6 Facts About Channel TV

1. In late 2004 Channel TV used idents of scenes from around the Channel Islands, with the logo in a stripe down the left side of the screen.

2. Until the station's buyout by ITV plc, Channel TV owned a London office, latterly based near to The London Studios.

3. In early 2008, Channel TV began broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen, approximately a decade after the rest of the network became widescreen capable with the launch of digital terrestrial television.

4. In 2001, Channel TV was bought by the Yattendon Investment Trust, although the buy-out did not lead to a noticeable change on screen.

5. In 1996, Channel TV began a subtitling service for its local programmes.

6. Just before the 1979 ITV strike began, Channel TV became only the second TV station in Europe to introduce electronic news-gathering to its local news operation (BBC1 had used ENG for London-originated news since at least 1978), ending the use of film.