HGTV (British and Irish TV channel)
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| HGTV | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Programming | |
| Timeshift service |
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| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 1997 |
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| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | 44 |
HGTV (means "Home and Garden Television" and used to be named "Home") is a British and Irish television channel that shows home and gardening content.
History
[change | change source]HGTV started as UK Style on 1 November 1997 as part of the making of the UKTV network. On 1 February 2002 UKTV made UK Style +, a 1 hour timeshift of the original channel.
In January 2003 another channel called UK Bright Ideas was made to show UK Style and UK Food’s shows on Freeview.
On 8 March 2004, UK Style and UK Style + changed to UKTV Style and UKTV Style +1.
In January 2005, UKTV Style Gardens was made and gardening shows were moved there. It changed to UKTV Gardens in 2007.
In December 2007, a two hour timeshift was made called UKTV Style +2. It closed in September 2008 to make Watch.
On 24 March 2009, UKTV Style rebranded into Home. It changed its format to show home and garden shows.
On 1 April 2019, Discovery took over the 50% of Home owned by BBC. In June 2019 it was announced Home would become HGTV. This happened on 21 January 2020 at 7am.