Sky 2 (1996/7 channel)
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| Owned by | British Sky Broadcasting |
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Sky 2 was a short-lived television channel launched by British Sky Broadcasting on 1 September 1996 as a sister channel to Sky One, and which formed part of an expanding bouquet of channels in Sky's analogue package around this time, including The Computer Channel and Sky Scottish. Sky 2 broadcast from 7 pm to 6 am nightly, time-sharing with another new channel, Fox Kids, which was broadcast from 6 am until 7 pm. Sky used the launch of the new channel and the rebrand of Sky 1 to introduce DOGs, on both channels.
On its opening night Sky 2 held an X-Files theme night. In addition to programmes shared with its parent, the new channel showed exclusive first-run television shows. Prominent shows on its schedule included Xena: Warrior Princess, Profit, TekWar and Melrose Place.
Even though the channel reached viewing figures comparable to that of its sister channel, it was generally not as successful. Sky 2 closed in 1997. the National Geographic Channel took over the Sky 2 space until the end of Sky's analogue service in 2001.
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