Television
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YouView’s five-year funding deal is a major boost to the platform
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Yesterday’s announcement that its shareholders have agreed a new, five-year funding settlement is a big win for YouView and its growing band of users.
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YouView shareholders agree new 5 year funding plan
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All seven shareholders in YouView, including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, have agreed to continue funding the connected TV platform for a further 5 years.
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UKTV’s Watch signs up second J.J. Abrams drama series
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UKTV has signed a second J.J. Abrams-backed drama for its flagship subscription channel, Watch. Almost Human is a 13-part futuristic thriller from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) and Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions.
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Watch invites UK audiences to ‘Believe’ in J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón’s new supernatural drama
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The latest big name US show to arrive in the UK is Believe, a supernatural drama from Star Trek supremo J.J. Abrams and – recently showered in awards for Hollywood blockbuster Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón.
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Huawei and Humax announce new YouView+ recorders
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Set-top box manufacturers Huawei and Humax have revealed new YouView+ recorders. Both boxes allow subscription-free pausing, recording and rewinding of more than 100 TV and radio channels as well as access to catch-up content.
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YouView boss insists shareholders remain “pleased” with platform’s progress
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YouView boss Richard Halton has insisted all of the platform’s shareholders “are pleased” with its progress and see it as a way to further “their own individual goals”.