co.uk
    . Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Sky confirms Bravo shutdown date". Digital Spy. 22 November 2010.

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