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| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 4:3, 576i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Information TV |
| History | |
| Launched | 27 August 2008 |
| Replaced | AnimeCentral |
| Closed | 3 August 2009 |
| Replaced by | True Entertainment |
Showcase TV was a television channel in the United Kingdom currently run by Information TV[1] and is used to offer smaller specialist channels a place to showcase their programmes, sometimes leading to a full channel launch. It is also used as a placeholder channel and has been used to hold on to lucrative EPG slots from defunct channels which are then sold on at a later date. It has ceased and restarted many times over the years.[2] Currently as of 2024, the latest incarnation of Showcase TV, which had been renamed to Ayozat TV in 2021, was shut down on Sky on 14 October 2024, though it still broadcasts online and plans to launch on "Freeview Digital" with no further details currently available.[3]
Not to be confused with a similarly named channel which ceased on 20 August 2007 Life Showcase TV or Showcase TV run by Classic Media Group in March 2017 which was just a programme slot on Sky channel 181, until moving in 2020 to channel 191.[4]
- ^ "Showcase TV Website". information TV. Archived from the original on 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Official Showcase TV facebook page". Official Showcase TV facebook page. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Ayozat TV Stops Sky Broadcasts". All About Digital TV. 2024-10-15.
- ^ "Showcase TV (Classic media Group)". Showcase TV (Classic media Group). Archived from the original on 2007-02-16.