BBC Studios
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UKTV Play is joining Virgin Media’s Irish TV service
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The deal gives Virgin Media customers access to over 1,000 additional hours of content, including UKTV Originals John Bishop: In Conversation With… and Taskmaster.
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Channel 4 and UKTV strike deal for Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shows
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Multi-channel broadcaster UKTV has snapped up the rights to eight serie including Jamie’s Fish Supper, Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals, multiple series of Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage, plus Nigella Bites, to screen on it’s lifestyle channels.
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British Boxing fans have never had it so good
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With three major broadcasters each boasting their own exclusive tie-ups and at prices to suit all household budgets, British boxing fans and the sport are enjoying a new golden age.
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Top Gear Road Trip to launch on the iOS App Store this month
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Featuring 120 levels, Top Gear Road Trip allows players to join the official BBC Top Gear team in an adventure across the British Isles and Europe, playing classic challenges inspired by the TV show and building a collection of cars to compete against friends, enemies and frenemies.
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Discovery Communications to buy UKTV co-owner Scripps
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The combination of the two groups will create a broadcaster with some of the biggest channel brands on both sides of the Atlantic, potentially boosting Discovery’s strength when negotiating carriage deals with pay-TV firms.
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Gold recommissions Simon Callow’s The Rebel
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Debuting last year, the Brighton-filmed series stars Callow as irascible hellraising pensioner Henry Palmer, a former mod who sees no reason to stop living his life by his own rules now he’s in his seventies.