Television

  • UKTV announces new On Demand players

    UKTV announces new On Demand players

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    Digital channel owner UKTV is to launch Video on Demand (VoD) services for its three free-to-air channels, Dave, Yesterday and Really. Co-owned by BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks International, UKTV broadcasts its network of digital channels on Cable, Freeview and Sky. It recently announced Video on Demand agreements with TalkTalk and BT Vision who will…

  • How Sky and Virgin Media responded to the launch of YouView

    How Sky and Virgin Media responded to the launch of YouView

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    How have the UK’s pay TV giants responded to the launch the free TV & catch-up service?

  • Alastair Sooke talks about the Treasures Of Ancient Rome

    Alastair Sooke talks about the Treasures Of Ancient Rome

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    Alastair Sooke talks about his new series which takes an in-depth look at the art of the Roman Empire. The Romans have a reputation for being brilliant engineers and soldiers, but what isn’t as well known is that they also gave us wonderful artistic treasures. In the three-part Treasures Of Ancient Rome, Sooke argues that…

  • Scottish YouView viewers gain STV Player

    Scottish YouView viewers gain STV Player

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    YouView viewers in Scotland can now access catch-up content through a new STV Player app. Developed by BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva, BT and Talk Talk, YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and 4oD. The partner ISPs are also making content available to…

  • Writer Stephen Butchard and star Warren Brown on new BBC One’s Good Cop

    Writer Stephen Butchard and star Warren Brown on new BBC One’s Good Cop

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    Warren Brown stars in the lead role of Stephen Butchard’s Good Cop, a new four-part drama which sirs on BBC One from Thursday 30 August. Warren plays young Liverpool response cop PC John Paul Rocksavage (Sav). When he witnesses the brutal attack on his partner, the impact this has on him throws his whole life…

  • Latest series from Glee creator to screen on E4

    Latest series from Glee creator to screen on E4

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    Channel 4 has acquired the UK premiere broadcast rights to The New Normal, a new comedy from Glee creator Ryan Murphy which will screen on E4. Convinced that a baby is the one thing missing from their fabulous life, Beverly Hills couple Bryan (Andrew Rannells) and David (Justin Bartha) enlists the help of a surrogate…