Ushuaïa TV is a French

television channel A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with ...

, owned by Groupe TF1. The network carries programming about

nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physics, physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomenon, phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. ...

History

Ushuaïa TV was launched on 14 March 2005 by Groupe TF1, inspired by the

TF1 TF1 (; standing for ''Télévision Française 1'') is a French commercial television network owned by TF1 Group, controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network. TF1 is par ...

popular show Ushuaïa Nature. Ushuaïa TV and TF1 other pay-TV channels were initially available exclusively on

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and cable providers, until 2 January 2012 when they joined ISP optional packages. Ushuaïa TV arrived on Freebox TV on 1 January 2015, replacing Stylia. In December 2012,

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acquired 20% of TF1 pay-TV thematic channels for €170 million for

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and €14 million for Ushuaïa TV, Histoire, Stylia and TV Breizh. On 17 July 2015,

sold its remaining 49% stake in Eurosport to Discovery Communications for €492 million. At the same time, the French group bought out the 20% stake held by the American group in its pay-TV channels (TV Breizh, Histoire and Ushuaïa) for 14.6 million euros. On 5 December 2019, TV Breizh, Ushuaïa TV and Histoire were rebranded with a "TV" logo common between them.

Programming

Ushuaïa TV concentrates on nature, but also airs reruns of old TF1 programmes such as Ushuaïa Nature.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ushuaia TV Television networks in France Television channels and stations established in 2005 2005 establishments in France Television stations in France