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Good Food

January 01, 1970

For the BBC brand, see BBC Good Food.

Good Food was a subscription cookery 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.

Good Food
CountryUnited Kingdom and Ireland
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift serviceGood Food +1
Ownership
OwnerUKTV (2001-2019)
Discovery, Inc. (2019)
Sister channels
History
Launched5 November 2001 (2001-11-05)
Closed12 September 2019 (2019-09-12)
Former names
  • UK Food (2001–2004)
  • UKTV Food (2004–2009)
Availability
Streaming media
Sky GoWatch live (UK and Ireland only)

History edit

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.[1] The channel officially launched on 5 November, broadcasting from 7:00am-7:00pm everyday, timesharing with UK Drama.

On 29 May 2002, UK Food launched on NTL.[2]

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.[3] On 12 November, a one-hour timeshift service - UK Food +1, launched, airing between 6:00 am and 7:00 pm every day.

On 8 March 2004, UK Food and UK Food +1 were renamed as UKTV Food and UKTV Food +1, respectively. On the same day, UK Horizons' half-replacement UKTV People launched in UKTV Food +1's evening slot, airing from 7:00pm-4:00am. On 22 June, it was announced that UKTV Food would extend its broadcast hours to end at 1:00 am, with the possibility of going 24 hours at the end of the year. At the same time, it was also announced that UKTV People would move out of UKTV Food +1's downtime slot and extend its broadcast hours as well. With the extension of the broadcast hours, UKTV Drama moved into the vacated evening slot on UKTV Food +1's slot.[4]

After UKTV Drama extended its broadcast hours to the daytime in May 2005, UKTV Food +1's evening slot remained vacant, and on 23 February 2006, to coincide with Sky's EPG shuffle, it was announced that UKTV Food +1 would extend broadcast hours to include the entire day.[5]

As part of the rebranding of all UKTV's channels to a unique name and identity, UKTV Food rebranded as Good Food on 22 June 2009, the last of UKTV's brands to do so. The name was based on that of the BBC Good Food cookery magazine, published by Immediate Media Company.[6] The channel and the magazine continued to be operated separately. On 13 July 2009, Virgin Media revealed that they were "currently in active talks" with UKTV about launching a high-definition version of Good Food on their cable television platform.[7]

On 31 August 2010, Good Food became the first UKTV channel to broadcast in high definition when Good Food HD launched as a Sky exclusive. As with a majority HD channels, Good Food HD was an HD simulcast of the channel's schedule.[8]

As part of Virgin Media's deal to sell its share of UKTV, all five of UKTV's HD channels were added to Virgin's cable television service by 2012.[9] Good Food HD was added to Virgin Media on 7 October 2011.[10]

On 1 April 2019, it was announced that UKTV co-owner Discovery Inc. would acquire the BBC's stake in Good Food. They took it over along with sister channels Home and Really in June.[11] On 5 September 2019, Discovery announced that Good Food would merge with Food Network and close on 12 September 2019, with its programmes moving to the sister channel.[12] Good Food was removed from Virgin Media on 11 September, while the channel itself was shut down on 12 September 2019, after which the channel space created in 2001 by UK Food ceased to exist. The last programme shown was an episode of Choccywoccydoodah.

On-air identity edit

 
Good Food's old logo as UKTV Food

When UK Food channel launched in 2001, the channel adopted a branding package based around circular shaped foods with a spiral pattern located in the centre when looked at from above. The channel's logo at the time featured the name, stylised as UK Food, and a two lined spiral extending outwards from the right of the name. The majority of UKTV channels had some pattern located there to distinguish the channel, and this spiral also featured in the idents themselves as well as channel promotions.[13]

Following the rebranding as UKTV Food, the channel's identity was altered. The swirling motif was retained within the idents[clarification needed] themselves: indeed many of the previous idents survived rebrand reuse. The primary difference was the addition of the two lined UKTV logo, aligned to the left of the screen.[14] The channels colour was orange, and was used in different shades as the background colour to all promotion end boards and static slides both on the channel and for promotion across the network.[15][16]

Following the rebrand to Good Food, the idents changed to sequences involving the coming together of ingredients to events such as a picnic barbecue, a dinner party and a family Sunday roast. The idents finished with an endboard featuring the circular Good Food logo in the centre of a screen with food imagery in the background, such as fish outlines, knife and fork or wine glasses.[17]

Former programming edit

Good Food used a large amount of programming from the BBC's programme archive, and was similar to a former international channel run by BBC Worldwide called BBC Food, as both use similar programming and both have a similar format. The channel also aired programmes from the ITV and Channel 4 programming archive and programming aired on other domestic and international channels bought in by the channel. These programmes included:

Website edit

The Good Food website, originally devised and launched by Ian Fenn and Ally Branley, provided information on programmes shown on the channel, recipes, message boards, and a wine club. Recipes came from the various shows on Good Food and some included videos taken from the demonstrations. In September 2006 Good Food's website overtook the BBC Food site in popularity for the first time, achieving a 10% market share, compared to BBC Food's 9.63% share.[18] The channel's website now redirects to Food Network's UK website.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "UKTV announces UK Food launch". Digital Spy. 11 July 2001.
  2. ^ "New channels launch on NTL:home digital". Digital Spy. 29 May 2002.
  3. ^ "UK Food extends programming hours".
  4. ^ "UKTV Food and UKTV People to be 24 Hours Before the End of the Year". 22 June 2004.
  5. ^ "UKTV to extend hours of Food timeshift". Digital Spy. 23 February 2006.
  6. ^ "UKTV Food to become Good Food". Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  7. ^ "4 HD channels to launch on Virgin Media". Digital Spy. 13 July 2009.
  8. ^ . UKTV. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010.
  9. ^ . Financial Times. 15 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  10. ^ . Virgin Media. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  11. ^ White, Peter (1 April 2019). "Discovery & BBC Reignite Global Content Deal With SVOD & UKTV Agreement, Six Years After Ending Previous Pact". Deadline. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  12. ^ RXTV-log, 2019-09-05[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ Walker, Hayden. "UKTV Food". TVARK: The Online Television Museum. Retrieved 27 October 2011. Website contains authentic videos of UK Food idents.
  14. ^ "Good Food March 2004 - June 2009". TV Room. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  15. ^ "Good Food March 2004 - June 2009 Promotions". TV Room. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  16. ^ "Good Food March 2004 - June 2009 Miscellaneous". TV Room. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Good Food June 2009 – present Idents". TV Room. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  18. ^ Oatts, Joanne (5 November 2006). "Weekend Spy: Playing with Food". Digital Spy.

External links edit

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For the BBC brand see BBC Good Food Good Food was a subscription cookery 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 Good FoodCountryUnited Kingdom and IrelandBroadcast areaUnited KingdomIrelandProgrammingLanguage s EnglishPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to 16 9 576i for the SDTV feed Timeshift serviceGood Food 1OwnershipOwnerUKTV 2001 2019 Discovery Inc 2019 Sister channelsAnimal PlanetDiscovery ChannelDiscovery HDDiscovery HistoryDiscovery Home amp HealthDiscovery ScienceDiscovery ShedDiscovery TurboDMAXFood NetworkHomeInvestigation DiscoveryQuestQuest RedReallyTLCTravel ChannelHistoryLaunched5 November 2001 2001 11 05 Closed12 September 2019 2019 09 12 Former namesUK Food 2001 2004 UKTV Food 2004 2009 AvailabilityStreaming mediaSky GoWatch live UK and Ireland only Contents 1 History 2 On air identity 3 Former programming 4 Website 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editPrior 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 1 The channel officially launched on 5 November broadcasting from 7 00am 7 00pm everyday timesharing with UK Drama On 29 May 2002 UK Food launched on NTL 2 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 3 On 12 November a one hour timeshift service UK Food 1 launched airing between 6 00 am and 7 00 pm every day On 8 March 2004 UK Food and UK Food 1 were renamed as UKTV Food and UKTV Food 1 respectively On the same day UK Horizons half replacement UKTV People launched in UKTV Food 1 s evening slot airing from 7 00pm 4 00am On 22 June it was announced that UKTV Food would extend its broadcast hours to end at 1 00 am with the possibility of going 24 hours at the end of the year At the same time it was also announced that UKTV People would move out of UKTV Food 1 s downtime slot and extend its broadcast hours as well With the extension of the broadcast hours UKTV Drama moved into the vacated evening slot on UKTV Food 1 s slot 4 After UKTV Drama extended its broadcast hours to the daytime in May 2005 UKTV Food 1 s evening slot remained vacant and on 23 February 2006 to coincide with Sky s EPG shuffle it was announced that UKTV Food 1 would extend broadcast hours to include the entire day 5 As part of the rebranding of all UKTV s channels to a unique name and identity UKTV Food rebranded as Good Food on 22 June 2009 the last of UKTV s brands to do so The name was based on that of the BBC Good Food cookery magazine published by Immediate Media Company 6 The channel and the magazine continued to be operated separately On 13 July 2009 Virgin Media revealed that they were currently in active talks with UKTV about launching a high definition version of Good Food on their cable television platform 7 On 31 August 2010 Good Food became the first UKTV channel to broadcast in high definition when Good Food HD launched as a Sky exclusive As with a majority HD channels Good Food HD was an HD simulcast of the channel s schedule 8 As part of Virgin Media s deal to sell its share of UKTV all five of UKTV s HD channels were added to Virgin s cable television service by 2012 9 Good Food HD was added to Virgin Media on 7 October 2011 10 On 1 April 2019 it was announced that UKTV co owner Discovery Inc would acquire the BBC s stake in Good Food They took it over along with sister channels Home and Really in June 11 On 5 September 2019 Discovery announced that Good Food would merge with Food Network and close on 12 September 2019 with its programmes moving to the sister channel 12 Good Food was removed from Virgin Media on 11 September while the channel itself was shut down on 12 September 2019 after which the channel space created in 2001 by UK Food ceased to exist The last programme shown was an episode of Choccywoccydoodah On air identity edit nbsp Good Food s old logo as UKTV Food When UK Food channel launched in 2001 the channel adopted a branding package based around circular shaped foods with a spiral pattern located in the centre when looked at from above The channel s logo at the time featured the name stylised as UK Food and a two lined spiral extending outwards from the right of the name The majority of UKTV channels had some pattern located there to distinguish the channel and this spiral also featured in the idents themselves as well as channel promotions 13 Following the rebranding as UKTV Food the channel s identity was altered The swirling motif was retained within the idents clarification needed themselves indeed many of the previous idents survived rebrand reuse The primary difference was the addition of the two lined UKTV logo aligned to the left of the screen 14 The channels colour was orange and was used in different shades as the background colour to all promotion end boards and static slides both on the channel and for promotion across the network 15 16 Following the rebrand to Good Food the idents changed to sequences involving the coming together of ingredients to events such as a picnic barbecue a dinner party and a family Sunday roast The idents finished with an endboard featuring the circular Good Food logo in the centre of a screen with food imagery in the background such as fish outlines knife and fork or wine glasses 17 Former programming editGood Food used a large amount of programming from the BBC s programme archive and was similar to a former international channel run by BBC Worldwide called BBC Food as both use similar programming and both have a similar format The channel also aired programmes from the ITV and Channel 4 programming archive and programming aired on other domestic and international channels bought in by the channel These programmes included 4 Ingredients Ace of Cakes Alive and Cooking Barefoot Contessa Chefs in the City Choccywoccydoodah Dinner Impossible Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield Good Chef Bad Chef Iron Chef Australia James Martin s Brittany James Martin s Mediterranean Luke Nguyen s Vietnam Man v Food Market Kitchen Mary Berry at Home MasterChef Now shown on BBC One MasterChef Australia Now shown on W MasterChef Ireland Mitch and Matt s Big Fish Monster Munchies My Restaurant Rules New British Kitchen Nigella Bites Nigellissima Oliver s Twist Paul Hollywood s Bread Rachel Allen Bake Rhodes Across India Rhodes Across Italy Rhodes Across the Caribbean Saturday Kitchen A Taste of the Caribbean The Best in Australia Top Chef Top Chef Just Desserts World s Weirdest Restaurants The Great British Bake OffWebsite editThe Good Food website originally devised and launched by Ian Fenn and Ally Branley provided information on programmes shown on the channel recipes message boards and a wine club Recipes came from the various shows on Good Food and some included videos taken from the demonstrations In September 2006 Good Food s website overtook the BBC Food site in popularity for the first time achieving a 10 market share compared to BBC Food s 9 63 share 18 The channel s website now redirects to Food Network s UK website See also editUKTV Television in the United Kingdom BBC Food BBC MagazinesReferences edit UKTV announces UK Food launch Digital Spy 11 July 2001 New channels launch on NTL home digital Digital Spy 29 May 2002 UK Food extends programming hours UKTV Food and UKTV People to be 24 Hours Before the End of the Year 22 June 2004 UKTV to extend hours of Food timeshift Digital Spy 23 February 2006 UKTV Food to become Good Food Retrieved 13 May 2009 4 HD channels to launch on Virgin Media Digital Spy 13 July 2009 UKTV announces Good Food and Eden HD channel rollout UKTV 9 August 2010 Archived from the original on 28 August 2010 Virgin Media sells 239m stake in UKTV Financial Times 15 August 2011 Archived from the original on 3 January 2012 Retrieved 17 August 2011 Virgin TV just got even bigger Virgin Media Archived from the original on 11 October 2011 Retrieved 4 October 2011 White Peter 1 April 2019 Discovery amp BBC Reignite Global Content Deal With SVOD amp UKTV Agreement Six Years After Ending Previous Pact Deadline Retrieved 1 April 2019 RXTV log 2019 09 05 permanent dead link Walker Hayden UKTV Food TVARK The Online Television Museum Retrieved 27 October 2011 Website contains authentic videos of UK Food idents Good Food March 2004 June 2009 TV Room Archived from the original on 4 February 2013 Retrieved 27 October 2011 Good Food March 2004 June 2009 Promotions TV Room Archived from the original on 17 July 2012 Retrieved 27 October 2011 Good Food March 2004 June 2009 Miscellaneous TV Room Archived from the original on 19 July 2012 Retrieved 27 October 2011 Good Food June 2009 present Idents TV Room Archived from the original on 9 September 2012 Retrieved 27 October 2011 Oatts Joanne 5 November 2006 Weekend Spy Playing with Food Digital Spy External links editGood Food at TVARK Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine UKTV at The TV Room at archive today archived 8 December 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Good Food amp oldid 1211571242, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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