Five plans second spinoff channel

Five is developing not one, but two spinoff channels for launch early next year, according to C21.

The stations have the working titles Five.2 and Five.3 and are expected to be available across all digital TV platforms.

Details of the two channels will be announced in the New Year but Five.2 is likely to be a general entertainment offering with a Milkshake-branded kids block.

Possibities for Five.3 include a movies channel or an ITV2-style, female-skewed lifestyle channel.