Channel 5 is a free television channel in the United Kingdom . It started on 30 March 1997. It is owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd, and is operated by Paramount Networks UK and Australia . It is one of the main five channels in the United kingdom .

The station was called Five between 2002 and 2011, when it was owned by the RTL Group . It changed back to the name "Channel 5" after Richard Desmond bought the station. ^{[2] [3] [4]} It was then bought by Viacom in 2014 for ￡ 450 million ( US$ 759 million). ^[5]

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