BSkyB acquired Virgin1 on 4 June 2010 and rebranded it as Channel One. On 15 September 2010, BSkyB announced that it would close Channel One and sister channels Bravo and Bravo 2. Channel One’s Freeview space on the multiplex was used to launch Challenge there. Channel One closed on 1 February 2011 at 06:00. It was replaced by Challenge on Freeview and Sky Atlantic on Sky.
