CCXTV

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CCXTV
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format SDTV 16:9 576i
Ownership
Owner UKTV (BBC Studios)
Sister channels Alibi
Dave
Drama
Eden
Gold
W
Yesterday
History
Launched15 April 2020;2 years ago (15 April 2020)
ReplacedCreate and Craft
Closed1 February 2021;23 months ago (1 February 2021)
Replaced by Drama+1
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview Channel 73

CCXTV was a short-lived British free-to-air television channel launched on 15 April 2020 [1] by Ideal World as an entertainment channel. It took over Create and Craft's Freeview LCN 23. The channel was on air from 07:00 until 22:00, with a schedule of imports and re-runs of shows like The Bold and The Beautiful , [2] .

The channel was sold to UKTV in October 2020 [3] to allow them to move Dave Ja Vu into LCN 23, resulting in CCXTV moving to LCN 73 on 7 December 2020. On 25 January 2021 it was announced that the channel would close on 1 February 2021 [4] and be replaced by Drama +1. [5]

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References

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