Merit (TV channel)

Merit is a British lifestyle TV channel owned by ITV plc.[1] It launched on 29 July 2020 (delayed from 8 July),[2] exclusively on Freeview (to viewers only with access to all Freeview and Freeview HD channels and YouView viewers within areas of Freeview coverage).[3]

Merit
Launched29 July 2020 (29 July 2020).
NetworkITV
Owned byITV Digital Channels
(ITV plc)
Picture format16:9 SDTV
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Sister channel(s)ITV
ITV2
ITV3
ITV4
ITVBe
CITV
Availability
Terrestrial
FreeviewChannel 34
Satellite
Astra 28.2°E10758 V DVB-S QPSK 22 5/6
(Label: ITVi Stream44,
CITV: 06:00–21:00, Merit: 21:00–00:00)
IPTV
YouviewChannel 34

Broadcasting

The channel broadcasts three hours daily from 9pm to midnight on the former ITV3+1 Freeview channel slot (with ITV3+1 being moved to channel 58).[4] It runs no advertisements.[5]

On 28 July 2020, an editor for the site TV Channel Lists noticed Merit was broadcasting after CITV on the unaired/testing channel named "ITVi Stream44" on Astra 28.2°E.[6]

Programming

Schedule

It airs an identical schedule each day, of:[8]

  • 9pm: Britain's Best Back Gardens
  • 9:25pm: The Hungry Sailors
  • 10:15pm: Callie-Anne Cooks into the Wild
  • 10:45pm: Britain's Best Back Gardens
  • 11:10pm: The Hungry Sailors

References
  1. "Merit". Ofcom. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. "TVForum - (ITV) Merit - post". TVForum. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. "RXTVinfo - Merit launching on Freeview channel 34". RXTVinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. "ITV to launch new channel Merit". Sports Mole. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. "The Ident Gallery - Merit: 2020 Presentation". The Ident Gallery. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  6. "Difference between revisions of "Additional and defunct channels on Sky (UK & Ireland)"". TV Channel Lists. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. "TVForum - (ITV) Merit - post". TVForum. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  8. "TVGuide.co.uk - Merit - Wednesday, July 29, 2020". TVGuide.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2020.


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