Viva (British and Irish TV channel)
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Launched | October 26, 2009 | |
Replaced | Online [1] (UK only) | |
Viva (stylised as VIVA) was a British
History
The channel was officially launched on 26 October 2009 by
On 19 September 2011 the channel started broadcasting in the 16:9 picture format but the
Viva dropped its free-to-view encryption on satellite on 19 March 2013, before launching on the free-to-air platform, Freesat, on 2 April 2013.[5]
On 8 October 2014, following the
As of 31 July 2015, Viva moved to Freeview channel 58, and was only available to viewers who had devices which are compatible with Freeview HD, Freeview Play, YouView or EE TV in certain areas of the UK. It broadcast from 9:00 until 11:00.[citation needed] It moved once again on Freeview on 2 October 2015 from Channel 58 to 57. Following the establishment of a stream sharing capacity with 5USA +1, Viva extended to broadcast between 5:00am and 6:00pm on digital terrestrial television.
Closure
Viva ceased broadcasting on all platforms at 6:00am on 31 January 2018, with the final music video shown was Spice Girls' "Viva Forever". A day before, it was removed from Freesat, and the network's website was redirected to the MTV charts webpage. From 1 February, DTT's channel 57 began carrying a part-time placeholder broadcast of 5Spike +1. The 5am-6pm hours previously used by Viva were now used to extend 5USA +1 into daytime.[10] Throughout February 2018, the temporary Valentine's Day-focused MTV Love network replaced it on Sky and Virgin Media, before being replaced by now defunct channel MTV OMG from 1 March 2018.
Former programming
As well as music videos, Viva previously showed programmes from other
Presenters
- Sarah Jane Crawford[citation needed]
- Kimberley Walsh
Noggin
Noggin was an early morning
- Go, Diego, Go!
- Dora the Explorer
- Little Bear
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
- Yo Gabba Gabba!
- LazyTown
- Thomas And Friends
- The Backyardigans
- Wonder Pets!
See also
References
- ^ "Rebranding - TMF". AGB Nielsen Media Research. 14 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Plunkett, John (16 October 2009). "MTV replaces TMF with Viva". Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ "MTV prepares for UK launch of VIVA". Digital Spy. 16 October 2009.
- ^ "Viva set to launch". MTV. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ "VIVA and Travel Channel join Freesat". a516digital. 2 April 2013.
- ^ "Viacom to launch Spike TV in UK". Broadcast. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Freeview Channel Updates: April 2015". a516digital. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Spike launches 15 April and some channels are moving". Freeview. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Spike TV to launch with Breaking Bad". Broadcast. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ [Information assembled from various posts on digital TV/media forums around the time of station closure]
- ^ "Exclusive: Viva Drops Community, Series Without A UK Broadcaster". TVWise. 28 February 2012.