Channel One Channel One , formerly Virgin 1 , was a British television channel . Run by Virgin Media Television , it launched on 1 October 2007 , and was closed on 1 February 2011 some months after BSkyB acquired Virgin Media Television . History . In , it was announced that the channel had acquired the rights to show reruns of the " Star Trek " franchise from to . had been specifically referred to in pre - launch publicity . was the first " Star Trek " episode shown , airing on 2 October 2007 . On 3 September 2010 , Virgin 1 was relaunched as Channel One . On 1 February 2011 , at 3am , the channel ceased broadcasting . " Deep Space Nine " . " " was shown from October 2007 through March 2008 , when the show stopped airing after season 5 . That series was shown daily at 3pm and 8 pm , and as of August 2008 , " Deep Space Nine " was aired daily at 2 pm . On Monday 26 January 2009 , " Deep Space Nine " broadcast the previously unaired seasons 6 and 7 on the 3 pm and 8 pm timeslots , replacing " " . By the channel ' s closure , it aired at 4pm , every weekday from the 1st of June starting from season 1 . Every Sunday , the week ' s episodes were rebroadcast . " Enterprise " . The first season of " " was aired Monday nights after " " , through early 2008 . It was then repeated from May to August 2008 after " " , daily at 4 pm . The second season aired from summer through autumn 2008 every Monday at 9 pm , and season 3 aired every Friday at 9 pm , starting 2 January 2009 . At the time of its closure , Channel One had been broadcasting the first and second season every weekday at 2 pm . " The Next Generation " . As of March 2008 , " " ( seasons 1 through 4 ) aired in " " s previous time slots of 3 pm and 8 pm . After being replaced by " " in August 2008 , " The Next Generation " started its run from season 1 again at weekdays from 4 pm , and after airing the season 4 episode , the run then started again . Season 5 - 7 started on Virgin 1 in April but ended in July after completing season 7 . It was replaced by Enterprise . " Voyager " . On 11 August 2008 , " " began using " " s ( season 1 through season 4 ) previous timeslots , of 3 pm and 8 pm . After completing its first run of seasons 1 through season 5 on Virgin 1 , " Deep Space Nine " took over its timeslot on 26 January 2009 . The channel had resumed season 6 and 7 at 3 pm and 7 pm every weekday with the weeks episodes repeated on Saturdays . " Voyager " was , at the time of the channel ' s closure , one of its flagship shows , at its timeslot of 7 pm . " Star Trek " Mini Movies . On Tuesdays at 9 pm Virgin 1 ran two - part episodes from " Voyager " , " The Next Generation " , and " Deep Space Nine " together as " " Star Trek " Mini Movies . " While appeared as one item on an EPG , each part contained credits and a title sequence . Virgin TV On Demand . Virgin Media secured the rights to offer " Star Trek " episodes to UK customers via its video on - demand service . All " Star Trek " episodes broadcast on Virgin 1 were available for customers to view again on - demand for seven days after broadcast . Subscribers to Virgin Media ' s more expensive cable packages reportedly had free any - time access to the entire library of episodes from " The Next Generation " to " Enterprise " through the on - demand electronic program guide . Closure . After Virgin Media Television was bought out by BSkyB in late 2010 , Sky soon announced plans to scrap the channel , along with Bravo . Their official reason was that the channel was too similar to Sky3 , and that programs would be brought over from Channel One – though as of Feb . 2011 , no such migration has happened . Many people have assumed that , in fact , the channel was closed to draw more people to Sky , specifically their new channel , Sky Atlantic , from Freeview , where this channel was previously broadcast . As planned , the channel closed at 0300 on 1st February , 2011 , without so much as a goodbye ; and Challenge was launched on Freeview later that morning to replace the stream .