FourtyTV

Fourty TV [formely know between 1947 and 1996 as Channel 40 and 40 TV between 1997 and 2010] is a free to air British television network based in London founded in 1945.

The Inauguration
Founded in March 12, 1947, Channel 40 launched TV 7 years after create his radio: the Radio 40 1260 AM. Channel 40 don't displayed the inauguration on live. Channel 40 launched TV at 12:30 PM, starting with the announcer James Simpson saying "Today, March 12, 1947, you will watch a new channel with more content, more emotion, more information. This is Channel 40." This famous announciment of Channel 40 his eternal slogan: "This is Channel 40". After the Announciment, the first ever 40 NEWS edition was displayed, at 12:35 AM.

The Yearly Years
In May, 1947, Channel 40 premiered his first soap opera called "The Love Angles", displayed from May, 1947 to June, 1948. The Channel 40's first soap opera win the 1948 UK TV Award in best soap opera of the year, winning with 62% of the votes. After winning the UK TV Award, Channel 40 was gaining fame and bieng recognised in some countries of europe like France, Belgium, Netherlands, etc.

The 1950's
1950 - Channel 40 his first affiliated broadcaster, the London Television [LTV].

1951 - in June, Channel 40 displayed his first Sitcom. "Carl and Benny", a comedy sitcom with 65 episodes and 2 seasons, displayed from 1951 to yearly 1953.

1952 - Channel 40 wins the UK TV Award as the best United Kingdom Television Network in 1951 with the sitcom "Carl and Benny".

1953 - Channel 40 became a member of the European Broadcasting Union [EBU]. and the Soap opera "Mary" was elected the best of the year in 1953

1954 - The the channel "40 NEWS" has been founded.

1955 - The first Channel 40's station has been founded in Wales: The Wales Television [WTV]

1957 - The 40 Films has been founded and release his first film "The Love Angels", to celebrate the 10 years of the 1st Channel 40's soap opera.

1958 - Channel 40 founded a TV station in Gibraltar: Gibraltar Television [GTV] and Channel 40 displayed for the first time the World Cup.

1959 - Channel 40 debuts TV in color and the first Channel 40's TV station in Northern Ireland: Ulster Television Company [UTC]

The 1960's
1960 - The sitcom "1960" has been displayed from 1960 to 1968, being the longest tv series of the Channel 40.

1962 - The first edition of World Cup was been displayed in color in UK.

1963 - In April, the channel "40 SPORTS" has been founded.

1964 - BBC buys the Channel 40's tv station Three Lions Television [TLTV] for a equivalent value of 2 million dollars.

1965 - the sitcom "1960" win the UK TV Award of best sitcom of the year

1966 - The Channel 40 become very popular with his 1960's sitcoms, soap operas and tv in color.

1967 - The sitcom "1960" became again the best sitcom of the year.

1969 - All Channel 40's stations displayed tv in color.

The Gold Era
At 1970's, Channel 40 maked several sitcoms of comedy, music, romance and maked soap operas and founded the channel 40 KIDS for child content. The Soccer Tournaments are very watched in Channel 40 and 40 SPORTS. News of the entire world at 40 NEWS. And Channel 40 wins 5 times the UK TV Award of best sitcom [1971, 1975 and 1977] Best soap opera ["Romance" 1976] and best television network [1979]

The Crisis
In 1980's Channel 40 was losing audience with BBC and ITV. the 40 wins the only in 1990. And in 1987, a studio of the Wales Television [WTV] Catches on fire by a short circuit. The Station has been bought by the BBC in 1991. the Channel 40 had better conditions in 1996.

40 TV
The Channel 40 has been renamed to 40 TV in 1997. In 1997, the Channel 40 Celebrates the 50 years of the TV Channel and the End of The Crisis. In 1999, The 40 TV has been elected the best tv broadcasted of Europe for the first time.

The 2000's
2000 - The Swansea Television Network [STN] became the main 40 TV station in Wales.

2001 - 40 TV creates his website "www.40tv.tv.uk"

2002 - The 40 KIDS has been solded to ITV becaming ITV Kids

2004 - 40 TV makes his first programation in High Quality Analogic [HQA]

2008 - The soap opera "Mary" from 1953 is reexibed between 2008 and 2009

The 2010's to today
2010 - The 40 TV exibed his first programation in HD

2011 - The 40 TV changed his name and became Fourty TV

2012 - The Olympic Games 2012 at London had as TV Broadcasters he major Broadcasters in UK. And Fourty TV was one of them

2016 - Glascow TV has been solded to ITV and became ITV Glascow.

2018 - Over 12 million people watched World Cup 2018 at Fourty TV

Slogans
This is Channel 40 [1947-1996]

Turn the channel to Channel 40 [1950-1968 1979-1982]

Turn into Channel 40 [1992-2001]

This is 40 TV [1997-2010]

40 TV Now in HQA [2004]

40 TV Now in HD [2010]

This is Fourty TV [2011-present]

World Cup at Channel 40 [World Cup editions 1958-1994]

World Cup at 40 TV [World Cup editions [1998-2010]

World Cup at Fourty TV [2014-present]

Olympic Games at 40 [Olympic Games editions 1956-2008]

Olympic Games at Fourty TV [Olympic Games editions 2012-present]

Logo History
The first logo of Channel 40 has been used from 1947 to 1958. this logo is very similar with the logo of 1958. The only difference is the Number 4, inspired in "4 circle" created by ABC TV of the USA in 1946

The second logo has been used from 1958 to 1997, year that Channel 40 has been renamed to 40 TV. The difference with the 1947 logo is the 4. The 4 is also know "squared 4".

The 40 TV logo has been used from 1997 to 2010 as main logo and on-screen bug. The logo show the Logo of 1958 but with "TV" next to the 40.

The fourth logo has been used from 2006 to 2010, as on-screen logo, is the same logo of 1997, but with light reflection. The Current logo is used since 2011. The logo show the word "fourty" on the left side and in the right side show a play button with the word "tv" inside