{"id":12226,"date":"2019-02-07T10:11:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-set-u-k-launch\/"},"modified":"2019-02-07T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T20:03:41","slug":"smithsonian-channel-set-for-u-k-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/smithsonian-channel-set-for-u-k-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Channel Set for U.K. Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smithsonian Channel is launching in the U.K. on Virgin Media, Sky, Freesat and Freeview.<\/p>\n<p>The channel is already available in Canada, Singapore and Latin America. The U.K. launch marks its first European expansion. Smithsonian Channel&#8217;s programming slate covers the history, travel, air and space, science, nature and pop culture genres. Upcoming highlights include <em>America in Colour<\/em>, <em>The Lost Tapes <\/em>and <em>Aerial America<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmithsonian Channel has already resonated powerfully with audiences in Canada, Singapore and Latin America, so we can\u2019t wait to bring our award-winning and varied slate of programming to the U.K. audience,\u201d said Tom Hayden, president of Smithsonian Networks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a long track record of working with U.K. production companies, and over the years our programs have been featured by leading U.K. broadcasters,\u201d added David Royle, chief programming officer at Smithsonian Networks. \u201cNow we\u2019ll be bringing a lot of exciting new programs to the U.K., along with commissioning new programs specific to British interests.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smithsonian Channel is launching in the U.K. on Virgin Media, Sky, Freesat and Freeview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":12227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[180],"class_list":["post-12226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-smithsonian-channel","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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