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Wire TV was a short-lived British cable television channel produced by United Artists Cable and featured a range of entertainment, lifestyle and sports programming. Branded "The Cable Network", the channel was originally set up and funded with £25m 〔(The bus broke down, but the show goes on ) The Independent, 14 March 1995〕 by Cable Program Partners (CPP1), a consortium of UK cable operators including NYNEX, US West and Comcast, to bolster alternative content to the satellite-dominated multi-channel environment of the time. Broadcast from a converted unit in The Galleries shopping centre, Bristol, Wire TV broadcast on weekdays and weekends from 1pm to 11pm (GMT) with regional opt-outs from 5pm to 7pm each evening when operators could insert their own local programmes. ==Programming== Daytime schedules consisted of talk-based ''Afternoon Live'', quiz shows such as ''Lingo'', soap operas and comedies. Evenings included phone-ins and ''Sportswire'' which featured Vauxhall Conference football and boxing. Weekend schedules consisted of 'best of' repeats and omnibus editions of weekday soaps including ''Richmond Hill'', ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and ''Santa Barbara''. Presenters included Kathryn Apanowicz, Nino Firetto, Rhodri Evans, Fenella George and also Femi Oke who co-hosted the weekend show ''Soap On The Wire'' with TV and soap opera expert Chris Stacey. The show proved popular with students and housewives alike and towards the end of 1993 was taking over 200 calls in the four hours it was on air. Producers tried to revamp it into a daily show but Stacey had other commitments and was reduced to one appearance a week so the other experts / co-presenters such as Darren Gray, Jamie Carrington-Colby, Darren Edwards and Richard Arnold were featured more frequently throughout late 1993 and 1994 all proved less popular then Stacey. As part of a revamp in 1994, Mike Morris and Georgey Spanswick went on the road in a bright yellow-liveried bus which was converted into an outside broadcast unit and toured the country, spending a week at a time in different cable franchise areas. The previous varied programming was reduced as Sports programming was expanded in a deal with Chrysalis Sport.〔(Sporting push for UK cable-only channel ) Screen Digest, 1 March 1994〕 Additionally, the live broadcast rights to screen Lennox Lewis's WBC title fights and the 1996 Cricket World Cup were secured. 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「Wire TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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