Sky 2
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- This article discusses the old "Sky 2" channel. For the current channel with a similar name (formerly Sky Mix), see Sky Two.
| Sky 2 | |
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| Launched | 1 September 1996 |
| Closed | 31 August 1997 |
| Owned by | BSkyB |
| Audience share | n/a (Channel, closed) |
| Sister channel(s) | Sky 1 |
| Availability At time of closure |
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| Satellite | |
| Analogue | Astra 1E, 11.303H |
Sky 2 is a defunct channel from British Sky Broadcasting launched in 1996 as a sister channel to Sky 1, as part of a new bouquet of Sky channels including The Computer Channel and Sky Scottish. For an opening night it held an X-Files theme night. While the channel was still being broadcast, Sky One was branded as "Sky 1". Unlike the later Sky One spin-off, Sky One Mix, the channel showed exclusive first-run television shows rather than the same programming as its parent. Prominent shows on its schedule included Xena: Warrior Princess, Profit, Tekwar and Sea Rescue.
Sky used the launch of the channel and the rebrand of Sky 1 to introduce Digital On-screen Graphics, on both channels.
While at some points the channel reached viewing figures nearly equal to that of its sister channel (such as for the initial episode of Xena), it was never very successful and ceased broadcasting just one year later in 1997. Most exclusive programming from Sky 2 transferred to Sky 1, which was rebranded as Sky One again.
In 2002, Sky One Mix, a new sister channel to Sky One was launched; it was later rebranded as "Sky Mix" and then "Sky Two" to coincide with the launch of a second sister channel, Sky Three on 31 October 2005.
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