Channel One was a television channel owned and operated by
Virgin Media Television and then
Sky plc. The channel was launched on 1 October 2007 at 21:00 on
Freeview,
Virgin Media and
Sky as
Virgin1, replacing
Ftn. The channel broadcast 24 hours on cable, satellite and Freeview; a one-hour timeshift, Channel One +1, broadcast on cable and satellite.