Five US

Five US

Infobox TV channel
name = Five US
logofile = Five US logo.png logosize = 200px
launch = 16 October 2006
closed date =
picture format = 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3)
share = 0.5% (0.1% for +1)
share as of = March 2008
share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti]
network =
owner = Channel 5 Broadcasting
(RTL Group)
slogan =
country = UK
sister names = Five
Fiver
timeshift names = Five US +1
web = [http://www.five.tv/us www.five.tv/us]
terr serv 1 = Freeview
terr chan 1 = Channel 35
sat serv 1 = Sky Digital
sat chan 1 = Channel 174
Channel 175 (+1)
cable serv 1 = Virgin Media
cable chan 1 = Channel 185
adsl serv 1 = Tiscali TV
adsl chan 1 = Channel 30

Five US is a free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by Five, launched on 16 October, 2006 It was the second digital channel to be launched by Five as part of their multi-channel strategy, the first being Fiver. [ cite web
url = http://www.five.tv/aboutfive/press/pressreleases/20062508_fiveusandfivelifelaunch/
title = five launches five US and five Life
date = 25 August 2006
publisher = five] Five US concentrates on showing imported movies and programmes from the United States, originally broadcast from 4:00 pm to 1:00 am, extending its hours starting at 12 noon in June 2007. The channel changes its programme slots and shows from time to time. Five US is shown on Freeview, IPTV, digital cable and Satellite. Many of the series shown on the channel, particularly older ones, are edited for time to make way for increased advertising demands.fact|date=October 2007

The channel's highest ratings to date were on 12 February, 2008 for the second part of the /"Without a Trace" crossover. The show averaged 2.58m viewers between 10:00 pm and 11:00 pm, equating to a multichannel share of 13.9%. Those numbers made the show the most-watched multichannel programme in its slot - beating every other channel (digital and analogue) aside from BBC One, and is currently one of the highest ratings for a multichannel in the United Kingdom.

British comedian Russell Kane is the 'face of the channel', presenting short clips that occur in between some programmes which act as space fillers to comply with advertising regulations in the UK (UK regulation allows fewer minutes of advertising than in the US).

Current ident music (as of 11 November 2007) is "The Dress Looks Nice On You" and "Jacksonville" by Sufjan Stevens.

On August 28, 2007, Five US launched a timeshift channel named Five US +1 available on Sky Digital. [ cite web
url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a64300/five-launches-1-services.html
title = Five launches +1 services
date = 05 July 2007
publisher = Digital Spy
author = Joanne Oatts]

Programming

Current shows

* "30 Rock"
* "Californication
* ""
* ""
* ""
* "David Beckham's Soccer USA "
* "d!rt"
* "Everybody Hates Chris"
* "The Fall Guy"
* "Happy Days"
* "House MD"
* "Killer Instinct"
* ""
* "NASCAR"
* "NBA"
* "NFL" including "Super Bowl"
* "NHRA Powerade Drag Series"
* "The Nine"
* "NUMB3RS"
* "Sex and the City"
* "Shark"
* "Vanished"
* "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (US version)
* "Whacked Out Sports"

Former shows

* "Conviction" - Now on The Hallmark Channel
* "" - Now on The Sci Fi Channel
* "Pros vs Joes"
* "Pimp My Ride"(uk version)- Now on TMF
* "Joey Now on Fiver

Coming soon

* "K-Ville" [cite web
url = http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,2138711,00.html
title = Five snaps up hurricane aftermath drama
date = 31 July 2007
publisher = MediaGuardian
author = Leigh Holmwood]
* "Law & Order", ' & ' [cite web
url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/programming/a45289/five-hangs-on-to-key-acquisitions.html
title = Five hangs on to key acquisitions
date = 16 April 2007
publisher = Digital Spy
author = Neil Wilkes]

References

External links

* [http://five.tv/us Five US] at five.tv
* [http://www.five.tv/aboutfive/press/pressreleases/20060506_twonewchannels/ Initial press release]
* [http://www.five.tv/aboutfive/press/pressreleases/20062508%5Ffiveusandfivelifelaunch/ Official Five Press Release 25 August 2006]
* [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds33844.html Digital Spy Article]


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