Lifestyle (TV channel)
Lifestyle was a British television channel, which unencrypted over cable and satellite ( ASTRA transponder 5) - could be received - even in Germany.
Companies was the transmitter of the television division WHSTV the British company " WH Smith ", which was among others the main shareholder of the widespread until the merger with the transmitter Euro Sport in 1993 television sports channel.
The program consisted of magazines, shows, series, teleshopping and feature films. First broadcast was the 30th Oktober 1985. Official The transmission mode was discontinued as of January 24 1993. From the day after the rebooted German TV station VOX first took over daily from 13 clock the transponder. Indirectly, the transmission mode of lifestyle, however, was maintained for a further 6 years. First, even Sell -A -Vision the lifestyle teleshopping windows were continued on weekdays from 11:00 clock to 13:00 clock under the name. Following the course of the year 1993 shutdown of also remaining on this transponder former pan- The Children 's Channel, which can be regarded as a pioneer of TV channels like Nick, the shopping window has been weekdays on the schedule of 06:00 clock bis 11:00 clock laid on the weekends it was broadcast until 13:00 clock. In February 1999, the broadcasting of Sell- A- Vision and thus de facto the transmission mode of lifestyle finally ended.
The station shared the transponder until the official cut-off on January 24, 1993 The Children 's Channel, which works, from 06:00 bis 11:00 clock and on weekends until 13:00 clock aired its program. At times, even the program from the Japanese -language television JSTV ( Japan Satellite Television) was spread on this channel, which broadcast every morning from 21:00 bis 23:00 clock. After his move to the satellite Astra 1B occupied lifestyle dazugewonne the transmission time for the vast broadcasting of teleshopping services.
Daily from 23 clock beamed lifestyle to 6 clock in the morning the Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox from at which spectators could wish music videos by telephone voting. Thus, in the early 1990s to the present day of a music TV stations practiced selection procedure was applied. This program block is particularly meant for the viewers from Germany.
Lifestyle sent among others original shows from the United States ( for example, " Oprah " and " Sally Jesse Raphael " ) as well as numerous soap operas / telenovelas, such as Search For Tomorrow and The Edge of Night. Even more recent series such as Remington Steele and Divorce Court have been sent in the original. On the weekends, was sent with a slightly modified channel logo and the label Weekend Lifestyle used. Among them were predominantly films and series earlier date produced in the U.S., for example, sent Annie Oakley. Even game shows such as Lingo, Classic Concentration, The Joker's Wild and Supermarket Sweep, all of which were imported from the USA, were part of the weekly program.
Took widths room 30 minute "Commercial Presentations" from the USA ( teleshopping ), such as the " series" Amazing Discoveries with Mike Levey died in 2003. Unlike the rest of the program teleshopping windows were also broadcast in German.
Together with channels such as ' Europe TV " (1986 ), " Sky Channel " (until 1989, before boarding Murdoch ) or the " European Business Channel "( to 1990 ) was one lifestyle to the protagonists of a pan- European television, which to this day has not become reality again due to the many since launched national channel. For a few years there have been for the cable and satellite homes throughout Europe same transmitter while today due to the encryption and other factors, the television markets almost everywhere are national ( Example: " MTV Europe " by 1997, today 's " MTV's " in most countries ).
- Former TV station
- Television station ( United Kingdom)