UK Horizons
{{Short description|Former British TV channel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = UK Horizons
| logo = UK Horizons logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption = UK Horizons logo from 1997-2001
| launch_date = 1 November 1997
| closed_date = 8 March 2004
| timeshift_service = UK Horizons +1
| owner = UKTV
(BBC Worldwide/Flextech)
| replaced_by = UKTV Documentary,
UKTV People
| website = www.ukhorizons.co.uk
(no longer active)
| availability_note =
(at time of closure)
| terr_serv_1 = ONdigital
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 43
}}
UK Horizons was a television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom, as part of the UKTV network of channels, showing mainly BBC documentaries. Most programmes were abridged for commercial timing purposes. It took its name from the BBC series Horizon, which formed a staple of its output in the early years.{{cite web|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/ukhorizons.html|title=UK Horizons 1997 - 2004|publisher=TVARK|access-date=2009-12-12|archive-date=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219183057/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/otherchannels/ukhorizons.html|url-status=usurped}}
History
It was launched on 1 November 1997 along with UK Arena and UK Style. It also produced extended versions of top BBC brands such as Top Gear and Tomorrow's World. The launch editor was Bryher Scudamore and the deputy editor Eddie Tulasiewicz.{{cite web|url=http://www2.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcastnowArticle.aspx?intStoryID=122211|title=Trade Talk - Leading light|publisher=Broadcastnow|date=2002-06-13}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The channel was rebranded with a new look on 8 May 2001, with a one-hour timeshift service - UK Horizons +1 Hour, later shortened simply to UK Horizons +1, launching on the same day on Sky Digital. On 5 November, the channel's broadcast hours were changed to 9:00am-3:00am (10:00am-4:00am for +1 Hour).{{cite web | url=https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/13563/uk-horizons-new-hours | title=UK Horizons (New hours) | date=6 November 2001 | access-date=28 May 2023 | archive-date=28 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528173030/https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/13563/uk-horizons-new-hours | url-status=live }}
On 15 February 2002, UK Horizons +1 launched on Telewest, broadcasting between 6:00pm-6:00am, timesharing with UK Style + which also launched on Telewest on the same day.{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/cable/a6272/telewest-adds-more-channels-to-lineup/ | title=Telewest adds more channels to lineup | website=Digital Spy | date=15 February 2002 | access-date=8 June 2023 | archive-date=26 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326121656/https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/cable/a6272/telewest-adds-more-channels-to-lineup/ | url-status=live }} and on 29 May, had launched on NTL as well.{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/cable/a7521/new-channels-launch-on-ntlhome-digital-7521// | title=New channels launch on NTL:home digital | website=Digital Spy | date=29 May 2002 | access-date=4 November 2023 | archive-date=4 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104192712/https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/cable/a7521/new-channels-launch-on-ntlhome-digital-7521// | url-status=live }} In July 2002, UKTV announced an offshoot network to the channel - UK History, which would launch in October 2002.{{cite web | url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/uk-history-will-be-run-by-uk-horizons/1149117.article | title=UK History will be run by UK Horizons | access-date=28 May 2023 | archive-date=22 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022193939/https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/uk-history-will-be-run-by-uk-horizons/1149117.article | url-status=live }}
On 3 February 2004, UKTV announced that the channel would close down and split into two new networks - UKTV Documentary and UKTV People.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a13294/uk-horizons-to-close.html|title=UK Horizons to close|publisher=Digital Spy|date=2004-02-03|access-date=12 December 2009|archive-date=16 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016104807/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a13294/uk-horizons-to-close.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/feb/04/bbc.broadcasting2|title=UKTV launches set to raise hackles|work=The Guardian|date=2004-02-04|access-date=8 July 2018|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727164859/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/feb/04/bbc.broadcasting2|url-status=live}} The changeover took place on 8 March 2004, with UKTV Documentary taking over the UK Horizons and UK Horizons +1 networks on Sky and Telewest and UKTV People launching as a standalone network. On NTL, UKTV People took over UK Horizons +1's slot.{{cite web | url=https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/comment/3137993#Comment_3137993 | title=Are the only channels NTL got from launch E4 (And +1) and ITV3? | date=13 December 2004 | access-date=5 April 2023 | archive-date=5 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405155207/https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/comment/3137993#Comment_3137993 | url-status=live }}
References
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{{Virgin Media Television}}
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Category:Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2004
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1997
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