UTV2 was a television channel, owned by Ulster Television plc (now

UTV Media Wireless Group Limited is a radio and digital broadcasting network with headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland and with radio operations in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. It currently operates five stations in Ireland and ...

). The channel was on

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and

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cable in

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. The channel launched on 28 June 1999 as ''TV You'', but was rebranded as ''UTV2'' in 2000. The programming consisted primarily of simulcasts with ITV2, as broadcast in

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and the Scottish Borders, although they did also use archive programmes from UTV. Unusually, for a commercial station, UTV2 did not carry any advertising. This was presumably due to their failure to attract advertisers to UTV2, which was only receivable by a few thousand viewers. UTV2 closed on 22 January 2002 following a deal with

ITV Digital ITV Digital was a British digital terrestrial television broadcaster which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network. Its main shareholders were Carlton Communications plc and Granada plc, owners ...

and was replaced by ITV2.

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* 1999 establishments in Northern Ireland Defunct British television channels Mass media in Belfast Television channels and stations established in 1999 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2002 Television channels in the United Kingdom Television in Northern Ireland UTV (TV channel) 2002 disestablishments in Northern Ireland Commercial-free television networks {{NorthernIreland-media-stub

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