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The most important UK tv community Channel 5 has rebranded – once more – merely as “5”.
This can mark the third rebrand for the reason that channel’s launch in 1997, starting as Channel 5, then altering to 5, then returning to Channel 5.
The channel is now stripping again its title merely to the numerical type throughout linear TV and its streaming service (beforehand generally known as My5) in an try to unify the 2 platforms.
The brand new emblem, which sees a yellow quantity 5 on a blue background, might be utilized by the channel from Wednesday (twelfth March).
The choice to alter its title was initially introduced in August final yr, with Channel 5 boss Ben Frow saying: “We all know from the success that so lots of our Channel 5 reveals have had on Netflix that there’s an enormous urge for food for our content material within the streaming world.”
Frow continued: “As we relaunch as 5, our streaming service might be a a lot greater and broader provide than My5 with a considerably expanded vary of content material together with new collection and field units in actuality, drama, factual and children from throughout the Paramount household.”
Nevertheless, viewers have been left perplexed by yet one more title change to a linear TV channel, following the rebrand of Dave to U&Dave in July 2024.
TV author Scott Bryan posted on X/Twitter: “Is everybody OK?” earlier than mentioning how ITV has gone between the titles ITV and ITV1, and that UK Gold has gone from UKTV GOLD, to G.O.L.D, again to Gold and to U&GOLD because it was launched in 1992.
“I genuinely endeavour to know what doable distinction this might make to something?” mentioned one particular person on X/Twitter.
One particular person joked: “Dissatisfied they by no means tried Chnnl5 actually missed a chance there!”
“Let’s face it, we’ll nonetheless name it Channel 5,” added one other particular person. “A bit like nonetheless calling this platform Twitter, or “X (formally Twitter)” as a result of single alphanumeric names simply do not make sense!”
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A 3rd viewer bemoaned: “All their streaming factor is now 5. Which is s*** and complicated to clarify to others.”
One other particular person remarked that Channel 4 has additionally gone a number of rebrands lately, because it has repeatedly switched the title of its on-demand service from 4oD to All4 to easily Channel 4.
”Channel 4 now which means each the channel and the web site which everybody nonetheless simply calls All4 or 4OD deserves a spot on the record,” they mentioned.
Channel 5 – or ought to we are saying 5 – airs reveals together with Eggheads, All Creatures Nice and Small, The Au Pair, Discount Loving Brits within the Solar and it’s the UK house for the Australian cleaning soap Dwelling and Away.
The channel has had a few of its reveals picked up by Netflix, together with 24 Hours in Lidl, 24 Hours in Tesco and Wealthy Home, Poor Home.
Neighbours was beforehand aired on Channel 5 till it was cancelled in 2022 and revived by Amazon.
