UTV2

UTV2
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Launched	28 June 1999
Closed	22 January 2002
Owned by	Ulster Television plc
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audience share	ITV2: 1.2% (January 2002, BARB)
Country	Northern Ireland
Language	English
Broadcast area	Northern Ireland
Headquarters	Havelock House, Belfast
Formerly called	TV You (1999-2000)
Replaced by	ITV2
Sister channel(s)	UTV
Website	u.tv
Availability (at time of closure)
Terrestrial
ONdigital	Channel 6
Cable
NTL	Channel 117

UTV2 was a television channel, owned by Ulster Television plc (now UTV Media). The channel was on Digital terrestrial television and NTL cable in Northern Ireland.

The channel launched on the 28 June 1999 as TV You, but was rebranded UTV2 in 2000. The programming consisted primarily of simulcasts with ITV2, which is broadcast in England, Wales and the Scottish Borders, although they did also use archive programmes from UTV.

Unusually, for a commercial station, UTV2 did not carry any advertising. This was presumably due to their failure to attract advertisers to UTV2, which was only receivable to a few thousand viewers.

UTV2 closed on 22 January 2002 following a deal with ITV Digital and was replaced by the national variant.

See also

• UTV
• S2

External links

• UTV website