5Action

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This article is about the channel formerly known as Paramount Network. For the channel formerly known as The Paramount Channel, later Paramount Comedy, see Comedy Central (British TV channel).

5Action
5Action logo.svg
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia
ParentChannel 5 Broadcasting Limited
Sister channels
History
Launched19 January 2022 (2022-01-19)
Former namesParamount Network (2018–2022)
Links
Websitechannel5.com
Availability
Terrestrial
FreeviewChannel 33
Cable
Virgin MediaChannel 150 (HD)
Channel 187
UPC SwitzerlandChannel 218
Satellite
FreesatChannel 132
Sky (UK only)Channel 150
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5Action (stylised as 5ACTION) is a British free-to-air television channel operated by Channel 5 Broadcasting.[1] 5Action features a range of programming from the Channel 5 stable as well as other content from the UK and US.

History[]

5Action's programming and Freeview channel slot dates back to the days of Viacom's male-skewering channel Spike, which was launched on 15 April 2015 as a localised version of the American cable channel of the same name (now known in America as the movie channel Paramount Network). When Spike was launched it took the channel number (then channel 31) from Viacom's music and comedy channel Viva, but was operated under the auspices of Channel 5's programming director Ben Frow. It primarily aired entertainment programmes, including action and drama series, police documentaries, and programming from its U.S. counterpart, as well as mixed martial arts.

On 31 October 2017, the channel became 5Spike after Viacom decided the channel should be more closely associated with its sister channels and the Channel 5 brand. By now the channel slot had moved down one slot to number 32 due to a Freeview reshuffle, with the same kind of programming found on this channel number for the next five years. On 7 January 2020, the brand was discontinued in line with Viacom's global company policy, with the channel taking on the name of its sister channel, Paramount Network, and with no major change to its channel placement or programming.

On 19 January 2022, the channel was once again aligned to parent company Channel 5 when it got its second rebrand. It was changed to 5Action because the Paramount name is to be used for the streaming service Paramount+ (due to be launched via a number of Sky devices in the UK) and as ViacomCBS has changed the main American Paramount Network into a movie channel.[2][3] On 26 January 2022, 5Action will be moved to a new Freeview number (channel 33) due to the relaunch of BBC Three on channel 23, meaning that all the channels below have to move down one slot before the BBC channel returns on 1 February 2022.[4]

Current programming: (5Action only)[]

  • Treadstone

Current programming: (formerly on Paramount Network and/or 5Spike)[]

  • Airport 24/7: Thailand[5][6]
  • Car Crash TV[7]
  • Caught on Camera (episodes might be billed as Criminals: Caught on Camera or Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera)[8]
  • Entertainment News on 5[9]
  • Fights, Camera, Action
  • Idiot TV[10]
  • NXT UK Highlights
  • Police Interceptors (some episodes known as Ultimate Police Interceptors)[11]
  • Police Raids: Caught by Surprise[12]
  • Traffic Cops
  • Trucking Hell
  • WWE Raw Highlights
  • WWE SmackDown Highlights

Paramount Network[]

Viacom (ViacomCBS/Channel 5) operated two distinct versions of the free-to-air Paramount Network on Freeview (with the original pay-tv Paramount Channel becoming Comedy Central in 2009). The first version of the Freeview channel was launched on 4 July 2018[13][14][15] as as sister channel to 5Spike,[16] and with a high-definition feed exclusively on Virgin Media from 21 July 2018.[17][18] It ceased to be available via satellite in Ireland on 13 July 2018 having supposedly been made available by mistake,[19] even though the channel had been promoted to Irish viewers before launch[20] (however, the channel could still be accessed on Sky in Ireland by adding it manually via the 'Other Channels' menu option).

On 7 January 2020, Paramount Network was merged with 5Spike in its slots on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media, and subsumed its +1 timeshift channel on Sky.[21] The timeshift channel ceased broadcasting on 14 July 2020.

Paramount Network rebranded as 5Action on 19 January 2022 in preparation for Paramount+ launching in the UK.

Programming[]

The original British version of Paramount Network was as a general entertainment channel showing American movies and series such as Suits and Lip Sync Battle.[22][23] In 2020, Channel 5 merged this channel with that of 5Spike, with Paramount Network becoming more of a male-skewing channel, following the lead of the original American Spike TV, which targeted a young adult male audience, becoming Paramount Network in the United States. This second version of Paramount Network had a schedule very much in keeping with that of 5Spike, with action movies at night, westerns at lunch and programmes such as Police Interceptors and Traffic Cops running episodes back-to-back early evening. When the channel got its second rebrand in early 2022, again no major changes were made to the schedule on Freeview channel 32[24] apart from the Jason Bourne spin-off Treadstone debuting on the channel.

Former programming: Paramount Network[]

Original version[]

  • Access
  • Aftermath
  • American Horror Story
  • Arrow
  • Cruise TV by LoveitBookit
  • Channel Zero
  • Designated Survivor
  • Empire
  • Gilmore Girls
  • Grimm
  • Heroes Reborn
  • Home and Away
  • House
  • Impractical Jokers US
  • LA to Vegas
  • Lip Sync Battle US
  • Life in Pieces
  • Neighbours
  • Six
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Suits
  • Teen Wolf
  • The Mick
  • The Office US
  • The Strain
  • Vikings
  • When Calls the Heart
  • Will & Grace
  • Wynonna Earp
  • The X-Files

Second version (formally 5Spike)[]

Programmes broadcast on the male-skewering version included...

  • Access
  • Airwolf (now broadcast on ViacomCBS/AMC's horror channel)[25]
  • The A-Team
  • Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away
  • Caught on Camera (episodes might be billed as Criminals: Caught on Camera or Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera)[26]
  • Gangland
  • Fights, Camera, Action
  • The Gadget Show
  • Knight Rider
  • Michael McIntyre's Big Show (this format was produced by Sky Vision, and was originally broadcast on BBC One)[27][28]
  • NXT UK Highlights
  • Police Interceptors (some episodes known as Ultimate Police Interceptors)[29]
  • Police Raids: Caught by Surprise[30]
  • Raw Recruits: Squaddies at 16
  • Sewermen
  • Street Hawk
  • Tsunami (with Dr Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave)[31]
  • Traffic Cops
  • Trucking Hell
  • WWE Raw Highlights
  • WWE SmackDown Highlights
  • The X-Files
  • Yellowstone

References[]

  1. ^ "Ofcom | TV Cable and Satellite". static.ofcom.org.uk.
  2. ^ "5Action replaces Paramount Network UK". 22 December 2021.
  3. ^ "'Paramount Network' Channel is Changing to 5Action". 22 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Freeview channel reshuffle: Retune time for all viewers". 19 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Airport 24/7: Thailand Season 1".
  6. ^ "TV listings guide".
  7. ^ "Car Crash TV Season 5".
  8. ^ "Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera Season 1".
  9. ^ "TV listings guide".
  10. ^ "Idiot TV Season 2".
  11. ^ "TV listings guide".
  12. ^ "Police Raids: Caught by Surprise Season 1".
  13. ^ White, Peter (8 June 2018). "Viacom To Launch Paramount Network In The UK In July With 'Suits' & 'The Mick'". www.deadline.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  14. ^ Barraclough, Leo (8 June 2018). "Viacom to Launch Paramount Network in U.K. in July". www.variety.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Paramount Network | Launches 4th July". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  16. ^ Elliott, Dave (8 June 2018). "Viacom Launches Free-To-Air Channel 'Paramount Network' In The UK". www.geektown.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  17. ^ "MEDIA BOY BLOG: UPDATED: Virgin Media UK tests 11 new channels". MEDIA BOY BLOG. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Paramount Network UK on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  19. ^ "Sky - Sign in". skyid.sky.com.
  20. ^ Moore, Paul. "Ireland will be getting a brand new satellite TV channel | JOE.ie". www.joe.ie. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  21. ^ "5Spike UK axed in alignment with US brands". rxtvlog. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  22. ^ "5Action replaces Paramount Network UK". 22 December 2021.
  23. ^ "'Paramount Network' Channel is Changing to 5Action". 22 December 2021.
  24. ^ "TV listings guide".
  25. ^ "Airwolf Season 3".
  26. ^ "Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera Season 1".
  27. ^ "Michael McIntyre's Big Show Season 4".
  28. ^ "TV listings guide".
  29. ^ "TV listings guide".
  30. ^ "Police Raids: Caught by Surprise Season 1".
  31. ^ "Tsunami Season 1".

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