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| Launched | 8 March 2004 |
| Owned by | UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Scripps Networks Interactive) |
| Picture format | 16:9, 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.1% 0.0% (+1) (June 2011, BARB) |
| Slogan | One amazing world, one amazing channel |
| Country | United Kingdom/Ireland |
| Formerly called | UKTV Documentary (2004-2009) |
| Replaced | UK Horizons |
| Sister channel(s) | Alibi Blighty Dave Gold Good Food Home Really Watch Yesterday |
| Timeshift service | Eden +1 |
| Website | exploreeden.co.uk |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 532 (SD/HD) Channel 533 (+1) Channel 559 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 208 Channel 209 (HD) Channel 210 (+1) |
| Smallworld Cable | Channel 532 Channel 533 (+1) |
| IPTV | |
| TalkTalk TV | Channel 130 |
| Internet television | |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK & Ireland only) |
Eden is a digital television channel broadcasting factual content 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 26 January 2009. The channel is available on Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk TV, but not on the digital terrestrial supplier Freeview.
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History [link]
The channel launched on 8 March 2004 as UKTV Documentary, showing factual documentaries, mainly taken 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, along with UKTV People, replaced. 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.
Timeshift [link]
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 initially shut down in October 2008 to allow bandwidth for new channel Watch, however the time shift service was restored on 7 October 2011.
Eden HD [link]
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 will be added to Virgin's cable television service by 2012.[3] Eden HD was added to Virgin Media on 7 October 2011.[4]
Identity [link]
The UKTV Documentary identity focused around scenes from the landscape of Britain. The ident fould 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 [link]
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.
Some notable programmes include:
- Human Planet
- Planet Earth
- Life
- The Blue Planet
- Last Chance to See
- Wonders of the Solar System
- Natural World
- Horizon
See also [link]
References [link]
- ^ "UKTV unveils its new factual channel brands – Eden and Blighty". UKTV. 2008-10-09. https://uktv.co.uk/press/item/aid/607852.
- ^ "UKTV announces Good Food and Eden HD channel rollout". UKTV. 9 August 2010. https://uktv.co.uk/network/item/aid/637940.
- ^ "Virgin Media sells £239m stake in UKTV". Financial Times. 15 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-cz51SAczqUJ:www.ft.com/cms/s/0/04a841ee-c729-11e0-a9ef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1VI55De3n.
- ^ "Virgin TV just got even bigger". Virgin Media. https://my.virginmedia.com/customer-news/articles/UKTVNew/. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
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Eden District
Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle.
It has an area of 2,156 km², making it (since 2009) the eighth largest district in England and the largest non-unitary district. It also has the lowest population density of any district in England and Wales, with a mean of just 25 persons per square kilometre. In 2011, the population was 5% above its 2001 level. The district council was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the Penrith urban district, Alston with Garrigill Rural District and Penrith Rural District, all in Cumberland, and Appleby Municipal Borough, part of Lakes urban district and North Westmorland Rural District, all in Westmorland.
Part of the Lake District National Park is in the district.
The West Coast Main Railway Line runs through the district but with only one station at Penrith. Services on this line are provided by Virgin Trains and First TransPennine Express. The Northern Rail Settle-Carlisle Railway also goes through the district and has stations at Armathwaite, Lazonby, Langwathby, Appleby and Kirkby Stephen.
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Meteorological history
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It was nominated for four Goya Awards in 1998, and Cecilia Roth won one for lead actress.
It was filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Madrid, and Almería, Spain.
Plot summary
Martín, known as Hache, is a 19-year-old Argentinian boy who after his girlfriend leaves him has a nearly fatal drug overdose, thought by many to be an attempted suicide. Afterwards, his mother sends him to Madrid to live with his father, Martin.
Martin, a successful film-maker, doesn't want to take care of his son because he likes living alone and being able to socialize with his two friends, Alicia and Dante, without influencing his son in any negative way since both Alicia and Dante are experienced drug users. Regardless, he brings him into his home, hoping to ward off any evil influences that might cause his son to have a relapse and commit suicide.
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