Good Food
former British television channel
Good Food (formerly UK Food and UKTV Food) was a British pay television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, latterly as part of the Discovery, Inc. network of channels. The channel originally launched on 5 November 2001 and relaunched in its final format on 22 June 2009. Good Food was available on satellite through Sky, on cable through Virgin Media, and through IPTV with TalkTalk TV, BT TV. From 2015 to 2018, Good Food was temporarily rebranded as Christmas Food.
History
Prior to the launch of the channel, UK Style was the home to food programmes in the UKTV network. The increasing addition of more lifestyle programmes on UK Style led to these programmes overcrowding the schedule. On 11 July 2001, UKTV announced they would launch UK Food in November. The channel officially launched on 5 November, broadcasting from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm everyday, timesharing with UK Drama.
On 29 May 2002, UK Food launched on NTL.
On 10 January 2003, after a successful first year gaining 7.5 million viewers since its launch, UKTV announced that UK Food would extend broadcast hours to 5:00 am – 9:00 pm, gaining four more hours in its slot. To make up for this, UK Drama reduced its hours to 9:00 pm – 5:00 am.
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