Real Lives was a British television channel owned by

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, a division of

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. It used to be the sister channel of

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. It was originally known as LIVINGtv2 from the channel's launch in 2004 until 2007, and then was known as Living2 from 2007 to 2009. On 1 October 2019, Real Lives closed down after 15 years and was replaced by

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History

The channel launched on 13 December 2004 as LIVINGtv2 on Sky Digital and

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. The channel mainly showed highlights of programming from the main channel, along with extended coverage of its reality programmes, such as '' I'm Famous and Frightened Extra!'' and '' Most Haunted Live!''. However, the channel has gained the American reality TV series, ''

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''. The channel has also shown more lifestyle and health related programmes such as ''Baby ER'', '' Birth Stories'', ''

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'' and ''Wedding SOS''. Every morning from 10 am to 12 pm, there used to be a programming slot called Baby Zone, in which programmes related to pregnancy and birth were shown. Programmes included ''Birth Days'', ''Maternity Ward'' and ''Babies: Special Delivery''. , most of the programmes on the channel are repeats of factual programmes that are also on Pick. A one-hour timeshift version of the channel launched on 5 February 2009, replacing

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's one-hour timeshift, Trouble +1. Living2 was rebranded as Livingit on 30 November 2009, following problems making viewers understand that the channel is not a timeshifted version of the main channel. The relaunch was accompanied by new programming under the

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"Life's worth watching". It was announced on 25 October 2010 that Living would be rebranded as Sky Living in early 2011 and move electronic programming guide (EPG) positions on Sky from channel 112 to 107 after

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and before

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. As part of the move, Livingit was rebranded as Sky Livingit. Upon the launch of the now defunct drama channel

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, on 3 June 2014, it moved to EPG slot 222 on Sky, and Sky Livingit +1, whose EPG number was replaced by Sky Arts 1 HD (SD on HD viewing) moving to slot 223. On 9 June 2015, Sky Livingit was rebranded as Real Lives, moving to slot 172 on Sky.

Closure

On 1 October 2019, Real Lives ceased broadcasting in the opening hours of 6:00am and was replaced by

, which later moved up to its current slot on Sky channel 122.

Former logos

Image:LIVINGtv2 logo.png, LIVINGtv2 (2004-2007) Image:LIVINGit logo.png, LIVINGit (2009-2011) Image:Sky Livingit.svg, Sky Livingit (2011-2015) File:Real lives logo.png, Real Lives (2015-2019)

References

External links

Sky Living
at Sky.com
Press release of the launchAmerica's Psychic Challenge on Living2The TV Room
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