Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland Isle of Man Channel Islands |
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Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Timeshift service | Sky Showcase +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sky Group (Comcast) |
Sister channels | List of Sky UK channels |
History | |
Launched | 1 September 2021 |
Replaced | Sky One |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
Now | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
Virgin TV Go | Watch live (UK only) |
Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (Ireland only) |
Sky Showcase is a British pay television channel which launched on 1 September 2021 along with Sky Max. It is owned and operated by Sky Group, a division of American media company Comcast.[1]
The channel was announced on 28 July 2021 to replace Sky One.[2] It broadcasts a selection of programmes from across Sky's portfolio of channels - Sky Witness, Sky Documentaries, Sky Crime, Sky Nature, Sky Arts, Sky Max, Sky Comedy, Sky History, Sky Kids, Sky Sci-Fi and E! - as well as selected highlights from Sky Cinema, Sky News, and Sky Sports. However, sometimes the channel will air the same series as another Sky channel, but will show a different episode.The channel is being seen by Sky as their flagship channel and as a replacement for Sky One, whose programming transferred to another new channel - Sky Max - and to Sky Comedy.[3][4][5] A german-language channel was launched in Germany and Austria on 4 August 2022.
Starting in January 2024, select programming from Sky Atlantic began being broadcast.[6]
Main article: Sky Arts |
Main article: Sky Atlantic |
Main article: Sky Comedy |
Main article: Sky Crime |
Main article: Sky Documentaries |
Main article: Sky Kids (TV channel) |
Main article: Sky Max |
Main article: Sky Nature |
Main article: Sky News |
Main article: Sky Sci-Fi |
Main article: Sky Sports |
Main article: Sky Witness |