Closure
It was announced in the summer of 2007 that Virgin Media Television was to launch a new channel, Virgin 1. The new channel launched on Monday 1 October 2007. The channel being intended to be Virgin Media's attempt to rival Sky1.
As a result of the launch of Virgin1, it was revealed that Ftn would close, leaving its EPG positions on Sky, Virgin Media and Freeview to Virgin 1.
Ftn closed on Monday 1 October 2007 at 06:00 with Virgin 1 launching at 18:00 but actually at 21:00 on the same day. At the same time, Ftn's timeshift channel Ftn+1 was replaced by Virgin1+1 on cable and satellite. With the sale of VMTV to Sky in 2010, led to Virgin1 rebranding as the Channel One before being closed on 1 February 2011.
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