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Virgin 1 is a British television channel. Run by Virgin Media Television, it launched on 1 October 2007.
In June 2007, it was announced that the channel had acquired the rights to show reruns of the Star Trek franchise from Star Trek: The Next Generation to Star Trek: Enterprise. [1] [2] Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had been specifically referred to in pre-launch publicity. [3]
Deep Space Nine
Deep Space Nine was shown from October 2007 through March 2008, when the show stopped airing after season 5. That series was shown daily at 3.00pm and 8.00pm, and as of August 2008, Deep Space Nine was aired daily at 2.00pm. On Monday 26th January 2009, Deep Space Nine will air the previously un-aired Seasons 6 & 7 on the 3.00pm & 8.00pm timeslots, replacing Voyager.
Enterprise
The first season of Enterprise was aired Monday nights after Deep Space Nine, through early 2008. It was then repeated from May to August 2008 after The Next Generation, daily at 4.00pm. The second season aired in Summer- Autumn 2008 every Monday at 9.00pm, and Season 3 currently airs on Virgin 1 every friday at 9.00pm, from January 2nd 2009.
The Next Generation
As of March 2008, The Next Generation (seasons 1 through 4) aired in Deep Space Nine's previous time slots of 3.00pm & 8.00pm. After being replaced by Voyager in August 2008, The Next Generation started its run from season 1 again at weekdays from 4.00pm, and after airing the Season 4 epsiode "In Theory", The run then started again... It is suspected that after Virgin 1's first run of Deep Space Nine Seasons 6 & 7, The Next Generation's seasons 5, 6 & 7 will debut on Virgin 1 in March 2009.
Voyager
On 11 August 2008, Voyager began using The Next Generation's (Season 1- 4) previous timeslots, of 3.00pm & 8.00pm. After Completing it's first run of Seasons 1- 5 on Virgin 1, Deep Space Nine Seasons 6 & 7 aswell as The Next Generation Seasons 5, 6 & 7 Will air Starting Monday 26th January 2009. Voyager Seasons 6 & 7 will probably debut on the channel in May 2009, after another 2 runs of Seasons 1- 5 Are repeated.
Virgin TV On Demand
Virgin Media secured the rights to offer Star Trek episodes to UK customers via its video on-demand service. All Star Trek episodes broadcast on Virgin 1 will be available for customers to view again on-demand for seven days after broadcast. Subscribers to Virgin Media's more expensive cable packages will reportedly have free any-time access to the entire library of episodes from The Next Generation to Enterprise through the on-demand electronic program guide. [4]
External links
- Virgin 1 - official website
- Channel One at Wikipedia