Channel 5

Channel 5 was launched 30th March 1997. It is owned by Viacom International media networks. It was previously called Five until it changed to Channel 5. It is the fifth and final national terrestrial channel. Richard Desmind purchased the station from RLT in 2010. Channel 5 was acquired by Viacom in 2014 for £450 million. It is general entertainment channel and has low brow shows like big brother. Successful imports from America. Bidding started in 1993. Known for sports and mild pornographic films. Channel 5 is known to have low brow programmes but some high brow programmes as well. The original Channel 5 logo was a numeric "5" within a circle, sometimes accompanied by candy stripes.