- TV Travel Shop
Infobox TV channel
name= TV Travel Shop
logofile=Travelshop01.jpg
logoalt=TV Travel Shop Logo
launch= April 1998
closed date= April 2004
share=N/A
share as of= Channel
share source= Closed
owner= TV Travel Shop
former names=
replaced names=| web= [http://www.tvtravelshop.com www.tvtravelshop.com] (now points toExpedia )
availability note=
At time of closure
terr serv 1= Freeview
terr chan 1= Channel 17 (closed in April 2004)
terr serv 2=
terr chan 2=
sat serv 1=Sky Digital
sat chan 1=Channel 631
sat serv 2=
sat chan 2=
cable serv 1=NTL
cable chan 1= Channel 115/633 (may be incorrect)
cable serv 2=Telewest
cable chan 2= Channel 875
dummy parameter=
|TV Travel Shop was a British
television channel that sold holidays.It launched in 1998, primarily on
satellite and cable. In 2000, the channel launched onONdigital , using capacity from ONrequest 2 (later ITV Select 2), and broadcast 6am-12pm weekdays, and 6am-10am weekends, free to air on channel 44. Its hours were extended in January 2002 to be broadcast from 6am-6pm daily. However, after the fall of ITV Digital, TV Travel Shop made a deal with multiplex operator,SDN , to carry the channel 24 hours a day using the newly freed up capacity [http://onhistory.mattaustin.co.uk/GOlink/?linkid=113&category=04] . It moved to channel 17 at the launch of Freeview.However, by December 2003,
Top Up TV were looking to buy slots for their new subscription platform, and acquired the slot and LCN occupied by TV Travel Shop. The channel went off air onApril 16 2004 , and its stream was replaced in April 2004 with a Top Up TV subscription stream.TV Travel Shop 2
From 2001, TV Travel Shop 2 was introduced broadcasting on cable and satellite, offering late bargains, new places and repeats of shows from TV Travel Shop. This was positioned next to TV Travel Shop on Sky Digital and
NTL .By late 2004, the channels were suffering from lack of
custom and were shut down. It is unknown whether they were bought out byExpedia because their [http://www.tvtravelshop.com site] now points to [http://www.expedia.co.uk expedia.co.uk] . However, this is unconfirmed.Both closed, and were replaced by auction channels
iBuy andiBuy 2 on Sky Digital.Past logo
External links
* [http://www.tvtravelshop.com Former site; now points to Expedia]
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