Slogan Where Drama Lives. | Founded 2014 Motto Where Drama Lives. | |
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Launched 9 June 2014 (2014-06-09) Audience share 0.13%0.01% (+1) (October 2015 (2015-10), BARB) | ||
Itv encore a brand new channel dedicated to drama
ITV Encore, is a British drama television channel in the United Kingdom that is owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. The channel is exclusive to Sky's satellite platform as well as Sky Go, Now TV and Sky Store.
Contents
- Itv encore a brand new channel dedicated to drama
- Itv encore ident
- Launch
- ITV Encore 1
- ITV Encore HD
- Programming
- First run
- Original commissions
- References
Itv encore ident
Launch
ITV Encore launched at 7pm on 9 June 2014. The first programme to be shown on the channel was an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot.
The channel is ITV's first new channel launch in over eight years, and forms part of a wider four year partnership with Sky - ITV's largest ever with a platform operator.
ITV Encore +1
A one-hour timeshifted variant of ITV Encore launched alongside the parent channel, broadcast on Sky channel 193 (a channel slot ITV had acquired from the Information TV group). ITV Encore +1 temporarily closed on 1 October 2014 (ITV3 +1 took its old slot), to make space for