The Biography Channel (also known as Bio.) was a British general entertainment channel available in some European countries. The channel was launched on 1 October 2000 by a joint-venture between

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in the United Kingdom. It later became available in Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium. The channel's programming, as the name suggests, is made up of the biographies of famous people, including bands, politicians and criminals. The channel ceased broadcasting at 6 am on 4 November 2013 and was replaced by Lifetime.

Availability

In the United Kingdom the channel was available on

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and

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. In Ireland it was available on

and

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. In Belgium it was available on

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Bio. HD

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version launched on

on 5 November 2008, it was also available on Virgin Media Ireland from October 2009. Bio. HD operated on a separate schedule to the standard definition channel and timeshared with CI HD. The channel closed on 3 July 2012 to allow CI HD to broadcast 24 hours a day.

References

External links

* Biography Channel, The Television channels and stations established in 2000 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013 UK Sky television channels 2000 establishments in the United Kingdom 2013 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom {{UK-tv-channel-stub

Availability

Bio. HD

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