Wire TV

Wire TV was a short-lived British cable television channel produced by United Artists Cable and featured a range of entertainment, lifestyle and sports programming. Branded “The Cable Network”, the channel was originally set up and funded with ~£25m by Cable Program Partners (CPP1), a consortium of UK cable operators including NYNEX, US West and Comcast, to bolster alternative content to the satellite-dominated multi-channel environment of the time.

Broadcast from a converted unit in The Galleries shopping centre, Bristol, Wire TV broadcast on weekdays and weekends from 1pm to 11pm (GMT) with regional opt-outs from 5pm to 7pm each evening when operators could insert their own local programmes.