Eden is a British pay television channel broadcasting nature content with some factual entertainment programming in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in its current format on 27 January 2009.
The UKTV channels were all rebranded on 8 March 2004. At the same time, Eden was launched as UKTV Documentary, showing factual documentaries, mainly from the BBC archives, on a variety of subjects if not covered by another channel in the UKTV network, such as Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man. Much of this programming had come from the former UKTV channel UK Horizons, which had closed down the day before and which the channel, and spun off a sister channel called UKTV People. UKTV Documentary occupied the same broadcasting slot as UK Horizons.
On 9 October 2008, UKTV announced plans to rebrand UKTV Documentary and UKTV People in early 2009.[1] The news came just two days after UKTV's entertainment channels were rebranded to Watch, Gold and Alibi. They announced that UKTV Documentary would be rebranded as Eden and this rebrand took place on 26 January 2009. As part of the rebrand, the channels programming output changed from all documentaries to primarily documentaries focusing on the natural environment. All other documentaries were transferred to UKTV History or UKTV People, depending on their subject matter.
Subsidiary channelsedit
Eden +1edit
From launch, the channel has had a timeshift service, called Eden +1 and UKTV Documentary +1 before it. The service ran on Sky and Virgin Media and broadcast the channels schedule one hour later than usual. The timeshift was removed from Virgin Media in October 2008 to allow bandwidth for new channel Watch, however the time shift service was restored on 7 October 2011.
Eden HDedit
Eden HD launched on 4 October 2010 on Sky channel 559, running a high-definitionsimulcast of the main channel.[2] 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.[3] Eden HD was added to Virgin Media on 7 October 2011.[4] On 3 October 2016, Eden HD was added to BT.[5] On 2 October 2017, Eden HD was removed from the Sky lineup and replaced with Gold HD.
On-air identityedit
The UKTV Documentary identity focused around scenes from the landscape of Britain. The ident would first feature a close up shot, for example of a person or a stone, before pulling back to reveal the bigger picture: such as a busy rail station or a stone circle. This was then overlaid with the UKTV Documentary logo, consisting of the UKTV logo on top, and an upper case 'DOCUMENTARY' tag below, aligned to the left of the screen. Alongside the idents, the channel had a Digital on-screen graphic (DOG) of the same design and also featured a generic UKTV design for all promotions for the channel. The channels house colour was a blue, similar in shade to Azure, and would feature in numerous changing shades on the end boards of promotions.
The current Eden identity features explorers in an unknown environment, such as the deep jungle or the Antarctic, before coming across a landscape, which the logo then forms onto.
Programmingedit
The programming used on the channel is mostly from the BBC archives, and are therefore edited to fit the time slot: an original broadcast for an hour-long programme on the BBC might be as much as 58 minutes long, while the same programme here might be 42 minutes long without the commercials. Eden is renowned for showing blue-chip natural history but has more recently moved into more scientific programmes while keeping the blue-chip, cinematic identity. Eden has also produced its own exclusive programming, with the most recent series David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, produced by Humble Bee Films,[6] broadcasting from January 2013.
^"Eden, Attenborough examine "Natural Curiosities"". Realscreen. 19 April 2012.
External linksedit
Official website
UKTV at The TV Room
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Eden is a British pay television channel broadcasting nature content with some factual entertainment programming in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in its current format on 27 January 2009 EdenCountryUnited KingdomBroadcast areaUK and IrelandProgrammingLanguage s EnglishPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to 16 9 576i for the SDTV feed Timeshift serviceEden 1OwnershipOwnerBBC StudiosParentUKTVSister channelsAlibiDaveDramaGoldWYesterdayHistoryLaunched8 March 2004ReplacedUK HorizonsFormer namesUKTV Documentary 2004 2009 LinksWebsiteeden wbr uktv wbr co wbr uk Contents 1 History 2 Subsidiary channels 2 1 Eden 1 2 2 Eden HD 3 On air identity 4 Programming 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe UKTV channels were all rebranded on 8 March 2004 At the same time Eden was launched as UKTV Documentary showing factual documentaries mainly from the BBC archives on a variety of subjects if not covered by another channel in the UKTV network such as Jacob Bronowski s The Ascent of Man Much of this programming had come from the former UKTV channel UK Horizons which had closed down the day before and which the channel and spun off a sister channel called UKTV People UKTV Documentary occupied the same broadcasting slot as UK Horizons On 9 October 2008 UKTV announced plans to rebrand UKTV Documentary and UKTV People in early 2009 1 The news came just two days after UKTV s entertainment channels were rebranded to Watch Gold and Alibi They announced that UKTV Documentary would be rebranded as Eden and this rebrand took place on 26 January 2009 As part of the rebrand the channels programming output changed from all documentaries to primarily documentaries focusing on the natural environment All other documentaries were transferred to UKTV History or UKTV People depending on their subject matter Subsidiary channels editEden 1 edit From launch the channel has had a timeshift service called Eden 1 and UKTV Documentary 1 before it The service ran on Sky and Virgin Media and broadcast the channels schedule one hour later than usual The timeshift was removed from Virgin Media in October 2008 to allow bandwidth for new channel Watch however the time shift service was restored on 7 October 2011 Eden HD edit Eden HD launched on 4 October 2010 on Sky channel 559 running a high definition simulcast of the main channel 2 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 3 Eden HD was added to Virgin Media on 7 October 2011 4 On 3 October 2016 Eden HD was added to BT 5 On 2 October 2017 Eden HD was removed from the Sky lineup and replaced with Gold HD On air identity editThe UKTV Documentary identity focused around scenes from the landscape of Britain The ident would first feature a close up shot for example of a person or a stone before pulling back to reveal the bigger picture such as a busy rail station or a stone circle This was then overlaid with the UKTV Documentary logo consisting of the UKTV logo on top and an upper case DOCUMENTARY tag below aligned to the left of the screen Alongside the idents the channel had a Digital on screen graphic DOG of the same design and also featured a generic UKTV design for all promotions for the channel The channels house colour was a blue similar in shade to Azure and would feature in numerous changing shades on the end boards of promotions The current Eden identity features explorers in an unknown environment such as the deep jungle or the Antarctic before coming across a landscape which the logo then forms onto Programming edit nbsp Logo without circle 2009 present The programming used on the channel is mostly from the BBC archives and are therefore edited to fit the time slot an original broadcast for an hour long programme on the BBC might be as much as 58 minutes long while the same programme here might be 42 minutes long without the commercials Eden is renowned for showing blue chip natural history but has more recently moved into more scientific programmes while keeping the blue chip cinematic identity Eden has also produced its own exclusive programming with the most recent series David Attenborough s Natural Curiosities produced by Humble Bee Films 6 broadcasting from January 2013 Name of show Original channel s Original run10 Things You Didn t Know About BBC Four 2007 2008Africa BBC One 2013An African Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby BBC Two 2010Animal Armageddon Animal Planet United States 2009Amazing Planet National Geographic Channel United States 2007Amazon BBC Two 2008Arctic with Bruce Parry BBC Two 2011Are We Changing Planet Earth BBC One 2006Ask Attenborough Eden 2011Attenborough and the Giant Egg BBC Two 2011Attenborough s Paradise Birds BBC Two 2015Australia The Time Travellers Guide ABC1 Australia 2012The Ballad of Big Al BBC One 2000BBC Wildlife Specials BBC One 1995 presentThe Bear Family amp Me BBC Two 2011Bahama Blue Animal Planet 2015Bang Goes the Theory BBC One 2009 2014Biggest and Baddest with Niall McCann Animal Planet 2012 2014Blood and Guts A History of Surgery BBC Four 2008The Blue Planet BBC One 2001The Brain A Secret History BBC Four 2011Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life BBC One 2009Chased by Dinosaurs BBC One 2002The Code BBC Two 2011David Attenborough s Natural Curiosities EdenW 2013 presentDeadly 60 CBBC 2014 2017Death of a Sea Monster National Geographic Channel United States 2011Deserts and Life Eden 2012Dino Stampede BBC Two 2011Do We Really Need the Moon BBC Two 2011Earthflight BBC One 2011 2012Earth The Power of the Planet BBC Two 2007Eden Shorts From Lens to Screen Eden 2015Equator BBC Two 2006Expedition Borneo BBC One 2007Favourite Attenborough Moments UKTV Documentary 2006First Life BBC Two 2010Forecasting the End The Weather Channel 2013Frozen Planet BBC One 2011Galapagos BBC Two 2006Ganges BBC Two 2007Great Barrier Reef BBC Two 2012The Great Rift Africa s Wild Heart BBC Two 2010Hainan Adventure with Nigel Marven Eden 2012Himalaya with Michael Palin BBC One 2004Horizon BBC Two 1964 presentHow to Grow a Planet BBC Two 2012Human Planet BBC One 2011Humpbacks From Fire to Ice ABC1 Australia 2008The Incredible Human Journey BBC Two 2009Inside Nature s Giants Channel 4 2009 presentInside the Human Body BBC One 2011James May s Things You Need To Know BBC Two 2011 presentKiller Whale Islands with Nigel Marven Channel 5 2007Killer Whales Beneath the Surface BBC Two 2013Last Chance to See BBC Two 2009Life in Cold Blood BBC One 2008Life in the Freezer BBC One 1993Life in the Undergrowth BBC One 2005The Life of Birds BBC One 1998The Life of Mammals BBC One 2002 2003Life on Earth BBC Two 1979Life on Fire Arte France 2009 2010Life BBC One 2009Lion Country ITV 2010 2011The Living Planet BBC One 1984Lost Land of the Jaguar BBC One 2008Lost Land of the Tiger BBC One 2010Lost Land of the Volcano BBC One 2009Madagascar BBC Two 2011Monsters We Met BBC Two 2004Monster Bug Wars Science United States 2011 2012Mountain Gorilla BBC Two 2010Museum of Life BBC Two 2010Natural World BBC Two 1967 presentNature s Great Events BBC One 2009Nature PBS United States 1982 presentNigel Marven s Rhino Adventure Channel 5 2006Nova PBS United States 1974 presentOceans BBC Two 2008Ocean Giants BBC Two 2011On Thin Ice BBC Two 2009Orbit Earth s Extraordinary Journey BBC Two 2012Origins of Us BBC Two 2011Planet Dinosaur BBC One 2011Planet Earth BBC One 2006The Polar Bear Family amp Me BBC Two 2013The Private Life of Plants BBC One 1995Ray Mears Bushcraft BBC Two 2004 2005Ray Mears Goes Walkabout BBC Two 2008Ray Mears Northern Wilderness BBC Two 2009Reconstructing T Rex National Geographic Channel United States 2010Richard Hammond s Invisible Worlds BBC One 2010Sea Monsters BBC One 2003The Secrets of Everything BBC Three 2012South Pacific BBC Two 2009The Story of Science Power Proof and Passion BBC Two 2010Super Giant Animals BBC One 2013Swarm Nature s Incredible Invasions BBC One 2009Ten Deadliest Snakes China Animal PlanetEden 2013Ten Deadliest Snakes with Nigel Marven Animal PlanetEden 2014 presentTermites The Inner Sanctum ORF Austria 2011Through Hell and High Water BBC OneBBC Two 2006The Trials of Life BBC One 1990Tribal Wives BBC Two 2008 2010Tribe BBC Two 2005 2007Tropic of Cancer BBC Two 2010Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor The Link BBC One 2009Voyage of the Continents Arte France 2012Walking with Beasts BBC One 2001Walking with Dinosaurs BBC One 1999Walking with Monsters BBC One 2005Whale Adventure with Nigel Marven Channel 5Eden 2013Wild Arabia BBC Two 2013Wild Brazil BBC Two 2014 presentWild Britain with Ray Mears ITVEden 2010 presentWild Canada CBC Canada 2014 presentWild Caribbean BBC Two 2007Wild China BBC Two 2008Wild Colombia with Nigel Marven Eden 2012Wild Down Under BBC Two 2003Wonders of the Solar System BBC Two 2010Wonders of the Universe BBC Two 2011Yellowstone BBC Two 2009Yunnan Adventure with Nigel Marven Eden 2012See also editUKTV Television in the United KingdomReferences edit UKTV unveils its new factual channel brands Eden and Blighty UKTV 9 October 2008 Archived from the original on 30 April 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 Virgin TV just got even bigger Virgin Media Archived from the original on 11 October 2011 Retrieved 4 October 2011 Four more HD channels arrive on BT TV Eden Attenborough examine Natural Curiosities Realscreen 19 April 2012 External links editOfficial website UKTV at The TV Room Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eden British TV channel amp oldid 1205054336, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,