Ideal World
British free-to-view shopping channel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the TV shopping channel. For the Chinese manhua, see An Ideal World.
Ideal World is a British TV shopping channel, broadcasting on DTT, satellite and online, with transactional websites, previously hosted from studios in Peterborough.[4][5]
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom, Ireland |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | TJC (Previously: Ideal World Ltd; Kroll Advisory Ltd. during administration) |
History | |
Launched | 17 April 2000; 24 years ago (2000-04-17)[1] [2][3] (original) 29 September 2023; 6 months ago (2023-09-29) [2][3] (relaunch) |
Links | |
Website | idealworld.tv |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 51 |
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On 5 July 2023, Ideal World was placed into administration with Michael Lennon and James Saunders of Kroll Advisory Ltd. being appointed Joint Administrators.[6]
On 23 September 2023, TJC acquired the rights to use the Ideal World brand and on 29 September 2023, it relaunched the channel on Freeview, Sky, Freesat and online. The shows are now broadcast from TJC's West London offices with some presenters and production staff from the former Ideal World Limited.