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Sky Living is television brand and channel owned by Sky plc available in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Sky plc (previously BSkyB) which bought the Living TV Group in 2010. Originally launched as UK Living in 1993, the channel changed its name to Living TV in 1997 and then to Living in 2007. On 1 February 2011 Living changed its name to Sky Living. The channel's programming was aimed mainly at women and young adults, but with new shows such as ''CSI'', ''Close to Home'' and ''Boston Legal'', the channel is now broadening its audience reach to a wider range of demographics including men aged 18–45. ==History == UK Living began broadcasting on 1 September 1993, as part of the Sky Multichannels network. UK Living was originally owned by a three way partnership; former ITV London franchise holder Thames Television, Tele-Communications Inc. and fellow cable communications company Cox Enterprises, with a budget of £25million.〔http://www.telecompaper.com/news/thames-television-plans-satellitecable-channel-launch--3870〕 The channel was mainly aimed at women aged between 25 and 45, broadcasting films, dramas, chat shows and soap operas. Most of its original programming came from the programme libraries of Thames Television and the BBC. A unique aspect was the repeats of programmes such as ''Kilroy'', ''Anne and Nick'', and ''Floyd'', which were all shown within a week of being transmitted on mainstream television. By January 1994, Flextech (later known as Virgin Media Television and Living TV Group), took over TCI's shares in UK living as part of a deal between the two companies By 1996, Telewest's Flextech division gained full control, after buying out the now-defunct Thames and Cox Enterprises. Shortly afterwards the channel moved away from it reliance of BBC programming, and increase its output of American programming. In 1997, when the BBC and Flextech launched the UKTV Network: UK Style, UK Horizons and UK Arena, it was decided that UK Living would remain a separate channel. As such, it had to remove the 'UK' branding to avoid being confused with the UKTV services; thus UK Living became Living. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sky Living」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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