Artsworld is a British television channel offering 18 hours a day of programmes dedicated to highbrow arts, including theatrical performances, movies, documentaries and music (such as opera performances and classical and jazz sessions). The channel is available exclusively through Sky Digital, and started life as a premium service requiring an additional payment on top of the monthly Sky subscription. In its early days it was owned and managed by a private partnership including Sir Jeremy Isaacs. However, the channel suffered severe financial difficulty. In July 2002 it even staged its own farewell party, only to find emergency funding that very evening. In 2003, with a skeleton staff, it was facing closure. At this point, Sky stepped in, taking an initial 50% stake. Sky subsequently bought out the remaining shareholders (including Isaacs) and in 2005 took full control, reducing the staff further, and dropping the channel's premium subscription fee shortly afterwards. Image File history File links Artsworld. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... The Sky HD logo Sky HD is the brand name of the HDTV service launched by BSkyB on 22 May 2006 in the UK and the Republic of Ireland to enable high definition channels on Sky Digital to be viewed. ... Image File history File links Skyartslogo07. ... Image File history File links Skyartslogo07. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Sir Jeremy Isaacs (b. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ...
According to the Guardian Artsworld will become Sky Arts and Artsworld HD will become Sky Arts HD on March 1. This will result in all Sky-owned channels carrying the Sky name. [1] Sky Arts was an opt-out service from the Sky News television channel on the Marcopolo satellite. ...
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Artsworld Channels Ltd is a small UK company founded in 1999 by British private investors to create and operate specialist digital television channels.
Its first venture, Artsworld, is a £6-a-month subscription channel specialising in the arts including performances of music, opera and dance, films and drama, painting and sculpture, books, poetry and the visual arts including design and architecture.
Artsworld was badly affected by the BBC's sudden and unexpected change of digital strategy, which included abandoning its recently-launched lifelong learning channel and replacing it with the DCMS-permitted BBC4.
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