UKTV
UKTV is the BBC’s UK commercial broadcaster which runs subscription channels such as U&Gold and advert-funded channels including U&Dave, U&Drama and U&Yesterday.
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UKTV unveils new onscreen branding for its Original programming slate
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The network started life in 1992 with UK Gold, a channel which mainly broadcast shows from then shareholders BBC and Thames Television, and now operates ten channels plus its own widely available on demand service, UKTV Play.
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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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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.