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Archive:List of channels on Telewest Active Digital
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This is a list of channels available on Telewest Active Digital, a British cable television platform that merged with NTL in 2006 to make NTL:Telewest and again in 2007 with Virgin Mobile and Virgin.net to make Virgin Media which launched in February that year.
This archive dates to July 2000 located in London, channel numbers are gathered from Media UK on the Wayback Machine and packages are from Digital Spy.
Key
| Pack or service name | Description |
|---|---|
| Starter | Costs £9.60 a month |
| Essential | Costs £17 a month |
| Essential Plus | Costs £20 a month |
| Supreme | Costs £24 a month |
| Premium | Pricing by channel varies |
Channel list
| Channel number | Logo | Channel name | Notes | Owner/parent company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 
|
BBC One | These Channels were Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL and Sky Digital | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| 102 | 
|
BBC Two | ||
| 103 | 
|
ITV (later ITV1) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital and NTL | ITV plc |
| 104 | 
|
Channel 4 | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL and Sky Digital | Channel Four Television Corporation |
| 105 | 
|
Channel 5 (later Five) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited (Pearson PLC/CLT-UFA/UBM plc) (then Northern and Shell, then Viacom, now Paramount Global) |
| 111 | 
|
BBC Choice (replaced by BBC Three) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL and Sky Digital | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| 113 | 
|
ITV2 | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital and NTL | ITV Network Limited |
| 114 | 
|
Anglia Television (now ITV Anglia) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital (Anglia only) and NTL (Anglia only) | Granada PLC |
| 115 | 
|
Meridian Broadcasting (now ITV Meridian) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital (South East only) and NTL (South East only) | |
| 120 | 
|
Sky One (now Sky Showcase) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | British Sky Broadcasting |
| 124 | 
|
UK Gold (then UKTV Gold, G.O.L.D. and now Gold) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite. Flagship of UKTV | UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Flextech (now fully owned by BBC Studios)) |
| 128 | 
|
Granada Plus (then Plus, replaced by ITV3) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite. Flagship of Granada Sky Broadcasting | Granada Sky Broadcasting (now ITV Digital Channels) |
| 132 | 
|
Paramount Comedy Channel (then Paramount Comedy 1, now Comedy Central) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Viacom (now Paramount Global) |
| 135 | 
|
Sci-Fi Channel (then Syfy, now Sky Sci-Fi) | These Channels were Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Vivendi Universal S.A. (now NBCUniversal) |
| 138 | 
|
Bravo | Flextech (then Virgin Media Television, then Living TV Group, absorbed by Sky) | |
| 147 | 
|
UK Drama (then UKTV Drama, now Alibi) | This Channel was Also Seen on NTL and Sky Digital | UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Flextech (now fully owned by BBC Studios)) |
| 151 | 
|
UK Play (then Play UK, UK History, UKTV History and now Yesterday) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | |
| 160 | 
|
Tara Television | This Channel was Also Seen on NTL and Sky Digital | Raidió Teilifís Éireann |
| 212 | 
|
Discovery Channel | This Channel was Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Discovery Communications (then Discovery, Inc., now Warner Bros Discovery) |
| 213 | Discovery Channel +1 | These Channels were Also Seen on NTL and Sky Digital | ||
| 215 | 
|
Animal Planet | ||
| 217 | 
|
Discovery Civilisation Channel (then Discovery Civilization Channel, then Discovery Knowledge, now Discovery History) | ||
| 219 | 
|
Discovery Sci-Trek Channel (then Discovery Science Channel, now Discovery Science) | ||
| 225 | 
|
UK Horizons (later split into UKTV Documentary and UKTV People, which later became Eden and Blighty respectively, with the latter later being replaced by Drama) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Flextech (now fully owned by BBC Studios)) |
| 230 | 
|
National Geographic Channel (now National Geographic) | These Channels were Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | National Geographic Society |
| 234 | 
|
The History Channel (then History, now Sky History) | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 245 | 
|
BBC Knowledge (replaced by BBC Four) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| 252 | 
|
Living (then LivingTV, Living, Sky Living and now Sky Witness) | These Channels were Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Flextech (then Virgin Media Television, then Living TV Group, absorbed by Sky) |
| 261 | 
|
Challenge TV (then Challenge?, now Challenge) | ||
| 271 | 
|
Discovery Home & Leisure (then Discovery Real Time, now TLC) | Discovery Communications (then Discovery, Inc., now Warner Bros Discovery) | |
| 273 | 
|
Discovery Travel & Adventure Channel (then Discovery Travel & Living) | This Channel was Also Seen on NTL and Sky Digital | |
| 283 | 
|
Granada Breeze | These Channels were Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Granada Sky Broadcasting (now ITV Digital Channels) |
| 286 | 
|
Granada Men & Motors (then Men & Motors) | ||
| 289 | 
|
UK Style (then UKTV Style, Home and now HGTV) | UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Flextech (now fully owned by Discovery, Inc.)) | |
| 293 | 
|
Travel Channel | Scripps Networks (then Scripps Networks Interactive, later bought by Discovery, Inc.) | |
| 297 | 
|
Carlton Food Network | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital and NTL | Carlton Communications PLC |
| 301 | 
|
MTV (later MTV One) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Viacom (now Paramount Global) |
| 302 | 
|
M2 (then MTV2, MTV Two and MTV Rocks) | These Channels were Also Seen on NTL and Sky Digital | |
| 305 | 
|
MTV Base (now MTV 90s) | ||
| 307 | 
|
MTV Extra (replaced by MTV Hits) | ||
| 310 | 
|
VH1 | These Channels were Also Seen on NTL and Sky Digital | |
| 311 | 
|
VH1 Classic (then MTV Classic, now MTV 80s) | ||
| 312 | 
|
Performance Channel | Daily Mail & General Trust (sold to Eicom in 2005) | |
| 402 | 
|
Sky Premier (then Sky Movies Premier, Sky Movies 1, Sky Movies Premiere and now Sky Cinema Premiere) | 1 Sky channel costs £13 a month, 2 cost £17.50 a month, 3 cost £20.50 a month and 4 cost £22 a month. These Channels were Also Seen on ON Digital (except for Sky Cinema), NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | British Sky Broadcasting |
| 405 | 
|
Sky Moviemax (then Sky Movies Max, Sky Movies 2, Sky Movies Action & Thriller, Sky Movies Action & Adventure, Sky Cinema Action & Adventure and now Sky Cinema Action) | ||
| 409 | 
|
Sky Cinema (then Sky Movies Cinema, Sky Cinema 1 and Sky Movies Classics) | ||
| 419 | 
|
TCM (now Turner Classic Movies) | This Channel was Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Time Warner (then WarnerMedia, now Warner Bros Discovery) |
| 425 |
|
Carlton Cinema | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital and NTL | Carlton Communications PLC |
| 444 | 
|
FilmFour (now Film4) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Channel Four Television Corporation |
| 511 | 
|
Sky Sports 1 (now Sky Sports Main Event) | 1 Sky channel costs £13 a month, 2 cost £17.50 a month, 3 cost £20.50 a month and 4 cost £22 a month. These Channels were Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL and Sky Digital | British Sky Broadcasting |
| 512 | 
|
Sky Sports 2 (now Sky Sports Cricket) | ||
| 513 | 
|
Sky Sports 3 (now Sky Sports Action) | ||
| 521 | 
|
British Eurosport (now Eurosport 1) | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite. | TF1 Group |
| 530 | 
|
MUTV | This Channel was Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Manchester United FC/Granada Sky Broadcasting/British Sky Broadcasting |
| 534 | 
|
The Racing Channel | This Channel was Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | |
| 602 | 
|
Sky News | These Channels were Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | British Sky Broadcasting |
| 607 | 
|
CNN | Time Warner (then WarnerMedia, now Warner Bros Discovery) | |
| 609 | 
|
Bloomberg Television | Bloomberg LP | |
| 610 | 
|
BBC News 24 (now BBC News) | These Channels were Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL and Sky Digital | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| 612 | 
|
BBC Parliament | ||
| 613 | 
|
CNBC Europe | These Channels were Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | National Broadcasting Company |
| 704 | 
|
Cartoon Network | This Channel was Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Time Warner (then WarnerMedia, now Warner Bros Discovery) |
| 705 | 
|
Cartoon Network Plus (then Cartoon Network +1, replaced by Cartoon Network Too, now replaced by Cartoon Network +1 again) | This Channel was Also Seen on NTL and Sky Digital | Time Warner (then WarnerMedia, now Warner Bros Discovery) |
| 712 | 
|
Nickelodeon | Both Channels were Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Nickelodeon UK Limited (British Sky Broadcasting/Viacom (now Paramount Global)) |
| 715 | 
|
Nick Jr. | ||
| 724 | 
|
Disney Channel | These Channels were Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | The Walt Disney Company |
| 732 | 
|
Trouble (then Living +2, Living Loves and Sky Living Loves, now Sky Sports F1) | This Channel was Also Seen on NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | Flextech (then Virgin Media Television, then Living TV Group, absorbed by Sky) |
| 863 | 
|
QVC | These Channels were Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | QVC |
| 867 | 
|
Shop! | These Channels were Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL and Sky Digital | Granada Sky Broadcasting/Littlewoods |
| 870 | 
|
TV Travel Shop | These Channels were Also Seen on ON Digital, NTL, Sky Digital and Astra Analogue Satellite | TV Travel Shop |
Changes
| Date | EPG number | Channel logo | Channel name | Type of change | New EPG number | New channel logo | New channel name | Region (UK unless stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/01/01 | 144 | 
|
E4 | Launch | |||||
| 01/05/01 | 307 |
|
MTV Extra | Rename | 
|
MTV Hits | |||
| ??/07/01 | 730 | 
|
Boomerang | Added | |||||
| 04/12/01 | 325 | 
|
The Box | The Box was launched on analogue cable including Telewest analogue on 25 April 1992, Kiss was launched on 30 June 1998, Smash Hits was launched on 15 May 2001, Q was launched on 20 October 2000, Magic was launched on 13 September 2001 and Kerrang! was launched on 2 April 2001 | |||||
| 326 | 
|
Kiss | |||||||
| 327 | 
|
Smash Hits | |||||||
| 328 | 
|
Q | |||||||
| 330 | 
|
Magic | |||||||
| 332 | 
|
Kerrang! | |||||||
| 08/02/02 | 701 | 
|
CBBC | Launch | |||||
| 702 | 
|
CBeebies | |||||||
| 15/02/02 | 707 | 
|
Fox Kids | Added | Launched on analogue satellite and cable on 2 October 1996 | ||||
| 04/07/02 | 309 | 
|
MTV Dance | Launched on analogue satellite and cable on 20 April 2001 | |||||
| 02/09/02 | 190 | 
|
Hallmark Channel | Launched on Sky Digital in October 1999 | |||||
| 24/10/02 | 713 | 
|
Nickelodeon Replay | Added onto Telewest along with Nicktoons TV, Community Channel and The Hits, launched on Sky Digital on 1 September 1999 | |||||
| 717 | 
|
Nicktoons TV | Added onto Telewest along with Nickelodeon Replay, launched on Sky Digital and NTL on 22 July 2002 | ||||||
| 233 | 
|
Community Channel | Added onto Telewest along with Nicktoons TV, Nickelodeon Replay and The Hits, Launched on Sky Digital on 18 September 2000 and added to Freeview on 30 October 2002 | ||||||
| 320 | 
|
The Hits | Added onto Telewest along with Nicktoons TV, Nickelodeon Replay and Community Channel Launched on Freeview on 30 October 2002 | ||||||
| 14/01/03 | 148 | 
|
CNX | Launched on Sky Digital and NTL on 14 October 2002 | |||||
| 07/02/03-08/02/03 | 111 |
|
BBC Choice | Rename and Move | 106 | 
|
BBC Three | ||
| 21/03/03 | 146 | 
|
Reality TV | Added | Launched on Sky Digital on 10 October 2002 | ||||
| 221 | 
|
Discovery Wings | Launched on ON Digital on 1 February 2000 | ||||||
| 275 | 
|
Discovery Health | Launched on Sky Digital on 1 August 2000 | ||||||
| 281 | 
|
Fashion TV | Launched on Sky Digital on 15 May 2001 | ||||||
| 303 | 
|
TMF | Launched on Freeview on 30 October 2002 | ||||||
| 527 | 
|
Extreme Sports Channel | Launched on Sky Digital on 11 October 2000 | ||||||
| 721 | 
|
Discovery Kids | Launched on ON Digital on 1 February 2000 | ||||||
| 830 | 
|
Deutsche Welle | |||||||
| 832 | 
|
Leonardo | |||||||
| 18/07/03 | 139 | 
|
Bravo +1 | Launch | |||||
| 141 | 
|
Trouble Reload | |||||||
| 03/12/03 | 725 | 
|
Disney Channel +1 | Added | Launched on Sky Digital on 29 September 2000 | ||||
| 726 | 
|
Toon Disney | |||||||
| 727 | 
|
Playhouse Disney | |||||||
| 08/03/04 | 124 | 
|
UK Gold | Rename | 
|
UKTV Gold | |||
| 125 | 
|
UK G2 | 
|
UKTV G2 | |||||
| 126 | 
|
UK Gold +1 | 
|
UKTV Gold +1 | |||||
| 147 | 
|
UK Drama | 
|
UKTV Drama | |||||
| 203 | 
|
UK History | 
|
UKTV History | |||||
| 206 | 
|
UKTV People | Launch | ||||||
| 225 | 
|
UK Horizons | Rename | 
|
UKTV Documentary | ||||
| 226 | 
|
UK Horizons +1 hour | 
|
UKTV Documentary +1 | |||||
| 260 | 
|
UK Style | 
|
UKTV Style | |||||
| 263 | 
|
UK Bright Ideas | 
|
UKTV Bright Ideas | |||||
| 265 | 
|
UK Food | 
|
UKTV Food | |||||
| 07/04/04 | 315 | 
|
VH2 | Added | Launched on Sky Digital on 16 December 2003 | ||||
| 10/12/04 | 145 | 
|
E4 +1 | Added | |||||
| 17/12/04-12/02/05 | 712 |
|
Nickelodeon | Removed in Dispute then Re-Added | Dispute With Nickelodeon UK Limited | ||||
| 713 |
|
Nickelodeon Replay | |||||||
| 715 |
|
Nick Jr. | |||||||
| 717 | 
|
Nicktoons | |||||||
| 01/01/05 | 707 |
|
Fox Kids | Rename | 
|
Jetix | |||
| 16/12/05 | 242 | 
|
The Biography Channel | Added | Launched on Sky Digital on 1 October 2000 | ||||
| 11/03/06 | 734 | 
|
CITV | Launch | Also Launched on Freeview |