Virgin Media Television (formerly known as Flextech) is a British television company and is entirely owned by the British cable company Virgin Media (previously known as NTL and Telewest) and acts as its television programme production arm. Image File history File links VmtvLogo. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Virgin Media Television owns a number of British channels, available on Digital Terrestrial (Freeview), Satellite (Sky Digital) and Cable platforms. Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound through a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... Freeviews retro logo Freeview is a brand name, owned by DTV Services Ltd. ... Artists impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ...

Virgin Media Television started life as United Artists (Programming) Ltd, a division of Croydon-Based United Artists Cable. As part of the formation of Telewest, it was the subject of a Management Buy-Out, and ironically was re-purchased by the (then much enlarged) Telewest Communications in 2000.

On February 8 2007 it became Virgin Media Television as part of a rebranding exercise covering ntl:Telewest, Virgin Mobile and Virgin.net.

Channels operated by Virgin Media Television

Virgin branded channels

Virgin Media Television is set to launch Virgin Central, a TV channel which is based on video- on- demand. Virgin Media Television is set to launch Virgin Central, a TV channel which is based on video- on- demand, on Virgin Media, from 20 February 2007. ...

Other channels

The company operates ten television channels plus a number of time shifted channels, all available on Satellite and Cable television services, with Ftn also available on Freeview channel 20. Ftn (Flextech Television Network) is a TV channel from Flextech transmitting free-to-air on Freeview (Channel 20), and also on Sky Digital (Channel 199), Telewest (123), and NTL (914). ... Freeviews retro logo Freeview is a brand name, owned by DTV Services Ltd. ...

• Ftn
• Bravo (and Bravo +1) (and Adult Swim from midnight)
• Bravo 2 (formerly Player)
• Trouble (and Trouble +1)
• Challenge (formerly The Family Channel) (and Challenge +1)
• Living (formerly UK Living) (and LIVINGtv +1)
• Living2

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Defunct Channels

• The Children's Channel (Also TCC)
• SceneOne

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External links

• Virginmediatv.co.uk