Trouble (TV)

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Trouble

Launched	3 February 1997
Owned by	Virgin Media Television
Audience share	0.1% (0.1% for +1) (February '07, [1])
Timeshift service	Trouble +1 (formely Trouble Reload)
Website	www.trouble.co.uk
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 201 Channel 202 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 140 Channel 141 (+1)

Trouble is a television station in the UK and Republic of Ireland, owned by Virgin Media Television. It fully replaced The Children's Channel from 4 April 1998, prior to the start of Sky Digital.

Trouble has a key demographic of young adults and teenagers, aged between 15-24. The channel shows a lot of American and Australian imports, with only a small margin of programs being British. The channel has had success in recent times, with acquisitions such as My Wife and Kids, One On One, Grounded for Life, Summerland, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, That '70s Show to name a few. It also shows some dramas such as Life As We Know It and The Secret Life of Us.

The channel recently underwent a rebrand in mid-2006, with the number placement of the channel chaning on Sky Digital from 607 in 'Kids' to 201 in 'Entertainment' as a move to make it seem more teenage orientated.

1 Former programmes
2 Notes
3 History
4 External links

[edit] Former programmes

Sweet Valley High 1997-2000
Hollyoaks 1999-2001
Diff'rent Strokes 2001-2003
Saved by the Bell: The College Years 1999-2002
Saved by the Bell: The New Class 1999-2003
TCC 1997-2001
Ready Or Not 1997-2001
Saved By The Bell 1997-2000
Sweat 1998-2002
Sk8 2001-2003
Just Deal 2001-2003

Trouble have annouced that Brookside and Home and Away are coming back in summer.

[edit] Notes

In 1997 Trouble launched and timeshared with Bravo From 12:00pm - 8:00pm.
In 1998 TCC was closed and Trouble timeshifted it.
Troubles timeshift service, originally named Trouble Reload, made it's debut timeshifting for 30 minutes, before changing into a more traditional hour.