The Zone

The Zone is the name given to a shopping and gaming channel on Freeview. The channel features an interactive gaming and home shopping programming block, with gaming segments from Jackpot247 and teleshopping segments from JML. On November 7, 2011, a placeholder caption appeared on Freeview channel 39, broadcasting on multiplex A, stating "The Zone: Coming soon, The place to shop and play". The channel launched on November 14, 2011, broadcasting from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM but was not available in Wales until January 9, 2012. The channel shares time with CITV.