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{{short description|British television channel}}
{{short description|British television channel}}
{{About|a British TV channel from Information TV|the Canadian TV channel|Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|the Sky channel|Sky Showcase|other uses|Showcase (disambiguation){{!}}Showcase}}
{{About|a British TV channel from Information TV|the Canadian TV channel|Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|the Sky channel|Sky Showcase|other uses|Showcase (disambiguation){{!}}Showcase}}
{{distinguish|text = the Classic Media Group channel, [[Life Showcase TV]]}}
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| replaced = [[AnimeCentral]]
| replaced = [[AnimeCentral]]
| replaced_by = [[True Entertainment]]
| replaced_by = [[True Entertainment]]
| picture_format = [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:19]], [[576i]] ([[SDTV]])
| picture_format = [[4:3]], [[576i]] ([[SDTV]])
| owner = [[Information TV]]
| owner = [[Information TV]]
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| country = United Kingdom
| embed_header = Rebranded to
| embedded = [[Ayozat TV]] (28 October 2021)
}}
}}
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'''Showcase TV''' was a [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] television channel owned and run by Information TV<ref name="Showcase TV website">{{cite web|title=Showcase TV Website|url=http://www.information.tv/|website=information TV|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-date=2020-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314104202/http://www.information.tv/|url-status=live}}</ref> and it used to offer smaller [[Specialty channel|specialist channels]] a place to showcase their programmes, sometimes leading to a full channel launch. It also used as a placeholder channel and had been used to hold on to lucrative [[Electronic program guide|EPG]] slots from defunct channels which were then sold on at a later date. It's operations were terminated and restarted several times over the past years.<ref name="Official Showcase TV facebook page">{{cite web |title=Official Showcase TV facebook page |url=https://www.facebook.com/showcasetv01/ |website=Official Showcase TV facebook page |access-date=2020-07-19 |archive-date=2020-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009104851/https://www.facebook.com/showcasetv01/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


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'''Showcase TV''' was a television channel in the United Kingdom currently run by Information TV<ref name="Showcase TV website">{{cite web|title=Showcase TV Website|url=http://www.information.tv/|website=information TV|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-date=2020-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314104202/http://www.information.tv/|url-status=live}}</ref> and is used to offer smaller specialist channels a place to showcase their programmes, sometimes leading to a full channel launch. It is also used as a placeholder channel and has been used to hold on to lucrative EPG slots from defunct channels which are then sold on at a later date. It has ceased and restarted many times over the years.<ref name="Official Showcase TV facebook page">{{cite web |title=Official Showcase TV facebook page |url=https://www.facebook.com/showcasetv01/ |website=Official Showcase TV facebook page |access-date=2020-07-19 |archive-date=2020-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009104851/https://www.facebook.com/showcasetv01/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Currently as of 2024, the latest incarnation of Showcase TV, which had been renamed to Ayozat TV in 2021, was shut down on Sky on 14 October 2024, though it still broadcasts online and plans to launch on "Freeview Digital" with no further details currently available.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ayozat TV Stops Sky Broadcasts|url=https://digitaltv.org.uk/2024/10/ayozat-tv-stops-sky-broadcasts/|website=All About Digital TV|date=2024-10-15}}</ref>
In October 2021, it was rebranded to [[Ayozat TV]].


Not to be confused with a similarly named channel which ceased on 20 August 2007 [[Life Showcase TV]] or Showcase TV run by Classic Media Group in March 2017 which was just a programme slot on Sky channel 181, until moving in 2020 to channel 191.<ref name="Showcase TV (Classic media Group)">{{cite web |title=Showcase TV (Classic media Group) |url=http://www.showcase-tv.co.uk/ |website=Showcase TV (Classic media Group)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216023441/http://www.showcase-tv.co.uk/ |archive-date=2007-02-16 }}</ref>
==History==
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===Showcase TV 2008 lineup===
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The Showcase TV started on 27 August 2008, although it did not receive an official launch but instead, and went from [[AnimeCentral]] to [[Pop Girl]] program block straight away. It showed a mixture of different content from other [[CSC Media Group]] channels such as Pop Girl, [[Chart Show TV]], [[True Movies 2]] and had retained some AnimeCentral programming, in its own block between 04:00 and 06:00 with repeats of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' and ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''. Its license first appeared on the Ofcom website in January 2007 (initially named Toon TV, this was changed to [[AnimeCentral]] in June 2007, to True Entertainment in June 2008 and to Showcase TV on August 26, 2008).<ref>{{cite web |title=Children's television output analysis - Ofcom |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/29172/range.pdf |publisher=[[Ofcom]] |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref><ref name="Anime UK News">{{cite news |title=AnimeCentral; a new anime TV channel coming to the UK? • Anime UK News |url=https://animeuknews.net/2007/08/animecentral-a-new-anime-tv-channel-coming-to-the-uk/ |access-date=2022-03-12 |work=Anime UK News |date=2007-08-05}}</ref>


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==Showcase TV 2008 lineup==
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The original launch lineup for Showcase TV was a Pop Girl simulcast from 6am to 4pm, a Chart Show TV simulcast from 4pm to 8pm, a True Movies 2 simulcast from 8pm to 12am (two movies) and an AnimeCentral block from 12am to 3am, with the airtime from 3am to 6am sold for teleshopping.<ref name="Anime UK News" /><ref>{{cite web |title=AnimeCentral Closes Down |url=https://forums.serebii.net/threads/animecentral-closes-down.350853/ |website=Serebii.net Forums |access-date=2022-03-12 |date=2008-08-31}}</ref>


The 2008 incarnation of Showcase TV started at 06:00 on 27 August 2008. It did not receive an official launch but instead, went from [[AnimeCentral]] to [[Pop Girl]] program block straight away.
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This later changed; the teleshopping block was dropped, and the [[anime]] block was shortened and moved to 4am, such that the True Movies 2 section could extend to carry four movies between 8pm and 4am. At this point the simulcast of Pop Girl was replaced with a simulcast of [[Kix (UK and Ireland TV channel)|Kix!]]. This new lineup then remained in place until the [[True Entertainment]] relaunch.<ref>{{cite web |title=showcase tv造句_用"showcase tv"造句 |url=http://www.ichacha.net/zaoju/showcase%20tv.html |website=www.ichacha.net |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref>
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It showed a mixture of different content from other [[CSC Media Group]] channels such as [[Pop Girl]], [[Chart Show TV]], [[True Movies 2]] and had retained some [[AnimeCentral]] programming, in its own block between 04:00 and 06:00 with repeats of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' and ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''. Its licence first appeared on the Ofcom website in January 2007 (initially named Toon TV, this was changed to [[AnimeCentral]] in June 2007, to True Entertainment in June 2008 and to Showcase TV on August 26, 2008).

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The original launch lineup for Showcase TV was a [[Pop Girl]] simulcast from 6am to 4pm, a [[Chart Show TV]] simulcast from 4pm to 8pm, a [[True Movies]] 2 simulcast from 8pm to 12am (two movies) and an [[AnimeCentral]] block from 12am to 3am, with the airtime from 3am to 6am sold for teleshopping.

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This later changed; the teleshopping block was dropped, and the [[anime]] block was shortened and moved to 4am, such that the True Movies 2 section could extend to carry four movies between 8pm and 4am. At this point the simulcast of Pop Girl was replaced with a simulcast of [[Kix (UK and Ireland TV channel)|Kix!]]. This new lineup then remained in place until the [[True Entertainment]] relaunch.


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===Re-branded as True Entertainment===
==2009 Re-branded as True Entertainment==
Showcase TV was replaced with True Entertainment. The rebranding was scheduled for 1 July 2009, but was later put "on hold until further notice".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agbnielsen.co.uk/agb/files/ClientServices/New%20BARB%20Channels/Anime%20Central%20Re-branding.doc|title=Anime Central - Rebranding|work=AGB Nielsen Media|date=2009-06-12|format=MS Word}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agbnielsen.co.uk/agb/files/ClientServices/New%20BARB%20Channels/Rebranding%20on%20hold%20-%20Anime%20Central.doc|title=Anime Central - Rebranding on hold|work=AGB Nielsen Media|date=2009-06-30|format=MS Word}}</ref> The change eventually took place a month later, on 3 August 2009. From that date, simulcasting of content from other CSC channels ceased, and True Entertainment launched its own schedule.
Showcase TV was replaced with [[True Entertainment]]. The rebranding was scheduled for 1 July 2009, but was later put "on hold until further notice."<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.agbnielsen.co.uk/agb/files/ClientServices/New%20BARB%20Channels/Anime%20Central%20Re-branding.doc
|title=Anime Central - Rebranding
|work=AGB Nielsen Media
|date=2009-06-12
|format=MS Word
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.agbnielsen.co.uk/agb/files/ClientServices/New%20BARB%20Channels/Rebranding%20on%20hold%20-%20Anime%20Central.doc
|title=Anime Central - Rebranding on hold
|work=AGB Nielsen Media
|date=2009-06-30
|format=MS Word
}}</ref> The change eventually took place a month later, on 3 August 2009. From that date, simulcasting of content from other CSC channels ceased, and True Entertainment launched its own schedule.


===Showcase TV reappears under new ownership===
==Showcase TV reappears under new ownership==
Information TV then relaunched the channel by renaming the Quest service from [[Discovery EMEA]] in October 2009.<ref name="Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing Update">{{cite web |title=Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing Update |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100913111136/http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/updates/200910 |website=Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing Update |access-date=2020-07-19 |archive-date=2020-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720011651/https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100913111136/http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/updates/200910 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Information TV then relaunched the channel by renaming the Quest service from Discovery Communications Europe Limited in October 2009 <ref name="Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing Update">{{cite web |title=Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing Update |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100913111136/http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/updates/200910 |website=Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing Update |access-date=2020-07-19 |archive-date=2020-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720011651/https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100913111136/http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/updates/200910 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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By 2010 it had expanded with a sister channel "Showcase 2."<ref name="Showcase TV Schedule from July 2010">{{cite web |title=Showcase TV Schedule from July 2010 |url=http://www.information.tv/WhatIsOnShowcaseTv/TheSchedule/ |website=Showcase TV Schedule from July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717125655/http://www.information.tv/WhatIsOnShowcaseTv/TheSchedule/ |archive-date=2010-07-17 }}</ref>


== Timeline of Freesat, Freeview, and Sky EPG Changes==
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By 2010 it had expanded with a sister channel "Showcase 2".<ref name="Showcase TV Schedule from July 2010">{{cite web |title=Showcase TV Schedule from July 2010 |url=http://www.information.tv/WhatIsOnShowcaseTv/TheSchedule/ |website=Showcase TV Schedule from July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717125655/http://www.information.tv/WhatIsOnShowcaseTv/TheSchedule/ |archive-date=2010-07-17 }}</ref>


===Rebranded as Ayozat TV===
Showcase TV was rebranded as Ayozat TV to match with the Ayozat.com OTT platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=Showcase TV - TV Listings Guide |url=https://www.ontvtonight.com/uk/guide/listings/channel/69041674/showcase-tv.html |website=www.ontvtonight.com |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref>

==Timeline of EPG changes==
Because of its nature as a placeholder channel it has come and gone many times from various TV platforms. The following is a partial history of the changes constructed from a change log on the [[Digital Spy]] discussion forum.<ref name="Digital Spy Discussion Forums change log">{{cite web |title=Digital Spy Discussion Forums change log |url=https://forums.digitalspy.com/search?Page=p3&discussionid=794087 |website=Digital Spy Discussion Forums |access-date=2020-07-19 |archive-date=2020-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009104854/https://forums.digitalspy.com/search?Page=p3&discussionid=794087 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Because of its nature as a placeholder channel it has come and gone many times from various TV platforms. The following is a partial history of the changes constructed from a change log on the [[Digital Spy]] discussion forum.<ref name="Digital Spy Discussion Forums change log">{{cite web |title=Digital Spy Discussion Forums change log |url=https://forums.digitalspy.com/search?Page=p3&discussionid=794087 |website=Digital Spy Discussion Forums |access-date=2020-07-19 |archive-date=2020-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009104854/https://forums.digitalspy.com/search?Page=p3&discussionid=794087 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Timeline of EPG changes
|+ Timeline of EPG Changes
|-
|-
! Date !! Change made
! Date !! Change made
|-
|-

| 2010-07-05 || Moved to 403 on [[Sky UK|Sky]]
| 2010-07-05 || Moved to 403 on Sky
|-
|-
| 2012-09-19 || Moved from 402 to 401 on Sky
| 2012-09-19 || Moved from 402 to 401 on Sky
|-
|-
| 2013-03-19 || Showcase 2 launches on Sky 402
| 2013-03-19 || Showcase 2 launches on [[Freesat]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Showcase 2 to launch on Freesat – Astra 2 |url=https://www.astra2sat.com/showcase-2-to-launch-on-freesat/ |website=astra2sat.com |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2014-10-06 || Showcase becomes Irish TV
| 2014-10-06 || Showcase becomes [[Irish TV]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Irish TV: 2014 Idents & Presentation |url=https://presentationarchive.com/uk/showcase-tv/showcase-tv-2014/ |website=presentationarchive.com |access-date=2022-03-12 |date=2014-07-26}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2015-08-29 || Appears on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] on ch254 as [[Internet Protocol television|IPTV]] stream
| 2015-08-29 || Appears on Freeview on ch254 as iptv stream
|-
|-
| 2016-01-21 || Removed from Freesat
| 2016-01-21 || Removed from Freesat
|-
|-
| 2016-01-21 || Removed from 402 on Sky (to become "keep it country" the following week)
| 2016-01-21 || Removed from 402 on sky (to become "keep it country" the following week).
|-
|-
| 2016-01-29 || showcase+1 launched on Sky 279
| 2016-01-29 || showcase+1 launched on sky 279
|-
|-
| 2016-03-21 || Showcase moved to Sky Channel 212
| 2016-03-21 || Showcase moved to Sky channel 212
|-
|-
| 2016-06-20 || Showcase returns to Freesat on channel 161
| 2016-06-20 || Showcase returns to Freesat on channel 161<ref>{{cite web |title=Showcase is returning to Freesat on channel 161 on 9th June 2016 |url=https://twitter.com/informationtv/status/732861375131848704 |website=Twitter |access-date=2022-03-12 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Showcase returning to Freesat – Astra 2 |url=https://www.astra2sat.com/showcase-returning-to-freesat/ |website=astra2sat.com |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2018-08-02 || Moved to Channel 455 on Sky
| 2018-08-02 || Moved to Channel 455 on Sky
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|2020-11-23 || Moved to Sky 191
|2020-11-23 || Moved to Sky 191
|-
|-
|2021-10-28 || Rebranded to [[Ayozat TV|Ayozat]]
|2021-10-28 ||Renamed as Ayozat TV
|-
|2024-10-14 ||Ayozat TV shuts down on Sky
|}
|}


==Showcase TV (Classic Media Group)==
==Showcase TV (Classic Media Group)==

Classic Media Group, based at [[Shepperton Studios]], launched their Showcase TV channel as a placeholder on Sky channel 181 in March 2017. As of April 2021, Showcase TV had moved to Sky channel 191 and was showing the following programmes:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/170740-music/|title = It's 'All About the Music' from today on Showcase TV|date = 3 April 2021}}</ref>
Classic Media Group, based at Shepperton Film Studios, launched their Showcase TV channel as a placeholder on Sky channel 181 in March 2017. As of April 2021, Showcase TV had moved to Sky channel 191 and was showing the following programmes:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/170740-music/|title = It's 'All About the Music' from today on Showcase TV|date = 3 April 2021}}</ref>
*''Meet the Producers'' (with episodes devoted to the work of record producers like [[Chris Kimsey]])<ref>{{cite web |title=MEET THE PRODUCERS {{!}} Chris Kimsey part 1 {{!}} Chris Kimsey |url=https://chriskimsey.com/2021/04/12/meet-the-producers-chris-kimsey-ep-1/ |website=chriskimsey.com |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref>
*''Meet the Producers'' (with episodes devoted to the work of record producers like Chris Kimsey)
*''Youth of Today: Stars of Tomorrow'' (new bands and singers)
*''Youth of Today: Stars of Tomorrow'' (new bands and singers)
*''Live from the Edge''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://warringtonmusic.co.uk/2021/04/02/live-from-the-edge-to-launch-on-sky-tv-this-sunday/|title = Live from the Edge to launch on Sky TV this Sunday|date = 2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christavener.co.uk/2021/01/11/mark-radcliffe-edge-studios/|title = Mark Radcliffe and Edge Studios &#124; Chris Tavener Live|date = 11 January 2021}}</ref> (a 13-part music series presented by [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]] from Edge Recording Studio, with performances by bands like [[The Sherlocks]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allaboutthemusic.tv/live-from-the-edge/|title = Live from the Edge &#124; All About the Music}}</ref> Sea Fever<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kartelmusicgroup.com/blog/2021/1/14/artist-intro-seafever|title = Artist Intro &#124; Sea Fever}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/sea-fever-crossed-wires-single-review/|title = Sea Fever: Crossed Wires - single review|date = 4 March 2021}}</ref> and [[The Lottery Winners]])
*''Live from the Edge''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://warringtonmusic.co.uk/2021/04/02/live-from-the-edge-to-launch-on-sky-tv-this-sunday/|title = Live from the Edge to launch on Sky TV this Sunday|date = 2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christavener.co.uk/2021/01/11/mark-radcliffe-edge-studios/|title = Mark Radcliffe and Edge Studios &#124; Chris Tavener Live|date = 11 January 2021}}</ref> (a 13-part music series presented by [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]] from Edge Recording Studio, with performances by bands like The Sherlocks,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allaboutthemusic.tv/live-from-the-edge/|title = Live from the Edge &#124; All About the Music}}</ref> Sea Fever<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kartelmusicgroup.com/blog/2021/1/14/artist-intro-seafever|title = Artist Intro &#124; Sea Fever| date=15 January 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/sea-fever-crossed-wires-single-review/|title = Sea Fever: Crossed Wires - single review|date = 4 March 2021}}</ref> and [[The Lottery Winners]])
*''All About The Music TV'' (a MTV-style video show created by impresario Rocco Buonvino, broadcast each Sunday afternoon)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19205515.rocco-buonvino-launches-music-tv-channel/|title = Bradford hairdresser turned TV producer launches new music channel}}</ref>
*''All About The Music TV'' (a MTV-style video show created by impresario Rocco Buonvino, broadcast each Sunday afternoon)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19205515.rocco-buonvino-launches-music-tv-channel/|title = Bradford hairdresser turned TV producer launches new music channel| date=April 2021 }}</ref>
*''Fabsong'' (music videos from new artists)
*''Fabsong'' (music videos from new artists)<ref>{{cite news |title=40 years since MTV launched there’s a new kid on the block: Fabsong |url=https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/139892/40-years-since-MTV-launched-there-s-a-new-kid-on-the-block-Fabsong |access-date=2022-03-12 |work=Music-News.com |date=2021-04-21}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 22:34, 21 December 2024

This article is about a British TV channel from Information TV. For the Canadian TV channel, see Showcase (Canadian TV channel). For the Sky channel, see Sky Showcase. For other uses, see Showcase.
Showcase TV
CountryUnited Kingdom
Programming
Picture format4:3, 576i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerInformation TV
History
Launched27 August 2008; 16 years ago (2008-08-27)
ReplacedAnimeCentral
Closed3 August 2009; 15 years ago (2009-08-03)
Replaced byTrue Entertainment

Showcase TV was a television channel in the United Kingdom currently run by Information TV[1] and is used to offer smaller specialist channels a place to showcase their programmes, sometimes leading to a full channel launch. It is also used as a placeholder channel and has been used to hold on to lucrative EPG slots from defunct channels which are then sold on at a later date. It has ceased and restarted many times over the years.[2] Currently as of 2024, the latest incarnation of Showcase TV, which had been renamed to Ayozat TV in 2021, was shut down on Sky on 14 October 2024, though it still broadcasts online and plans to launch on "Freeview Digital" with no further details currently available.[3]

Not to be confused with a similarly named channel which ceased on 20 August 2007 Life Showcase TV or Showcase TV run by Classic Media Group in March 2017 which was just a programme slot on Sky channel 181, until moving in 2020 to channel 191.[4]

Showcase TV 2008 lineup

[edit]

The 2008 incarnation of Showcase TV started at 06:00 on 27 August 2008. It did not receive an official launch but instead, went from AnimeCentral to Pop Girl program block straight away. It showed a mixture of different content from other CSC Media Group channels such as Pop Girl, Chart Show TV, True Movies 2 and had retained some AnimeCentral programming, in its own block between 04:00 and 06:00 with repeats of Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Its licence first appeared on the Ofcom website in January 2007 (initially named Toon TV, this was changed to AnimeCentral in June 2007, to True Entertainment in June 2008 and to Showcase TV on August 26, 2008).

The original launch lineup for Showcase TV was a Pop Girl simulcast from 6am to 4pm, a Chart Show TV simulcast from 4pm to 8pm, a True Movies 2 simulcast from 8pm to 12am (two movies) and an AnimeCentral block from 12am to 3am, with the airtime from 3am to 6am sold for teleshopping.

This later changed; the teleshopping block was dropped, and the anime block was shortened and moved to 4am, such that the True Movies 2 section could extend to carry four movies between 8pm and 4am. At this point the simulcast of Pop Girl was replaced with a simulcast of Kix!. This new lineup then remained in place until the True Entertainment relaunch.

Start End Channel name
06:00 16:00 Kix!
16:00 20:00 Chart Show TV
20:00 04:00 True Movies 2
04:00 06:00 AnimeCentral

2009 Re-branded as True Entertainment

[edit]

Showcase TV was replaced with True Entertainment. The rebranding was scheduled for 1 July 2009, but was later put "on hold until further notice."[5][6] The change eventually took place a month later, on 3 August 2009. From that date, simulcasting of content from other CSC channels ceased, and True Entertainment launched its own schedule.

Showcase TV reappears under new ownership

[edit]

Information TV then relaunched the channel by renaming the Quest service from Discovery Communications Europe Limited in October 2009 [7] By 2010 it had expanded with a sister channel "Showcase 2."[8]

Timeline of Freesat, Freeview, and Sky EPG Changes

[edit]

Because of its nature as a placeholder channel it has come and gone many times from various TV platforms. The following is a partial history of the changes constructed from a change log on the Digital Spy discussion forum.[9]

Timeline of EPG Changes
Date Change made
2010-07-05 Moved to 403 on Sky
2012-09-19 Moved from 402 to 401 on Sky
2013-03-19 Showcase 2 launches on Sky 402
2014-10-06 Showcase becomes Irish TV
2015-08-29 Appears on Freeview on ch254 as iptv stream
2016-01-21 Removed from Freesat
2016-01-21 Removed from 402 on sky (to become "keep it country" the following week).
2016-01-29 showcase+1 launched on sky 279
2016-03-21 Showcase moved to Sky channel 212
2016-06-20 Showcase returns to Freesat on channel 161
2018-08-02 Moved to Channel 455 on Sky
2018-08-10 Removed from Freesat again
2019-01-07 Moved to Sky 192 and Freesat 161
2019-02-04 Returned to Freesat 161
2020-01-31 Removed from Freesat again
2020-11-23 Moved to Sky 191
2021-10-28 Renamed as Ayozat TV
2024-10-14 Ayozat TV shuts down on Sky

Showcase TV (Classic Media Group)

[edit]

Classic Media Group, based at Shepperton Film Studios, launched their Showcase TV channel as a placeholder on Sky channel 181 in March 2017. As of April 2021, Showcase TV had moved to Sky channel 191 and was showing the following programmes:[10]

  • Meet the Producers (with episodes devoted to the work of record producers like Chris Kimsey)
  • Youth of Today: Stars of Tomorrow (new bands and singers)
  • Live from the Edge[11][12] (a 13-part music series presented by Mark Radcliffe from Edge Recording Studio, with performances by bands like The Sherlocks,[13] Sea Fever[14][15] and The Lottery Winners)
  • All About The Music TV (a MTV-style video show created by impresario Rocco Buonvino, broadcast each Sunday afternoon)[16]
  • Fabsong (music videos from new artists)

References

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  2. ^ "Official Showcase TV facebook page". Official Showcase TV facebook page. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  3. ^ "Ayozat TV Stops Sky Broadcasts". All About Digital TV. 2024-10-15.
  4. ^ "Showcase TV (Classic media Group)". Showcase TV (Classic media Group). Archived from the original on 2007-02-16.
  5. ^ "Anime Central - Rebranding" (MS Word). AGB Nielsen Media. 2009-06-12.
  6. ^ "Anime Central - Rebranding on hold" (MS Word). AGB Nielsen Media. 2009-06-30.
  7. ^ "Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing Update". Ofcom Television Broadcast Licensing Update. Archived from the original on 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  8. ^ "Showcase TV Schedule from July 2010". Showcase TV Schedule from July 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-07-17.
  9. ^ "Digital Spy Discussion Forums change log". Digital Spy Discussion Forums. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  10. ^ "It's 'All About the Music' from today on Showcase TV". 3 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Live from the Edge to launch on Sky TV this Sunday". 2 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Mark Radcliffe and Edge Studios | Chris Tavener Live". 11 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Live from the Edge | All About the Music".
  14. ^ "Artist Intro | Sea Fever". 15 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Sea Fever: Crossed Wires - single review". 4 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Bradford hairdresser turned TV producer launches new music channel". April 2021.
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