Television

  • Really snaps up rights to US medical drama Emily Owens M.D.

    Really snaps up rights to US medical drama Emily Owens M.D.

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    UKTV has grabbed the UK rights to CBS’s medical drama series Emily Owens M.D. for its free-to-air entertainment channel Really. The 13-part series stars Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife) in the eponymous title role – a geeky graduate leaving her days as an awkward student behind her and beginning an exciting new chapter as an…

  • BBC Trust to review Corporation’s involvement in YouView

    BBC Trust to review Corporation’s involvement in YouView

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    The BBC Trust is to review the broadcaster’s participation in YouView, the broadcast and internet TV platform which launched last year. The service is a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, Talk Talk and Arqiva and combines digital terrestrial TV with catch-up television and access on-demand TV players such as…

  • Channel 4 adds free mobile downloads to 4oD app

    Channel 4 adds free mobile downloads to 4oD app

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    Channel 4 is adding free, add-supported downloads to mobile versions of its 4oD on demand service. The new feature allows viewers to download many of their favourite Channel 4 shows from the last 30 days to their smartphone or tablet and is is available on both iOS and Android versions of the app. Viewers will…

  • Dave on demand player goes live on YouView

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    A new on demand player offering content from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channel Dave has been added to YouView boxes. First announced last month, the player gives viewers access to hit shows such as Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums, Ross Noble’s Freewheeling and Russell Howard’s Good News. The content will also be available via…

  • BBC to launch new HD channels after Ofcom opens up more capacity

    BBC to launch new HD channels after Ofcom opens up more capacity

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    The BBC says it will launch five new subscription-free HD channels after telecoms regulator Ofcom confirmed plans to boost the amount of spectrum available for Freeview channels. Ofcom has awarded transmission company Arqiva a temporary licence for spectrum freed up by the digital switchover which will allow up to ten additional high-definition channels to be…

  • YouView celebrates first birthday

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    Today marks exactly one year since YouView unveiled itself to the UK’s tech media at a launch event held in London’s former County Hall. Unlike many of my colleagues, I left the event impressed with what we’d seen and expecting great things from the new service. I took to my keyboard and predicted that YouView…