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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | Wales |
Network | BBC One |
Programming | |
Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC Cymru Wales |
Sister channels | BBC Two Wales |
History | |
Launched | 9 February 1964 |
Former names | BBC Cymru Wales (9 February 1964 – 5 September 1981) BBC Wales (6 September 1981 – 17 February 1985) BBC1 Wales (18 February 1985 – 15 February 1991) BBC Wales On 1 (16 February 1991 – 3 October 1997) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 1 Channel 101 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
FilmOn | Watch live (Wales) |
BBC One Wales is a Welsh free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales. It is the Welsh variation of the UK-wide BBC One network and is broadcast from Central Square in Cardiff.
History and operation
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The channel was launched on February 9, 1964 as BBC Cymru Wales.
BBC One Wales broadcasts around three hours of non-news programmes for Wales each week alongside six hours a week of national news for Wales from BBC Wales Today.
BBC One Wales branding is utilised between 6 am and around 1 am each day with live continuity handled by a team of national announcer/directors.
A high-definition simulcast of BBC One Wales launched on 29 January 2013 on Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.[1] On 10 December 2013, BBC One Wales HD was swapped with the SD channel on Sky's EPG for HD subscribers.[2]
Programming
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Launching BBC One Scotland HD and BBC One Wales HD". BBC. 11 January 2013.
- ^ Pryde, Alix (9 December 2013). "CBBC HD, CBeebies HD, BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD & BBC News HD launch Tuesday 10 December 2013". BBC. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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