Nintendo UK has confirmed that various Wii channels will close down towards the end of June.

The announcement comes as Nintendo's branches across the globe confirmed the same news for their respective areas.

As of June 28th, the following Wii channels will be discontinued:

Nintendo Channel
News Channel
Forecast Channel
Everybody Votes Channel
Mii Contest Channel
Data exchange with Wii Friends*

*Exchange of Wii messages on the Wii Message Board, exchange of Mii characters on the Mii Channel and message/data exchange within some games will be disabled.

Following June 28th, these services will cease to function even if you attempt to start them up from the main menu.

However, all other Wii channels and services, including the Shop Channel, will continue to function as normal.