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unusual facts about Channel S



Bangla TV

It operated as a subscription-only channel until 2005, following the arrival of Channel S, a rival channel providing a free-to-air service targeting its programming specifically for the Bengali Sylheti community in the UK.


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101 East

The show launched in November 2006, at the same time as Al Jazeera English itself, and remains the channel's flagship Asia-Pacific current affairs show.

3 Minute Wonder

3 Minute Wonder is a short Channel 4 television slot that broadcasts first time directors' three-minute TV programmes in the middle of the channel's weekday primetime schedule.

Brian Daly

Daly joined Sky News from Irish channel TV3, where he had worked since the channel's launch in 1998 and anchored the breakfast show Ireland AM.

Bridget Dwyer

Dwyer was also featured on The Big Break VI: Trump National, the sixth series of the Golf Channel's reality show.

Call for Help

Taped in Toronto, Ontario, a new version of Call for Help made its G4techTV Canada debut on August 16, 2004, and quickly became the channel's highest rated series.

Connected Life

In November 2008 it began airing on Discovery Channel's HowStuffWorks.

DD National

The channel's educational programming includes distance learning shows for UGC and IGNOU as well as learning shows for kids sponsored by NCERT.

Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child

Mojo and Skid did perform the song on MTV's late-night 120 Minutes (even then, Nixon was forced to mumble the word "fornication"), but the channel's refusal to air the video led to Mojo Nixon severing ties with the network.

Diogo Morgado

He is best known in for his portrayal of Jesus Christ in 20th Century Fox's feature film Son of God to be release in February 28, 2014 and in History Channel's Emmy nominated miniseries, The Bible, which was the highest rated cable show of 2013.

Dorothy Byrne

In December 2008 she defended Channel 4's invitation to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President, to deliver the channel's 'Alternative Christmas Message', saying "as the leader of one of the most powerful states in the Middle East, President Ahmadinejad's views are enormously influential... we are offering our viewers an insight into an alternative world view".

Eat Out NY

Hosted and produced by former Ford model Kelly Choi, the show has become a top performer on NYC TV and is widely regarded, along with Secrets of New York, as the channel's signature series.

El Trece

During the self-styled National Reorganization Process, the last military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983 - the channel's administration was handed over to the Argentine Navy, a condition maintained until 1983, when democratic rule was restored.

Gary Adler

As a composer, Adler has written songs for Disney Channel's Johnny and the Sprites and Dance Dance Revolution, which was presented by Les Freres Corbusier in December 2008.

Gary Lord

Lord is a regular guest on HGTV's Decorating With Style and has appeared on PBS's Paint Paint Paint, Discovery Channel's Christopher Lowell Show, D.I.Y., Around the House, Home Works, and The Carol Duvall Show, as well as many local shows/segments featuring faux painting.

Gary Motykie

Entertainment’s series Dr. 90210, the Discovery Channel’s Plastic Surgery: Before & After, VH1 and MTV True Lives.

Jeff Lorber

Many of his songs were featured on The Weather Channel's Local On The 8s segments, including appearances on the channel's compilation albums, The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz and The Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II.

Jim Rapsas

Rapsas spent several years developing programs for the Discovery Kids Channel and served as executive producer on many of the channel's series including Scout's Safari, Growing Up Creepie, Kenny the Shark, Truth or Scare (hosted by Michelle Trachtenberg), Endurance, Flight 29 Down, "Operation Junkyard", "Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls", "Time Warp Trio" "Animal Jam" and others.

John Beck Hofmann

He has also created music used in multiple television shows, such as FX's "Nip/Tuck", MTV's "The Real World", Travel Channel's "Eye of the Beholder" and multiple NASA documentaries.

Judy Joo

In addition to her Iron Chef roles, Joo has appeared on UK Food Channel’s Market Kitchen and Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate and The Best Thing I Ever Made.

Kelly Madison

On July 25, 2007, Madison and her husband were interviewed on the E! channel's Chelsea Lately television program.

Kiss TV

The channel's presenters included legendary DJs such as BBC Radio 1's Judge Jules.

KLOL

In the fall of 2007, KLOL redesigned their entire look, changing their format to more contemporary latino pop music under the direction of Clear Channel's Senior VP Alfredo Alonso.

Knut Torbjørn Eggen

During his later years, he also worked frequently as a commentator and match analyst with Norwegian TV channel Viasat 4 as part of the channel's coverage of the UEFA Champions League.

Lee Barden

Barden has been featured on numerous national television programs including the Discovery channel's Impact:Stories of Survival, The Maury Povich Show, You Gotta See This, I'm Still Alive!, World's Most Amazing Videos, and Now See This.

Mean Reds

Known for their raucous live performances and their affinity for Disney Channel's Hilary Duff, as well as actress Audrey Hepburn (whose film Breakfast at Tiffany's spawned the band's name), the band embarked on several regional tours before breaking up on October 31, 2005.

Mike Thiel

Thiel is also sought as a commentator on luxury travel and has appeared on CNBC, CNN, and was featured in The Travel Channel’s Great Vacation Homes, hosted by Samantha Brown.

MLB on Five

The show was initially part of the channel's Live & Dangerous late night sport strand; however, by the 1998 season it had been spun off and renamed MLB on Five.

Moller M200G Volantor

Discovery Channel's MythBusters reported that more than US$200 million have gone into the development of the Skycar.

Nazanine Moshiri

She is based at the channel's bureau in Nairobi in Kenya and is sometimes described as an East Africa Correspondent, although she has reported from numerous locations beyond this region.

Rahbani brothers

In 1951, Nouhad Haddad (later known as Fairuz),one of the singers in the channel's chorus, came to the attention of Halim El Roumi.

Rai Radio 1

The channel's main programmes include news/talk shows such as Radio anch'io and sports-related broadcasts – in particular, live coverage of all games played by the Italian national football team.

Rhodri Williams

Williams was part of the launch of Channel 5 in the UK as one of the presenters on the channel's afternoon entertainment show 5's Company with Nick Knowles and John Barrowman.

Rusiya Al-Yaum

Previously, when ANO TV-Novosti announced to launch Arabic language channel the editor-in-chief's position was taken by Akram Khuzam (Al Jazeera Channel's former Moscow Bureau chief).

Ryan Jay

Ryan was the co-host of Clear Channel's PRIDE Radio with Ryan & Caroline, the first nationally syndicated radio talk show targeted to the LGBT community.

Sharee Miller

The trial made national headlines; Miller’s life was profiled on A&E American Justice, Investigation Discovery's Deadly Women and on the Oxygen Channel's true crime series Snapped.

Solent TV

Until the Sky launch, the channel's content was streamed live in Windows Media format, as well as a collection of video on demand files such as the channel's news programme 'Solent Tonight'.

SRG SSR

In the same year a dedicated Romansh broadcasting unit was created in Chur, using some of the new German-language second channel's broadcasting time.

Stephanie Sparks

Sparks also co-hosted the third edition of The Golf Channel's reality television competition show, The Big Break, titled, The Big Break III: Ladies Only, alongside Vince Cellini.

Steve Rushton

His first major boost of his career was with Disney Channel's original series The Suite Life on Deck to which he sang the opening theme, "Livin' the Suite Life" Shortly after, he released his first single "Emergency" which was included in the soundtrack for the Disney movie, Race to Witch Mountain.

Ted Kravitz

As part of his new role, Kravitz hosts the channel's weekly show, The F1 Show.

The Heart

In 2004 and 2005, the channel's regular format was temporarily replaced with a pop Christmas music format called "Holly" between Thanksgiving and Christmas; in 2006, Holly preempted XM's U-Pop channel instead and The Heart retained its normal format through December.

The Right Side

"The Right Side" is a song from the Welcome to Pooh Corner Cable TV series which premiered in 1983 on the Disney Channel (which was also that channel's inaugural season).

Tim Hayward

He has appeared on Good Food channel's Market Kitchen and the BBC1 documentary series Ever Wondered About Food?.

TRT Avaz

The channel's name was announced by President Abdullah Gül as "AVAZ", a word that means "voice" in many Central Asian languages.

Try a Little Something New

"Try a Little Something New" is a song from the Welcome to Pooh Corner Cable TV series which premiered in 1983 on the Disney Channel (which was also that channel's inaugural season).

WRLH-DT2

This channel's origins began on January 24, 2006 when UPN and The WB announced that the networks would cease broadcasting and merge.

WTVN

WTVN's programming generally follows the standard format for Clear Channel's news/talk stations, carrying primarily Premiere Networks talk programming, including The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Glenn Beck Program and Coast to Coast AM live and The Sean Hannity Show on tape delay.