Bravo 2 was a British

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History

Player

The channel launched as "Player" on March 2, 2006, being a spin-off to a block that previously aired late-at-night on

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. Unlike the block, the channel functioned as a sister to

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rather than one of Challenge, due to them both heavily focusing on programming aimed at a male audience. In addition to the already existing Gambling-related programming the block offered, the channel also aired sporting programmes, including exclusive coverage of the

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and a limited amount of

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matches under the production of its sister channel Bravo. The idents were the same as that of its original late-night slot on

, except the red colouring was swapped out for yellow colouring and without the famous club.

Bravo 2

The Player channel proved to be a failure, and on September 21, 2006, Flextech announced that the channel would be rebranded as Bravo 2 on September 28, 2006, to coincide with the main channel's new rebranding. Bravo 2 kept some of the programming that Player offered, and included programmes from the main channel to the schedule, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Blues and Twos'', ''The Real Miami Vice'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. From January 2007, the channel started broadcasting

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programming and was the only channel in the UK which had the exclusive rights for TNA Wrestling programming, which consisted of a two-day delay for the American broadcast TNA weekly show "

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" and a three-day delay for TNA's monthly pay-per-views. On 5 January 2008, ''TNA iMPACT!'' was moved to

, with replays of the show on Bravo 2. Bravo's original contract for TNA Wrestling Programming was an 18-month contract and was distributed by RDA TV, and the deal was extended on 1 July 2008 for another 18 months which was once again negotiated by RDA TV. On 15 September 2010, BSkyB announced that it will close Bravo 2 as well as sister channels

and Channel One. The Bravo channels closed on 1 January 2011, with the most popular programmes moved to the other Sky channels. The last image seen on Bravo 2 was the Bravo 2 logo with the words "Bravo 2 doesn't do regret". The last program was ''

''.

References

External links

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