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Yesterday
CountryUnited Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Ownership
OwnerUKTV
(BBC Worldwide/Virgin Media)

Yesterday is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel broadcasts a wide range of programmes, both original commissions such as Hitler's Bodyguard and Infamous Assassinations, and programmes previously shown on terrestrial channels such as Sharpe, Battlefield Britain, Seven Ages of Rock, The Alan Clark Diaries and House of Cards.

The channel is available on Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media and Freeview. Yesterday operates as a subscription service on Digital Satellite and Cable but is available free to air on the Freeview platform, and in the standard package of TalkTalk TV. A one-hour timeshift, Yesterday +1 channel is also available on Sky. Hours on Freeview had been cut, with transmissions finishing at 18:00, but were restored on 1 June 2010.

Programmes previously shown on terrestrial channels are usually edited for timing, to accommodate the current three commercial breaks within each hour long programme. The most obvious example of this is for programmes originally broadcast on BBC Television: material lasting 58 minutes will be edited down to 42 minutes when shown on Yesterday.

History

It launched as UK History on 30 October 2002, to coincide with the launch of the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform. The name changed to UKTV History on 8 March 2004 (when the "UK" channels' prefixes were changed to "UKTV").

UKTV History logo

The channel was available between 07:00 and 01:00 on all platforms until 15 October 2007, when UKTV rebranded UKTV G2 as Dave and launched it in UKTV History's channel space. UKTV History took over the broadcast capacity used by the unsuccessful UKTV Bright Ideas, which meant that it would now stop broadcasting at 18:00 every day, having to timeshare with Virgin1+1 and Babestation.[1] Being unable to broadcast in prime time on Freeview meant drastically reduced ratings. In November 2007, the channel had a 0.3 percent share of all television viewing, as opposed to 0.5 percent a year earlier.[2]

This restriction remained until 1 June 2010, when broadcast time was extended to cover the period from 06:00 to 01:00,[3] as a result of Virgin 1+1 being removed from Freeview. However, this change has caused concern to users in Wales: Welsh Regional Programs are broadcast on channel 20 during Peak Times, instead of Virgin 1 (now Channel One). The loss of Virgin 1+1 means viewers in Wales are no longer able to view Virgin 1 programs shown during peak times.

UKTV History was renamed Yesterday on 2 March 2009 as part of a UKTV-wide rebrand.[4]

Programmes

References

  1. ^ "UKTV G2 becomes Dave, joins Freeview". Digital Spy. 20 September 2007.
  2. ^ BARB - Monthly Viewing Summary
  3. ^ Laughlin, Andrew. "UKTV extends Yesterday Freeview hours". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  4. ^ broadcastnow.co.uk - UKTV History becomes Yesterday


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