The History Channel, C&I Network Rolls Out on Top Up TV in the U.K.

LONDON, November 21: The
History Channel UK has reached an agreement to launch The History Channel and
Crime & Investigation Network on Top Up TV Anytime in the U.K. on Friday,
November 23.

The two channels will be
available to all subscribers of the Top Up TV Anytime service, which allows
programs to be selected and pushed to the Top Up TV+ DTR (digital television
recorder) overnight, and are refreshed every week.

The History Channel covers
a variety of topics, including ancient history, contemporary history, military
history and conflict, and technology and transport. Programs from the channel
to be offered on Top Up TV Anytime include Lost Evidence, Disappearing Britain, Decoding the Past, Last
Stand of the 300, The Bible
Unearthed, and Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Crime & Investigation
Network provides a behind-the-scenes look at criminal investigations, probing
unexplained mysteries and examining the lives of infamous murderers and
outlaws. Among the series and specials from the network to be available on Top Up TV Anytime are: Banged Up Abroad, Cold Case Files, Infamous Murders, Snapped, Zodiac Killer,
Life After Death Row, Black
Dahlia and Yorkshire Ripper.

“The Top Up TV deal is
great for us in lots of ways: we like Top Up TV’s market strategy, the way the
service was packaged and the user interface,” said Geoff Metzger, the managing
director of The History Channel U.K. “It significantly increases our access to
the U.K. pay digital terrestrial television market and it’s the right next step
in our non-linear U.K. brand development strategy. We are very pleased to have
Top Up TV as a new customer and wish them lots of success.”

—By
Irene Lew