Sky Livingit | |
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Launched | 13 December 2004 |
Owned by | British Sky Broadcasting |
Picture format | 16:9, 576i (SDTV) |
Audience share | 0.2% 0.1% (+1) (August 2011, BARB) |
Slogan | "Life's worth watching" (2009-2011) |
Formerly called | LIVINGtv2 (2004-2007) Living2 (2007-2009) Livingit (2009-2011) |
Sister channel(s) | Challenge, Pick TV, Sky1, Sky2, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living, Sky Living Loves, Sky Movies, Sky Movies Box Office, Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky Sports News |
Timeshift service | Sky Livingit +1 |
Website | sky.com/skyliving |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Sky | Channel 122 Channel 123 (+1) |
Cable | |
Virgin Media | Channel 112 Channel 160 (+1) |
Smallworld Cable | Channel 138 Channel 147 (+1) |
Internet television | |
Sky Go | Watch live (UK & Ireland only) |
Sky Livingit is a British television channel owned by British Sky Broadcasting. It is the sister channel of Sky Living. It was originally known as LIVINGtv2 from the channel's launch in 2004 till 2007, and then was known as Living2 from 2007 to 2009.
The channel mainly shows highlights of programming from the main channel, along with extended coverage of its reality programmes, such as I'm Famous and Frightened Extra! and Most Haunted Live. However, the channel has gained the American reality TV series, The Amazing Race. The channel has also shown more lifestyle and health related programmes such as Baby ER, Birth Stories, Downsize Me and Wedding SOS.
Every morning from 10am to 12pm, there used to be a programming slot called Baby Zone, in which programmes related to pregnancy and birth were shown. Programmes included Birth Days, Maternity Ward and Babies: Special Delivery.
A one hour timeshift version of the channel launched on 5 February 2009, replacing Trouble +1.[1] [2]
Living2 was rebranded as Livingit on 30 November 2009, following problems making viewers understand that the channel is not a time-shifted version of the main channel.[3][4] The relaunch was accompanied by new programming under the strapline "Life's worth watching".[5]
It was announced on 25 October 2010, that Living would be rebranded as Sky Living in early 2011 and move EPG positions on Sky from channel 112 to 107 after Sky1 and before Sky Atlantic.[6] As part of the move Livingit was rebranded as Sky Livingit.[7]