SceneOne was a general entertainment website and television channel operated by Flextech Television, now
Living TV Group
Living TV Group was a British television consortium originally called Flextech before becoming a subsidiary of British Sky Broadcasting, with Challenge still broadcasting.
Living TV Group had several owned channels, available in the United K ...
.
The site was accessible via the public internet
and within the
walled garden
A walled garden is a garden enclosed by high walls, especially when this is done for horticultural rather than security purposes, although originally all gardens may have been enclosed for protection from animal or human intruders. In temperate c ...
of the
Telewest
Telewest (previously Telewest Broadband and Telewest Communications) was a cable internet, broadband internet, telephone supplier and cable television provider in the United Kingdom. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange, and was also on ...
and Cable and Wireless
cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with bro ...
platforms (now
Virgin Television). Listings from the site were also available via
Orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
* Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum ...
's
WAP mobile phone walled garden.
The website started in February 1999,
and, following an announcement in March 2002, the site was shut on 4 April due to a lack of revenue.
The site's coverage spanned cinema, TV, radio, music, concerts, theatre, comedy, online, books and videos.
The television channel was announced in 1999,
launched in June 2000 and closed in March 2001. It was accessible to subscribers of Telewest cable television. There was speculation that the closure was due to low viewing figures and the failure to gain carriage on
Sky Digital, although this was denied by the general manager of SceneOne.
The channel broadcast for 24 hours per day, and broadcast entertainment news and reviews on similar genres to the web site. Programmes included ''The Film Scene'', ''The Gig Scene'', and ''Knockin' Out''.
The SceneOne brand was also used for an entertainment shopping portal accessible via the
Open.... interactive television
Interactive television is a form of media convergence, adding data services to traditional television technology. It has included on-demand delivery of content, online shopping, and viewer polls. Interactive TV is an example of how new informatio ...
service on Sky Digital
satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna commo ...
.
SceneOne was recently a brand for a 5-minute show dedicated to showbiz and latest on
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...
/
CD releases on
Living
Living or The Living may refer to:
Common meanings
*Life, a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms
** Living species, one that is not extinct
*Personal life, the course of an individual human's life
* ...
.
References
External links
A review of the SceneOne website providing evidence of the type of programming
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Living TV Group channels
Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom
Defunct websites
Television channels and stations established in 2000
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2001