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Archive:List of channels on Cable & Wireless Communications (September 1997)
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Notes
- The North West Area receives television signals from Winter Hill, so over the air channel numbers are listed by numbers in bold.
Packages
| Package | Notes | Price/month |
|---|---|---|
| HeadStart | The basic package. | £11.99 |
| Jigsaw | The medium package. | £13.99 |
| VisionPlus | The large package which comes in 4 mini-packages and an extra channel. | £18.99 |
| Premium | Additional subscription (also accounts for International and non-Sky Premium Channels) required for Sky Movies and Sky Sports channels. | Extra £23.99 (HeadStart) £28.99 (Jigsaw) £29.99 (VisionPlus) (1 premium channel) |
| Extra £27.99 (HeadStart) £32.99 (Jigsaw) £33.99 (VisionPlus) (2 premium channels) | ||
| Extra £30.99 (HeadStart) £35.99 (Jigsaw) £36.99 (VisionPlus) (3 premium channels) | ||
| Extra £32.99 (HeadStart) £37.99 (Jigsaw) £38.99 (VisionPlus) (4 premium channels) |
Channel list
| No. | Logo | Channel name | Notes | Package | Owner/Parent Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Sky Sports 3 | Free when you subscribe to Sky Sports 1 or 2 | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting |
| 2 | 
|
Carlton Select | Jigsaw | Carlton Communications plc | |
| 3 | 
|
Sky 1 | HeadStart | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 4 | 
|
55 BBC One North West | HeadStart | British Broadcasting Corporation | |
| 5 | 
|
UK Gold | HeadStart | Flextech Cox Communications Thames Television (Pearson plc) British Broadcasting Corporation | |
| 6 | 
|
62 BBC Two North West | HeadStart | British Broadcasting Corporation | |
| 7 | 
|
L!VE TV | HeadStart | Mirror Group Newspapers | |
| 8 | 
|
59 Granada Television | HeadStart | Granada plc | |
| 9 | 
|
Travel: TV That Takes You There | VisionPlus (Select Choice) | Landmark Communications | |
|
The Weather Channel | ||||
| 10 | 
|
Trouble | 20:00-07:00 | VisionPlus (Style TV) | Flextech |
|
Bravo | 20:00-07:00 | |||
| 11 | 
|
UK Living | 07:00-01:00 | VisionPlus (Family Mix) | Flextech |
|
Television X: The Fantasy Channel | 01:00-05:00 | Premium | Portland TV | |
| 12 | 
|
62 Channel 4 | HeadStart | Channel Four Television Corporation | |
| 13 | 
|
Sky Sports 2 | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 14 | 
|
Discovery Channel | 16:00-02:00 | VisionPlus (Master View) | Discovery Communications |
|
Discovery Home and Leisure Channel | 09:00-16:00 | |||
| 15 | 
|
The Children's Channel | 06:00-17:00 | HeadStart | Flextech |
|
Challenge TV | 17:00-06:00 | Jigsaw | ||
| 16 | 
|
Nickelodeon | 07:00-19:00 | VisionPlus (Family Mix) | Nickelodeon UK Limited (MTV Networks Europe (Viacom International)/British Sky Broadcasting) |
|
Paramount Comedy Channel | 19:00-04:00 | Paramount UK Partnership (MTV Networks Europe (Viacom International)/British Sky Broadcasting) | ||
| 17 | 
|
Cartoon Network | 05:00-21:00 | VisionPlus (Select Choice) | Time Warner |
|
TNT Classic Movies | 21:00-05:00 | |||
| 18 |  
|
VH1: Music First/Music that Means Something | VisionPlus (Master View) | MTV Networks Europe (Viacom International) | |
| 19 | 
|
MTV: Music Television | VisionPlus (Style TV) | MTV Networks Europe (Viacom International) | |
| 20 | 
|
Granada Good Life | Jigsaw | Granada Sky Broadcasting (Granada plc/British Sky Broadcasting) | |
| 21 | 
|
EBN: European Business News | Jigsaw | Flextech | |
| 22 | 
|
Euronews | VisionPlus | Euronews S.A. | |
| 23 | 
|
Sky News | HeadStart | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 24 | 
|
Cable News Network | Jigsaw | Time Warner | |
| 25 | NCTV | HeadStart | |||
| 26 | 
|
The Parliamentary Channel | VisionPlus (Select Choice) | British Parliament and a Consortium of Cable Companies | |
| 27 | 
|
Granada Plus | 06:00-23:00 | VisionPlus (Master View) | Granada Sky Broadcasting (Granada plc/British Sky Broadcasting) |
|
Granada Men and Motors | 23:00-02:00 | |||
| 28 | 
|
QVC | VisionPlus () | QVC Inc. | |
| 29 | 
|
Eurosport | Hours Unknown | HeadStart | Groupe TF1 |
|
Christian Channel Europe | Rory and Wendy Alec | |||
| 30 | 
|
Sky Sports 1 | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 31 | 
|
Sci-Fi Channel | VisionPlus (Style TV) | Universal City Studios (Seagram) | |
| 32 | 
|
Sky Movies | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 33 | 
|
The Movie Channel | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 34 | 
|
Sky Movies Gold | 17:00-06:00 Free when you subscribe to both Sky Movies and The Movie Channel |
Premium | British Sky Broadcasting |
|
Sky Travel | 12:00-17:00 | VisionPlus | ||
| 35 | 
|
The Box | VisionPlus (Style TV) | EMAP | |
| 36 | 
|
HVC: Home Video Channel | Hours Unknown | Premium | Spice Networks (Playboy Enterprises) |
|
The Adult Channel | ||||
| 37 | 
|
Disney Channel | Free when you subscribe to both Sky Movies and The Movie Channel | Premium | Buena Vista International |
| 38 | 
|
48 Channel 5 | HeadStart | Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited | |
| 40 | 
|
Performance Channel | Hours Unknown | VisionPlus (Select Choice) | Daily Mail and General Trust |
|
TV5 | Jigsaw | France Télévision S.A. RTBF SRG SSR Consortium de Télévision Québec-Canada | ||
| 41 | 
|
Channel Guide | HeadStart | Cable and Wireless Communications plc | |
| 42 | 
|
Zee TV | Premium | Zee Telefilms | |
| 43 | 
|
AsiaNet | Premium | AsiaNet Communications | |
| 44 | 
|
MBC | Premium | Middle East Broadcasting Center | |
| 45 | 
|
Sky Soap | 12:00-17:00 | VisionPlus | British Sky Broadcasting |
|
The History Channel | 17:00-21:00 | HeadStart | British Sky Broadcasting/A&E Television Networks | |
| 51 |
|
TV-On-Demand | Cable and Wireless Communications plc | ||
| 52 |
|
TV-On-Demand | Cable and Wireless Communications plc | ||
| 53 |
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TV-On-Demand | Cable and Wireless Communications plc |