{{short description|UK video-on-demand service}} {{for|the former TV channel|5Select}} {{distinguish|text=[[KAUU]], a television station in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. which features a channel known as "My 5"}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox software | name = 5 | logo = Channel 5 2025.svg | logo_caption = Logo used since 2025 | logo size = 120px | author = [[5 (British TV channel)|5]] | developer = [[Paramount Skydance]] | released = | latest release version = | latest release date = | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | operating system = {{Plainlist| *[[Windows]] *[[webOS]] *[[macOS]] *[[Linux]] *[[Xbox 360]] *[[Xbox One]] *[[PlayStation 3]] *[[PlayStation 4]] *[[PlayStation 5]] *[[Amazon Fire TV]] *[[Roku]] *[[Apple TV (device)|Apple TV]] *[[Android TV]] *[[Chromecast]] *[[Now (streaming service)|Now]] }} | genre = Television catch-up | license = | website = {{URL|channel5.com}} }} '''5''' (previously '''Five Download''' and later '''Demand Five ''' then ''' Demand 5 ''' and '''My5''') is the brand name of [[video-on-demand]] services offered by [[Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited]], operator of TV channel [[5 (British TV channel)|5]], in the United Kingdom. The service is [[advertisement|ad]]-supported and provided [[Over-the-top media service|over-the-top]] to various different consumer devices. It is owned by [[Paramount Skydance]] and operated by their [[Paramount Networks UK & Australia]] division.
==History== The service went live on 26 June 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.five.tv/press/press-releases/demand-five-launches|title=Demand Five launches|publisher=[[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]|date=17 July 2008|access-date=20 January 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707214032/http://about.five.tv/press/press-releases/demand-five-launches|archive-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
As Five Download, the service offered downloads in [[Windows Media Video]] format of the US imports ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' and ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''. Individual episodes could be 'rented', with some episodes available seven days before they appeared on TV.
More varied content from Channel 5's programming has become available since June 2008, with a wider prevalence of free content offered for 30 days after broadcast. In January 2009, Demand 5 began to offer content in the [[Flash Video]] format, allowing users with Apple Macintosh computers to access their content. In December 2018, Demand 5 for all platforms carrying shows from Channel 5 was retired.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 May 2009 |title=Demand Five online streaming review |url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3276 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804190022/http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3276 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 August 2012 |publisher=Macworld UK }}</ref>
On 1 November 2023, Paramount announced that it would merge My5 with [[Pluto TV]] in the UK, with its full launch date set to be planned for the second half of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Paramount to Combine Pluto TV, Channel 5's My5 in U.K. |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-global-combine-pluto-tv-my5-uk-streaming-1235634038/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> These plans would be shelved with the announcement on 20 August 2024 that the service would instead be revamped and, along with Channel 5, would be rebranded as simply '''5''' on 12 March 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldbart |first=Max |date=2024-08-20 |title=Channel 5 & Streamer My5 To Become … 5 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/channel-5-my5-rebrand-5-1236043576/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Web platforms==
===5 website=== 5 is the main source of on-demand programmes from [[ViacomCBS|Viacom]] services like [[5 (British TV channel)|5]], [[5Star]] and [[Pluto TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title= What is Demand 5? |url= http://www.channel5.com/help/what-is-demand-5 |publisher= [[5 (British TV channel)|5]] |access-date= 10 August 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120103193345/http://www.channel5.com/help/what-is-demand-5 |archive-date= 3 January 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref> It offers a seven-day catch-up service as well as an archive of past shows.<ref>{{Cite web |title= What programmes are available and when? |url= http://www.channel5.com/help/what-programmes-are-available-and-when |publisher= [[5 (British TV channel)|5]] |access-date= 10 August 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110906025702/http://www.channel5.com/help/what-programmes-are-available-and-when |archive-date= 6 September 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eu-landing.corp.pluto.tv/channels |title=ALL CHANNELS {{!}} Pluto TV {{!}} Watch Free TV |website=www.eu-landing.corp.pluto.tv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323231425/https://www.eu-landing.corp.pluto.tv/channels |archive-date=2019-03-23}}</ref>
===YouTube=== 5 is also partly available on YouTube, launching in the United Kingdom on 4 December 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a189910/five-agrees-youtube-on-demand-deal.html|title=Five agrees YouTube on-demand deal|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=4 December 2009}}</ref> My5's catch-up content reaches YouTube shortly after TV transmission and users are able to browse 250 hours of the broadcaster's archive content.
==Television platforms==
===BT Vision=== Demand 5 launched on [[BT Vision]] on 7 October 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/07/channelfive.bt|title=Channel Five signs BT Vision on-demand deal|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=7 October 2008}}</ref> Demand 5 was removed from [[BT Vision]] on 6 October 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Vision/Demand-Five-GONE/m-p/54530/highlight/true#M7036|title=Demand Five – GONE|publisher=[[BT Vision]]|date=7 October 2010|access-date=12 October 2010|archive-date=17 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017235934/http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Vision/Demand-Five-GONE/m-p/54530/highlight/true#M7036|url-status=dead}}</ref> although the two companies continued discussions in a bid to reinstate the service, having previously stalled during contract renegotiations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=4&article=58289|title=BT Vision adds iPlayer, Virgin takes Demand Five|date=11 November 2010}}</ref> The service returned to BT Vision in May 2011.
===Freesat=== Demand 5 is available as part of [[Freesat]]'s second generation Free Time guide, having been added on 6 August 2013, offering the last seven days of programming integrated to the TV guide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a504510/freesat-adds-demand-5-catch-up-content.html|title=Freesat adds Demand 5 catch-up content|work=Digital Spy|date=6 August 2013}}</ref>
===Roku=== On 26 July 2013, [[Now TV (Sky plc)|Now TV]] released a Now TV-branded Roku streaming box, including a Demand 5 app.<ref>{{cite web|title=The NOW TV Box is here!|url=http://community.nowtv.com/t5/Sports-blog/The-NOW-TV-Box-is-here/ba-p/120022|publisher=[[Now TV (UK)|Now TV]]|access-date=1 August 2013|date=26 July 2013}}</ref> Three days after the release of the Now TV Box, [[Roku]] added Demand 5 to its own range of streaming devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaltveurope.net/83552/roku-adds-channel-5-toon-googles/|title=Roku adds Channel 5, Toon Googles|publisher=Digital TV Europe|date=29 July 2013}}</ref> The Roku service continued to operate in the Demand 5 format until December 2018, when it was upgraded to My5.
===Sky=== On 26 July 2012, it was announced that Demand 5 would be added to [[On Demand (Sky)|On Demand]] later in the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a395404/channel-5s-on-demand-service-to-launch-on-sky.html|title=Channel 5's on-demand service to launch on Sky|work=Digital Spy|date=26 July 2012}}</ref> The service was made available on 26 September 2012.
===Televisions and Blu-ray players=== In September 2009, an agreement was reached to make Demand 5 is available through [[Sony]]'s [[Blu-ray Disc]] players, Blu-ray [[home cinema]] systems and [[Smart TV]]s, via the [[BRAVIA]] Internet Video service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.five.tv/press/press-releases/Five-signs-agreement-with-Sony-for-new-internet-TV-Platform|title=Five signs agreement with Sony for new internet TV Platform|publisher=[[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]|date=3 September 2009|access-date=11 November 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712061415/http://about.five.tv/press/press-releases/Five-signs-agreement-with-Sony-for-new-internet-TV-Platform|archive-date=12 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 13 May 2011, it was announced that Demand 5 would also be available on [[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]]'s [[Smart TV]]s through their [[Samsung Smart TV]] service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a319399/channel-5-agrees-samsung-vod-tie-up.html|title=Channel 5 agrees Samsung VOD tie-up|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=13 May 2011}}</ref> On 16 January 2013 a Demand 5 app was launched and is available to download on Samsung Apps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.samsung.com/uk/tvapps/app-detail.html#43|title=Demand 5 Samsung Smart TV App Details|publisher=Samsung UK|date=16 January 2013}}</ref>
As of 2020, the 5 app is also available on [[Android TV]], [[Amazon Fire TV]], [[Apple TV (device)|Apple TV]] and [[Chromecast]] devices.
The 5 app is pre installed on [[LG]] [[webOS]] smart TVs and can also be downloaded from the LG content store.
===Virgin Media=== 5 is available on [[Virgin Media]]'s cable television service, offering programmes for 7 days after broadcast since November 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/Catch-up-with-Demand-Five-on-Virgin-Media-1c8.aspx|title=Catch-up with Demand Five on Virgin Media|date=11 November 2010|access-date=11 August 2011|archive-date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320075647/http://mediacentre.virginmedia.com/Stories/Catch-up-with-Demand-Five-on-Virgin-Media-1c8.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In late 2019, it was confirmed that as part of a wider deal with ViacomCBS, the My5 app, along with the UK version of [[Pluto TV]] and subscription service MTV Play would be made available on Virgin Media.<ref>[https://www.choose.co.uk/news/2019/virgin-media-adds-viacom-tv-apps/ Choose.co.uk, 2019-10-09]</ref>
===YouView=== 5 was one of four services available at the launch of [[YouView]] in July 2012. At launch the My5 app contained options to resume watching recent programmes, access favourites, browse featured programmes or a full list of shows, find similar programmes or more episodes and an integrated search bar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/pvrs/1293643/humax-youview-dtr-t1000/4|title=Humax YouView DTR-T1000 review|publisher=Expert Reviews|date=24 July 2012}}</ref>
==Game consoles==
===PlayStation=== An application for Sony [[PlayStation 3]] owners was made available on 9 April 2013, [[PlayStation 4]] on 15 November 2013 and [[PlayStation 5]] on 12 November 2020. As of April 9, 2026, this app is no longer available on PS4 due to technical reasons.<ref>[http://www.channel5.com/shows/win-a-sony-playstation-4-with-demand-5/articles/demand-5-brings-your-favourite-shows-to-ps4 Demand 5 brings your favourite shows to PS4] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150121223340/http://www.channel5.com/shows/win-a-sony-playstation-4-with-demand-5/articles/demand-5-brings-your-favourite-shows-to-ps4 |date=21 January 2015 }}, Channel 5, November 2013.</ref>
From December 2018, the Demand 5 app was retired from all platforms and replaced by My5.<ref name="closed">{{cite web |url=https://help.channel5.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000583538-Demand-5-is-now-closed |title=Demand 5 is now closed – Help centre |website=help.channel5.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109074742/https://help.channel5.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000583538-Demand-5-is-now-closed |archive-date=2019-11-09}}</ref>
===Xbox=== On 5 October 2011, it was announced that My5 (Demand 5 at the time) would be made available on [[Xbox 360]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/oct11/10-05XBTVPR.mspx|title=Xbox 360 Teams Up With Entertainment Leaders to Transform TV|publisher=Microsoft|date=5 October 2011|access-date=7 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/8811913/Xbox-360-to-launch-new-TV-and-film-services.html|title=Xbox 360 to launch new TV and film services|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 October 2011}}</ref> and was later made available on [[Xbox One]]
As with the PS3 app, the Demand 5 Xbox app was retired in December 2018.<ref name="closed"/>
==Mobile platforms==
===iOS devices=== A [[Big Brother (British TV series)|Big Brother]] Demand 5 app for the [[iPad]], [[iPod Touch]] and [[iPhone]] launched on 19 August 2011, the app offered a 30-day catch-up service for Big Brother content. The app has been extended to incorporate catch-up content from Channel 5, 5* and 5USA, creating an overall Demand 5 app.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nma.co.uk/channel-5-launches-big-brother-apple-apps/3029558.article|title=Channel 5 launches Big Brother Apple apps|publisher=New Media Age|date=24 August 2011|access-date=25 August 2011|archive-date=25 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325010525/http://www.nma.co.uk/channel-5-launches-big-brother-apple-apps/3029558.article|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The app is compatible with iOS 10.0 or later.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Demand 5 By Channel Five |url=https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/demand-5/id456000021|publisher=[[Apple.com]] |access-date=24 August 2011}}</ref> Reviews of the app have been very poor due to, among other issues, that Demand 5 can only be used on Wifi networks, rather than [[3G]] or [[4G]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Demand 5 – Apple App Store|website = [[iTunes]]|url=https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/demand-5/id456000021 |access-date=9 June 2014}}</ref>
===Android=== On 16 May 2013, Demand 5 was launched on a range of Samsung Galaxy Android devices including smartphone and tablets.
===Windows Phone=== On 25 November 2013, Demand 5 was launched for mobile phone handsets running the [[Windows Phone]] 8 platform. In December 2018, the Demand 5 Windows Phone 8 app was retired. Along with Windows Phone 8 app, the Demand 5 app for Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 was also retired in December 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wpcentral.com/official-demand-5-windows-phone-8 |title=Demand 5 app for Windows Phone 8 lets you watch your favorite shows from Channel 5 (UK) {{!}} Windows Phone Central |website=www.wpcentral.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127070403/http://www.wpcentral.com/official-demand-5-windows-phone-8 |archive-date=2013-11-27}}</ref>
== Programming == In addition to programming taken from Paramount Global services like [[BET]] and [[Pluto TV|Pluto TV Drama]], 5 used to act as the on-demand service for a number of other UK channels and programme content owners, like [[A&E Networks|A+E Networks']] Blaze, until 30 September 2021, when those agreements were voided and it became a service for content exclusive to PNUK&A networks.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://help.channel5.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4408177126801 | title=Important Changes to Our Service }}</ref> [[BET]]<ref name="my5.tv">{{Cite web | url=https://www.my5.tv | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307004531/https://www.my5.tv/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 March 2016 | title=Unknown}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/being-mary-jane/season-1/storm-advisory|title = My5 - Being Mary Jane| url-access=subscription}}</ref> shows and specials are still available on My5 along with a number of classic MTV reality shows (such as ''[[Ex on the Beach (British TV series)|Ex on the Beach]]''<ref name="beach">{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/ex-on-the-beach|title = My5 - Ex on the Beach | url-access=subscription}}</ref> and ''[[Geordie Shore]]'')<ref name="geordie">{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/geordie-shore|title = My5 - Geordie Shore| url-access=subscription}}</ref> as My5 Exclusives, with the British [[BET International]] channel being streamed in the UK via [[Pluto TV]].
===Current live TV channels=== * [[5 (British TV channel)|5]] * [[5Star]] * [[5USA]] * [[5Action]] * [[5Select]]
===Additional 5 only programming=== In addition to the channels listed above, the service includes programmes from these channels/brands: * [[BET International|BET]] (until 2022, programmes listed in the BET section)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/tyler-perry-s-the-oval|title = My5 - Tyler Perry's The Oval| url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/tyler-perry-s-assisted-living|title=My5- Tyler Perry's Assisted Living| url-access=subscription}}</ref> * [[MTV (European TV channel)|MTV]] (certain programmes only until 2022, listed as My5 Exclusives)<ref name="beach"/>
====5 Exclusives==== Programmes include: *''[[The Arrangement (2017 TV series)|The Arrangement]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/the-arrangement|title = My5 - The Arrangement| url-access=subscription}}</ref> *''[[Hapless]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/hapless|title = My5 - Hapless | url-access=subscription}}</ref> *''[[The Royals (TV series)|The Royals]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/the-royals|title = My5 - The Royals | url-access=subscription}}</ref> *''[[Seven Types of Ambiguity (TV series)|Seven Types of Ambiguity]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/seven-types-of-ambiguity|title = My5 - Seven Types of Ambiguity | url-access=subscription}}</ref> *''[[World Without End (miniseries)|World Without End]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/world-without-end|title=My5 - World without End | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
===FAST channels===
In 2025, as part of the revamp of the My5 streaming service as 5, a suite of [[Free ad-supported streaming television|FAST]] channels, some of which had previously been available elsewhere such as on Paramount's [[Pluto TV]] platform, were added to 5's "live TV" lineup alongside streams of the free linear TV channels. The initial suite of FAST channels rolled out were:<ref>[https://rxtvinfo.com/2025/channel-5-launches-15-new-free-streaming-channels/ "Channel 5 launches 15 free streaming channels", RXTVinfo, 2025-03-09]</ref> *'''5 A&E''' - showing medical emergency series *'''5 Cops''' - showing police-themed programming *'''5 Crime''' - showing crime documentaries *'''5 History''' - showing historical documentaries *'Box-set' single-programme rolling channels for ''[[Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun|Bargain-Loving Brits]]'', ''[[Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly]]'', ''GPs Behind Closed Doors'', ''[[Police Interceptors]]'', ''Trucking Hell'' and ''The Yorkshire Vet'' *A round-the-clock rolling channel with content from the ''[[Milkshake!]]'' children's programming strand *'''MTV Reality''', with a mix of reality TV programming from the [[MTV]] stable, plus dedicated box-set channels for ''[[Catfish: The TV Show|Catfish]]'', ''[[Geordie Shore]]'' and ''[[Teen Mom]]'' (these programmes had previously been available to view for free on Pluto TV.)
The 5-branded and ''Milkshake!'' channels, but not the MTV-branded services, were subsequently integrated into the [[Freely]] programme guide.<ref>[https://www.freely.co.uk/products/buying-advice/new-freely-exclusive-channels ''New Freely exclusive channels'', Freely]</ref> 5 does not yet carry the MTV-branded music video streaming channels available on Pluto TV.
===Former channels=== Content from a number of other channels was available until 30 September 2021: * [[Blaze (TV channel)|Blaze]] * [[CBS Reality]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2020/10/01/my5-gets-cbs-reality-and-horror-channel-content-in-amc-deal/|title = My5 gets CBS Reality and Horror Channel content in AMC deal|date = October 2020}}</ref> (channel co-owned with [[AMC Networks International]]) * discover.film<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bestshortfilms.discover.film/ |title=Discover Film |access-date=2 October 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010073720/https://bestshortfilms.discover.film/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="my5.tv"/> * [[Horror Channel|Horror]] (channel co-owned with [[AMC Networks International]]) * Masters of Food * [[PBS America]] * [[Pluto TV|Pluto TV Drama]] * [[Pluto TV|Pluto TV Food]] * [[Pluto TV|Pluto TV Movies]] * [[Smithsonian Channel]] (owned by [[Paramount Networks UK & Australia|Paramount]] in association with the [[Smithsonian Institution]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.my5.tv/channel/smithsonianchannel|title=My5 - Smithsonian Channel}}{{Dead link | date=June 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> * Real Stories * Reel Truth Crime * Timeline * [[Together TV]]
==See also== * [[Paramount+]] * [[Pluto TV]] * [[BBC iPlayer]] * [[ITVX]] * [[Channel 4 (VoD service)|Channel 4]] * [[List of streaming media services]]
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [https://www.channel5.com 5]
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