Five US
Launched	October 16, 2006
Owned by	Five (RTL Group)
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3)
Audience share	0.7% (July 2007, [1])
Country	United Kingdom
Sister channel(s)	Five Five Life
Website	www.five.tv/us
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 35
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 180
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 185
Tiscali TV	Channel 30

Five US is a free-to-view entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by Five, launched on October 16, 2006 It was the second digital channel to be launched by Five as part of their multi-channel strategy, the first being Five Life.[2] Five US concentrates on showing imported movies and programmes from the United States, originally broadcast from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., extending its hours starting at 12 p.m. in June 2007. The channel changes its programme slots and shows from time to time. Five US is shown on Freeview, cable television and Satellite. Many of the series shown on the channel, particularly older ones, are edited for time to make way for increased advertising demands. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Five, launched in 1997, is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to launch in the United Kingdom. ... RTL Group is Europes largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. ... 576i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... ... The 16:9 aspect ratio (also known as widescreen) is an aspect ratio that is 16/9 or 1. ... 4:3 is a ratio. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Five, launched in 1997, is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to launch in the United Kingdom. ... Five Life is a free-to-air television channel in the United Kingdom owned by Five. ... Freeview is the operator of free digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... Tiscali TV is a UK-based consumer Video on Demand service, operated by the European telephony company, Tiscali SpA. The service, originally known as Homechoice, was provided by Video Networks Limited (VNL), based in Shepherds Bush in West London, until it was purchased by Tiscali UK in August 2006... Free-to-view (FTV) is a term used in the United Kingdom for certain television channels on the Sky Digital satellite platform which require a working VideoGuard receiver and viewing card to decrypt the signals, but do not require any form of continual subscription. ... Five, launched in 1997, is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to launch in the United Kingdom. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Freeview is the operator of free digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 In the context of spaceflight, satellites are objects which have been placed into orbit by human endeavor. ...

The channels highest ratings to date were on July 9th 2007 for the series premiere of Courtney Cox's Dirt. The show averaged 615,000 viewers between 9pm and 10:10pm , equating to a 3.4% share. It peaked around half-way through with 663,000 viewers and a 3.6% share. Those numbers made the show the most-watched multichannel programme in its slot and gave the network four times as many viewers as it usually receives in this time slot. Courteney Cox in Misfits of Science Courteney Cox Arquette (born June 15, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA) is an American actress. ... Dirt is an FX drama television series that premiered on January 2, 2007. ...

British comedian Russell Kane is the 'face of the channel'. Russell Kane (born Russell Grineau) is an English writer and comedian. ...

In Autumn 2007, Five US will launch a timeshift channel named Five US +1 available on Sky Digital.^[1]

Current Shows

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• CSI: Miami
• CSI: NY
• Dirt
• Everybody Hates Chris
• The Fall Guy
• House MD
• Killer Instinct
• NASCAR
• NBA
• Happy Days
• Mission: Impossible
• Joey
• Shark
• Vanished
• Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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Former Shows

• Conviction - Now on The Hallmark Channel
• Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King - Now on The Sci Fi Channel
• Pros vs Joes
• Pimp My Ride

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Coming Soon

• The Nine
• Californication [3]
• Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit & Law & Order: Criminal Intent [4]
• 'Til Death
• 30 Rock
• K-Ville
• NUMB3RS 29/8/07

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References

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External links

• Five US at five.tv
• Initial press release
• Official Five Press Release 25 August 2006
• Digital Spy Article