Brit Hits
| Brit Hits | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 8 December 2008 |
| Closed | 13 April 2009 |
| Owned by | TV Legal Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Formerly called | Legal TV, RED TV |
| Website | brithits.tv |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 215, 385 |
Brit Hits was a television channel broadcast via the Sky Digital satellite platform to the United Kingdom on channel 215, previously on channel 385.
The channel, which was launched on 8 December 2008, was formerly known as Legal TV and Red TV.
Consultant Commercial Lawyer, Jonathan (Jonny) Munro became Producer and Presenter of programmes like 'Street Lawyer', 'Jonny & Rob Advise', 'Devil's Advocate'. Along with the start of the YouTube culture, pressure for audiences and threats of legal action from the BBC, embryo formats like live Arbitrations and 'Free speech' within live audiences were killed before any investment was put into the Channel. Jonny Munro remains head of LegalTV and operates a Media & Law Firm JONRO Lawyers, deep in the English countryside, on the Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire border. Most of LegalTV was filmed in and around Birmingham, and from studios in Aston, England. Jonny Munro concentrated his work in online broadcasting and the Sky Channel was handed to Sikh TV in 2010.
Brit Hits targeted an audience between 16 and 45 years old, focusing most of its broadcast on new up-and-coming British acts, as well as older British artists.
In February 2009, Brit Hits was simulcasting Psychic TV, and also contained other non-related music programmes. It no longer showed music.
Brit Hits closed on 13 April 2009 and was replaced by The Sikh Channel.[1][2]
Programme highlights
Shows that were broadcast by Brit Hits:
- 80s from all Around
- 90s to the Naughties
- Battle of the Sexes
- British Connection
- Love Brits
- New Kicks
- Old Skool vs New Skool
- Power Hour
- Random Brits
- The 90s Pop Hits
- US Divas vs Brit Babes
Previous names
Legal TV
| Legal TV | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 27 February 2006 |
| Owned by | TV Legal Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | legaltv.co.uk |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 186 |
| Eutelsat 28A | 11224V 27500 2/3 |
| Streaming media | |
| legaltv.co.uk | Online Streaming |
Legal TV was a television channel broadcast via the Sky Digital satellite platform to the United Kingdom.
The channel, which was launched on 20 February 2006, adopted the motto "the law firm in your living room" and aimed its programmes at a lay audience. Legal advice given by the channel was of a general nature, compared by a senior director to "...advice that might be sourced from the CAB".[3]
In July 2007, Consultant Commercial Lawyer, Jonathan (Jonny) Munro LL.B, became Producer and Presenter of programmes like 'Street Lawyer', 'Jonny & Rob Advise', 'Devil's Advocate'.
Along with the start of the YouTube culture, pressure for audiences and threats of legal action from the BBC, embryo formats of Live Arbitrations and 'Free speech' within live audiences were killed before any investment was put into the Channel. Jonny Munro remains head of LegalTV and operates a Media & Law Firm JONRO Lawyers, deep in the English countryside, on the Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire border. Most of LegalTV was filmed in and around Birmingham, and from studios in Aston, England. Jonny Munro concentrated his work in online broadcasting and the Sky Channel was handed to Sikh TV in 2010.
Legal was TV rebranded as Red TV on Monday 17 December 2007.
Red TV
| RED TV | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 17 December 2007 |
| Owned by | TV Legal Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Formerly called | Legal TV |
| Website | red-tv.co.uk |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 180 |
| Eutelsat 28A | 12.480V 27500 2/3 |
| Streaming media | |
| red-tv.co.uk | Online Streaming |
Red TV was broadcast via the Sky Digital satellite platform to the United Kingdom. The channel, which was launched on 17 December 2007, sought to expand on Legal TV's line-up of home-grown and USA-imported legal programming by introducing reality TV and lifestyle documentary shows. The channel's slogan was 'Close to Life'.
Red TV was relaunched as Brit Hits TV in December 2008. The channel moved EPG genres from entertainment to music.
Programme highlights
Amongst shows broadcast by Red:
- Maddie's Got Talent - talent show hosted by Madeline Roberts
- Aisleyne - documentary series following model and ex-Big Brother contestant, Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace
- The Red Room - showcase for new bands, presented by Polly X
- Hello Poland - magazine show for the Polish community in the UK
- Elliott Frisby singer/songwriter - Saturday 19:00
- Immigration with Reham - presenter Reham Khan gave legal advice to asylum seekers and immigrants
- Crown Court - repeat showing of the 1970s ITV courtroom drama
- Doncaster Belles - cameras follow a women's football team during the 2007-08 season
- Melissa Paramedic - documentary tracking a former singer turned paramedic
- Celebrity: Stars at Work - fly on the wall series following the professional and personal lives of various celebrities (sic), featuring the model and TV personality Thekla Roth and model Monica Harris
- Mike Read's Pop Quiz
References
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Sikh Channel launches this month". Biz Asia. 2009-04-05.
- ↑ "Brit Hits TV makes way for The Sikh Channel". Biz Asia. 2009-04-10.
- ↑ The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland "Sky to launch Legal TV"