Babeworld

{{Short description|British adult chat television channel (2006–2011)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

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| headquarters = Chesham, Buckinghamshire{{cite web |title=TV - Babeworld TV |url=http://www.lyngsat-address.com/ab/Babeworld-TV.html |website=LyngSat Address |publisher=Web Archive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822161149/http://www.lyngsat-address.com/ab/Babeworld-TV.html |access-date=31 October 2020|url-status=usurped |archive-date=22 August 2010 }}{{cite web |title=TV - House of Fun TV (2007) |url=http://lyngsat-address.com/gk/House-of-Fun-TV.html |website=LyngSat Address |publisher=Web Archive|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015081820/http://lyngsat-address.com/gk/House-of-Fun-TV.html |archive-date=15 October 2007 }}

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Babeworld was a British adult chat television broadcaster on Sky (UK & Ireland) from 2006 until 2011. Both the channel and programme were named Babeworld.

It launched on Sky on 2 March 2006,{{cite web |title=Babeworld TV: Adult TV Series (2006–2011) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2642156/ |publisher=IMDB}} replacing the revived version of L!VE TV. In 2007 and 2008, it was also responsible for the channel House of Fun TV,{{cite web |title=Sky Digital on Astra 2A/2B/2C/2D & Eurobird 1 at 28.2°E (2007) |url=http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk_chno.html |website=Lyngsat |publisher=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028001509/http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk_chno.html |archive-date=28 October 2007 }}{{cite web |title=Sky Digital on Astra 2A/2B/2C/2D (April 2008) |url=http://www.lyngsat.com:80/packages/skyuk_chno.html |website=Lyngsat |publisher=Web Archive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414185348/http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk_chno.html |archive-date=14 April 2008 |access-date=31 October 2020 |url-status=live }} later renamed Babeworld XXXTRA (Babeworld TV Extra) which replaced it on the Sky EPG in mid-2008.{{cite web |title=Sky UK on Astra 2A/2B/2C/2D (June 2008) |url=http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk_chno.html |website=Lyngsat |publisher=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618094112/http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk_chno.html |archive-date=18 June 2008 }} The two channels' numbers on the EPG were 909 and 962 (in 2007), then 908 and 949 (in 2008), and 908 and 952 (in 2010).{{cite web |title=Sky UK on Astra 2A/2B/2D & Eurobird 1 at 28.2°E (2010) |url=http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk_chno.html |website=Lyngsat |publisher=Web Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106143209/http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk_chno.html |archive-date=6 January 2010 }}

In 2010, the channels were taken over by Bluebird TV,{{cite web |title=Bluebird TV 1: Adult TV Series (2010– ) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2301427/ |publisher=IMDB}}{{cite web |title=Bluebird Daytime TV: Babeworld TV, 14 April 2011, 13:45 to 14:45 |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/47593/obb185.pdf#page34 |website=Ofcom.org.uk}} which went on to become a large adult content producer.{{cite web |title=BlueBird TV |url=https://www.productionbase.co.uk/profile/205848/employer/BlueBird-TV |website=Production Base |access-date=31 October 2020}} Because the Babeworld TV Limited company was no longer deemed to have "general control" over its broadcasts, the main Babeworld channel closed on 22 October 2011, two days prior to Ofcom publishing a notice of revocation for its broadcast licence.