It did not receive an official launch but instead, went from AnimeCentral to Pop Girl program block straight away.
It showed a mixture of different content from other CSC Media Group channels such as Pop Girl, Chart Show TV, True Movies 2 and had retained some AnimeCentral programming, in its own block between 04:00 and 06:00 with repeats of Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
Its licence first appeared on the Ofcom website in January 2007 (initially named Toon TV, this was changed to AnimeCentral in June 2007, to True Entertainment in June 2008 and to Showcase TV on August 26, 2008).
From that date, simulcasting of content from other CSC channels ceased, and True Entertainment launched its own schedule.
As of April 2021, Showcase TV had moved to Sky channel 191 and was showing the following programmes:[10]