General International TV Channels Thread

[Francisque]

U&Eden is the perfect example of a "third-rate" channel. No idea who even watches it (and if BBC even remembers to throw a bone to it) but its presence is still nice and wanted from me.

Aside from confusing U&Eden, to me it seems all the other UKTV channels work anyway, especially after the UKTV/Discovery split. They also cooperate with the BBC a lot for drama purposes, which ultimately enriches the BBC as a company.
Less channels, but better focus on these, and the ex-UKTV WBD ones also do not fare too bad either.

U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W (especially after the FTA switch), U&Yesterday and even pay TV U&Gold and U&Alibi all seem to do rather well - at least in comparison to others - even if with the linear TV downturn.

U&Eden would have been better off as a natural documentary channel alone, competing internally with U&Yesterday, but Yesterday is not a purely history channel anymore, and is hard to be a nature channel as a new arrival on digital terrestrial, especially in 2026.
I can't blame them, honestly, probably needs a new name though.

Nowadays though, U&Eden seems more U&Yesterday 2 (except on weekends), so the entertainment channel has mostly gone

 

[themidnightlore]

Aside from confusing U&Eden, to me it seems all the other UKTV channels work anyway, especially after the UKTV/Discovery split. They also cooperate with the BBC a lot for drama purposes, which ultimately enriches the BBC as a company.
Less channels, but better focus on these, and the ex-UKTV WBD ones also do not fare too bad either.

U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W (especially after the FTA switch), U&Yesterday and even pay TV U&Gold and U&Alibi all seem to do rather well - at least in comparison to others - even if with the linear TV downturn.

U&Eden would have been better off as a natural documentary channel alone, competing internally with U&Yesterday, but Yesterday is not a purely history channel anymore, and is hard to be a nature channel as a new arrival on digital terrestrial, especially in 2026.
I can't blame them, honestly, probably needs a new name though.

Nowadays though, U&Eden seems more U&Yesterday 2 (except on weekends), so the entertainment channel has mostly gone

Yeah, agreed on this, outside U&Eden, the rest of the channels seem to have their purpose (and I'm glad that even after the U rebrand, U&Dave kept its witty banter high) and do work.
I mean, Really from the WBD side of things also found its footing (especially after grabbing the torch that HGTV threw to it?)

 

[JulianRO]

Extreme Sports Channel's "extended" ident from 2003-2004:

 

[Andu]

TV Prima from Czech Republic is currently planning to launch a sports channel.

Prima získala licenci na sportovní kanál

Na českém televizním trhu může působit nový kanál se sportovním zaměřením. Společnost FTV Prima, provozovatel televizních stanic Prima, získal novou vysílací licenci pro svůj nový projekt, který je pojmenován jednoduše - Prima sport.

www.parabola.cz

 

[nbguygamingtv]

Supersport (Scandinavian feed) Program schedule February 10th 1997:

image source from: fjernsynsarkivet (Hans olav nyborgs old youtube channel)

 

[themidnightlore]

I see a watermark, it would be nice to add a link to the place where you grabbed those, you know, credit!

Supersport (Scandinavian feed) Program schedule February 10th 1997:
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[RandomMe]

I see a watermark, it would be nice to add a link to the place where you grabbed those, you know, credit!

Fjernsynarkivet, Hans Olav Nyborg's old YouTube channel for TV recordings.

He's also a regular contributor at TVARK for videos, so I'm expecting some gems to appear in the coming months

 

[Andu]

WarnerTV CZ just became basically a documentary channel

The RRTV council has approved the complete changement of Warner TV, at the meeting on June 16, 2026 & to be released on all FTA services including DVB-T2, Sattelite & on the internet (IPTV). The new licence is available for 12 years.

Warner TV mění programové zaměření

Volně vysílaný zábavní kanál Warner TV se divákům v České republice představí s novým obsahem. První kroky k těmto změnám již provedl provozovatel - požádal o nové vysílací licence pro Warner TV.

www.parabola.cz

 

[nbguygamingtv]

Fjernsynarkivet, Hans Olav Nyborg's old YouTube channel for TV recordings.

He's also a regular contributor at TVARK for videos, so I'm expecting some gems to appear in the coming months

Yeah allthough he deleted his old youtube channel currently he is on his new youtube channel under the name of tapebits

 

[Andu]

Radio e Televisao Portugal could become a private broadcaster from the goverment soon.

Depois do Chega dizer que quer privatizar a RTP, Governo coloca sobre a mesa o futuro do grupo público de comunicação social

Menos de uma semana depois de André Ventura ter defendido a privatização da RTP, o ministro da Presidência defendeu esta quarta-feira no Parlamento a necessidade de uma restruturação mais ampla do grupo estatal de rádio e televisão. Para Leitão Amaro, chegou a hora de discutir a amplitude das...

expresso.pt

 

[Moleoman]

Interestingly, there were in 2011 plans to privatize RTP1.: Public television RTP-1 to be privatized in 2012 – Portugal - Portuguese American Journal
It managed to spawn protests against it (which probably may have caused that privatization process to fell through): We Are Against the Privatization of Public Service TV's Channel 1 -

 

[RandomMe]

Interestingly, there were in 2011 plans to privatize RTP1.: Public television RTP-1 to be privatized in 2012 – Portugal - Portuguese American Journal
It managed to spawn protests against it (which probably may have caused that privatization process to fell through): We Are Against the Privatization of Public Service TV's Channel 1 -

I remember that, they also planned to close RTP 2. Since then RTP 2 has been in the shadow of what it was under Wemans, no pricy American imports and a tightened budget for kids shows.

 

[TVArchive]

Warner Bros. Discovery is ceasing the broadcast of its remaining TV channels on the Belarusian operator ZALA starting July 1. It is possible that the channels will be removed from all operators in Belarus.

They are probably being shut down because of the Warner and Paramount merger. Paramount channels in Belarus have been closed since December 2022.

 

[zakawer2]

Warner Bros. Discovery is ceasing the broadcast of its remaining TV channels on the Belarusian operator ZALA starting July 1. It is possible that the channels will be removed from all operators in Belarus.

They are probably being shut down because of the Warner and Paramount merger. Paramount channels in Belarus have been closed since December 2022.

Or because Discovery, Inc. somehow forgot to pull its linear TV channels from the Belarusian market back in 2022 despite pulling them from the Russian market ahead of the WarnerMedia–Discovery, Inc. merger, even though WarnerMedia pulled all its channels from both Russia and Belarus in 2022.

 

[RandomMe]

The linear crisis has hit a new low that Bengal Digital has begun pirating the Minika kids channels from Turkey lol

 

[E-Scope]

The linear crisis has hit a new low that Bengal Digital has begun pirating the Minika kids channels from Turkey lol

How absurd? Turkey is far away from Bangladesh despite being in the same continent and the satellite beam for both channels are out of coverage anyway.

 

[RandomMe]

How absurd? Turkey is far away from Bangladesh despite being in the same continent and the satellite beam for both channels are out of coverage anyway.

In Pakistan, they did that for years on end, they had a bunch of Polish feeds as well as Disney Jr. EMEA (from Arabia)

 

[Zzman]

Comedy Central Africa when it was controlled by an local team had a huge South African bias they will constantly have all these events and specials intended for South African audiences not knowing the feed broadcast in all of sub Sahara Africa they might as well just have called it "Comedy Central South Africa"

it would have benefited from having two different feeds one for South Africa one for the rest of Africa like Nickelodeon and mtv base if they couldn't do that then at least be more balanced

Paramount had offices in Nigeria so it wasn't impossible for them to at least have events and specials for Nigeria

 

[RandomMe]

Comedy Central Africa when it was controlled by an local team had a huge South African bias they will constantly have all these events and specials intended for South African audiences not knowing the feed broadcast in all of sub Sahara Africa they might as well just have called it "Comedy Central South Africa"

it would have benefited from having two different feeds one for South Africa one for the rest of Africa like Nickelodeon and mtv base if they couldn't do that then at least be more balanced

Paramount had offices in Nigeria so it wasn't impossible for them to at least have events and specials for Nigeria

Don't forget about Kenya, that market would have had potential in those days.

 

[Zzman]

Don't forget about Kenya, that market would have had potential in those days.

they don't seem to care about Kenya only South Africa and Nigeria,honestly to these companies rest of Africa is like Eastern Europe and South Africa is like Western Europe

Paramount had the guts to open an office in Nigeria at least unlike Disney and warner