Archive:List of channels on Diamond Cable Communications (October 1997)
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Notes
- The Diamond Cable Area receives television signals from either Waltham and/or Belmont depending on the area, so over the air channel numbers are listed by numbers in bold.
Packages
| Package | Notes | Price/month |
|---|---|---|
| Variety Pack | The basic package. | £9.99 |
| Super Value | The medium package. | £13.99 |
| Premium | Additional subscription required for Sky Movies and Sky Sports channels. | Extra £14.00 (1 premium channel) |
| Extra £19.00 (2 premium channels) | ||
| Extra £22.00 (3 premium channels) | ||
| Extra £24.00 (4 premium channels) | ||
| Asia Plus | Additional subscription required for Asian channels. | Extra £2.99 |
| A la carte | Channels to add to Variety Pack or Super Value that cost an extra £2.99 each. | Extra £2.99 per channel |
| Pay-per-view | Pay-per-view | Depends on the program |
Channel list
| No. | Logo | Channel name | Genre | Notes | Broadcast hours | Package | Owner/Parent Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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58/22 BBC One East Midlands/Yorkshire | General interest | 24 hours | Variety Pack | British Broadcasting Corporation | |
| 2 | 
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64/28 BBC Two East Midlands/Yorkshire | General interest | 24 hours | Variety Pack | British Broadcasting Corporation | |
| 3 |  
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25/61 ITV (now ITV1) | General interest | Central Independent Television or Yorkshire Television depending on the Area | 24 hours | Variety Pack | Carlton Communications plc(East Midlands)/Granada plc(Lincolnshire) |
| 4 | 
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32/54 Channel 4 | General interest | 24 hours | Variety Pack | Channel Four Television Corporation | |
| 5 | 
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56/35 Channel 5 (later Five) | General interest | 24 hours | Variety Pack | Channel 5 Broadcasting | |
| 6 | Channel Guide | General interest | 24 hours | Variety Pack | Diamond Cable Communications | ||
| 7 | Community Channel | General interest | 24 hours | Variety Pack | Diamond Cable Communications | ||
| 8 | 
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Granada Plus (then Plus, replaced by ITV3) | Entertainment | 06:00-23:00 | Super Value | Granada Sky Broadcasting | |
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Granada Men & Motors (then Men & Motors) | 23:00-02:00 | |||||
| 9 | 
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Sky 1 (then Sky One, now Sky Showcase) | General interest | 24 hours | Variety Pack | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 10 | Preview Channel | General interest | Mosaic channel. | 24 hours | Variety Pack | Diamond Cable Communications | |
| 11 | 
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Sky Sports 1 (now Sky Sports Main Event) | Sports | 24 hours | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 12 | 
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Eurosport (now Eurosport 1) | Sports | 07:30-01:00 | Variety Pack | TF1 Group | |
| 13 | 
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Sky Sports 2 (now Sky Sports Cricket) | Sports | Thursday to Friday only. | 20:00-01:00 (Thursday to Friday) | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting |
| 07:00-01:00 (weekends) | |||||||
| 14 | 
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Christian Channel Europe | Lifestyle | 04:00-07:00 | Super Value | ||
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Sky Soap | Entertainment | Weekdays only. | 12:00-16:00 (weekdays only) | British Sky Broadcasting | ||
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The History Channel | Documentaries | 16:00-20:00 (weekdays only) | A&E Networks/British Sky Broadcasting | |||
| 15 | 
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UK Living (then Living, LivingTV, Living, Sky Living and now Sky Witness) | Lifestyle | 06:00-00:00 | Variety Pack | Flextech/Cox/Thames (Pearson plc) | |
| 16 | 
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Discovery Home & Leisure (then Discovery Real Time, now TLC) | Lifestyle | 09:00-16:00 | Variety Pack | Discovery Inc. | |
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Discovery Channel | Documentaries | 16:00-02:00 | ||||
| 17 | 
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Nickelodeon | Kids | 06:00-19:00 | Super Value | Viacom | |
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Paramount Comedy Channel (then Paramount Comedy 1, now Comedy Central) | Movies/Series | 19:00-04:00 | ||||
| 18 | 
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The Children's Channel | Kids | 06:00-17:00 | Super Value | Flextech | |
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Challenge TV (then Challenge?, now Challenge) | Entertainment | 17:00-05:00 | Flextech | |||
| 19 | 
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Disney Channel | Kids | Bonus channel if you subscribe to both Sky Movies and The Movie Channel | 06:00-22:00 | Premium | The Walt Disney Company |
| 20 | 
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NBC Europe (then Das Vierte) | International | 24 hours | Super Value | General Electric | |
| 21 | 
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Sky News | News | 24 hours | Variety Pack | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 22 | 
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CNN International | News | 24 hours | Super Value | Time Warner | |
| 23 | 
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VH1: Music that Means Something | Music | 24 hours | Variety Pack | Viacom | |
| 24 | 
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MTV: Music Television | Music | 24 hours | Super Value | Viacom | |
| 25 | 
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Carlton Food Network (then Taste CFN) | Lifestyle | Weekdays only. | 12:00-17:00 (weekdays only) | Super Value | Carlton Communications plc |
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Carlton Select | Entertainment | 17:00-00:00 (weekdays) | ||||
| 12:00-00:00 (weekdays) | |||||||
| 26 | 
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The Box: Music Television You Control | Music | 24 hours | Variety Pack | EMAP | |
| 28 | 
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QVC | Lifestyle | 24 hours | Variety Pack | QVC | |
| 29 | 
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The Weather Channel | News | 24 hours | Variety Pack | Landmark Communications | |
| 30 | 
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TV5 (now TV5MONDE) | International | 24 hours | Super Value | France Télévision/RTBF/TSR | |
| 31 | 
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Sat.1 | International | 24 hours | Super Value | Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH | |
| 32 | 
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Sky Movies (then Sky MovieMax, Sky Movies Max, Sky Movies 2, Sky Movies Action & Thriller, Sky Movies Action & Adventure, Sky Cinema Action & Adventure and now Sky Cinema Action) | Movies/Series | 24 hours | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 33 | 
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The Movie Channel (then Sky Premier, Sky Movies Premier, Sky Movies 1, Sky Movies Premiere and now Sky Cinema Premiere) | Movies/Series | 24 hours | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting | |
| 34 | 
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Sci-Fi Channel (then Sci-Fi, Syfy, now Sky Sci-Fi) | Movies/Series | also seen from 20:00-04:00 on Astra 1B Transponder 24 | 08:00-04:00 | Variety Pack | Universal City Studios LLC |
| 35 | 
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European Business News | News | Not available in Grimsby | 04:00-12:00 | Variety Pack | Flextech |
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Trouble | Kids | 12:00-20:00 | ||||
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Bravo | Movies/Series | 20:00-00:00 | ||||
| 36 | 
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Sky Movies Gold (then Sky Cinema, Sky Movies Cinema, Sky Cinema 1 and Sky Movies Classics) | Movies/Series | Bonus channel if you subscribe to both Sky Movies and The Movie Channel | 16:00-04:00 | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting |
| 37 | 
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Zee TV | International | Not available in Grimsby | 06:00-00:00 | A la carte | Zee Telefilms |
| 38 | 
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Sky Sports 3 (now Sky Sports Action) | Sports | Bonus channel if you subscribe to both Sky Sports 1 and 2 | 12:00-00:00 | Premium | British Sky Broadcasting |
| 39 | 
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UK Gold (then UKTV Gold, G.O.L.D., Gold and now U&Gold) | Entertainment | 07:00-02:00 | Variety Pack | Flextech/Cox/BBC/Thames (Pearson plc) | |
| 40 | 
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Sky Travel | Lifestyle | Weekdays only. | 07:00-12:00 (weekdays only) | Super Value | British Sky Broadcasting |
| 41 | Namaste | International | Currently unknown, not available in Grimsby | 08:00-12:00 | Asia Plus | Currently unknown | |
| 20:00-00:00 | |||||||
| ATM | Currently unknown | 12:00-20:00 | |||||
| Chinese News and Entertainment | 00:00-07:00 | ||||||
| 42 | 
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Asianet | International | 24 hours | Asia Plus | Asianet Communications | |
| 43 | 
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The Parliamentary Channel | News | Variable | Super Value | British parliament | |
| 44 | 
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Cartoon Network | Kids | 05:00-21:00 | Variety Pack | Time Warner | |
| TNT | Movies/Series | 21:00-05:00 | |||||
| 45 | 
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Travel: TV That Takes You There (then Travel Channel) | Lifestyle | 12:00-00:00 | Variety Pack | Landmark Communications | |
| 46 | 
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L!VE TV | General interest | 24 hours | Super Value | Mirror Group Newspapers | |
| 47 | 
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Granada Good Life (then Granada Breeze) | Lifestyle | 06:00-18:00 | Variety Pack | Granada Sky Broadcasting | |
| 50 | PPV | Pay-per-view | 24 hours | Pay-per-view | Diamond Cable Communications | ||
| 51 | PPV 1 | Pay-per-view | 24 hours | Pay-per-view | Diamond Cable Communications |