Ostrich Media
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Ostrich Media is a British
company, best known as the owner of interactive quiz show, Quiz Call
. Up until October 2006, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of 4Ventures Limited, which is itself a subsidiary of the public-service commercial broadcaster Channel 4 Television Corporation
. However, it has since been purchased by iTouch, a provider of interactive television services.
The Company is managed by Directore General of Green Media LTD, Nathan Bond.
From Sunday 12 November, the channel provided Ftn
with a three hour block of programming, simulcast with the Quiz Call channel from 10pm through until 1am.
This has since ended, and the Quiz Call channel has closed on Sky Digital.
Quiz Call aired on channel 5 until 9 September 2009.
Ostrich Media also runs Brain Box for South African channel E-TV and UTV
in Northern Ireland.
On 31 March 2010, UTV purchased Ostrich Media to form a new division to be known as UTV Interactive.
United Kingdom
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company, best known as the owner of interactive quiz show, Quiz Call
Quiz Call
Quiz Call is a late night/early morning phone-in quiz TV show, produced by Ostrich Media for Five, Five USA and Fiver.- Launch :...
. Up until October 2006, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of 4Ventures Limited, which is itself a subsidiary of the public-service commercial broadcaster Channel 4 Television Corporation
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
. However, it has since been purchased by iTouch, a provider of interactive television services.
Sale
Ostrich Media is now wholly owned by iTouch. As a result of the sale, a review of the channel has seen its broadcast hours reduced in accordance with an expected drop in viewers when the channel lost its twenty-four hour DTT space. A significant number of freelance presenters no longer work for the channel due to this drop in hours.The Company is managed by Directore General of Green Media LTD, Nathan Bond.
From Sunday 12 November, the channel provided Ftn
Ftn
Ftn was a television channel from Virgin Media Television transmitting free-to-air on Freeview and Virgin Media, and as a subscription channel on Sky Digital. The channel was broadcast between 18:00 and 06:00 daily...
with a three hour block of programming, simulcast with the Quiz Call channel from 10pm through until 1am.
This has since ended, and the Quiz Call channel has closed on Sky Digital.
Quiz Call aired on channel 5 until 9 September 2009.
Ostrich Media also runs Brain Box for South African channel E-TV and UTV
UTV
UTV is a television channel based in the UK region of Northern Ireland. The channel is the Channel 3 or Independent Television licensee for Northern Ireland and is operated by UTV Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of UTV Media.- Terrestrial :* Analogue: Normally tuned to 3 * Freeview : 3...
in Northern Ireland.
On 31 March 2010, UTV purchased Ostrich Media to form a new division to be known as UTV Interactive.