UKTV
UKTV is the BBC’s wholly owned UK commercial broadcaster which runs subscription channels such as U&Gold; advert-funded channels including U&Dave, U&Drama and U&Yesterday; and the U streaming app.
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UKTV Play is coming to NOW TV and Roku devices
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The app hosts shows from UKTV’s Dave, Yesterday, Really and Drama channels, including it’s original commissions such as Taskmaster, Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit and Cop Car Workshop, a brand new UKTV Original documentary series featuring behind-the-scenes access to one of Britain’s leading police car workshops.
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Australia’s The Heart Guy is coming to UKTV’s Drama
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The drama, which aired first on Nine Network in Australia, stars Rodger Corser (Glitch, Doctor Blake Mysteries), Nicole da Silva (Wentworth Prison, Rush) and Ryan Johnson (Home and Away) and will premiere in the UK on Thursday 5 April, 9pm on Drama.
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UKTV renews Matt Forde’s political satire Unspun for extended fourth series
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The eight-part series will be recorded on the same evening of transmission, with the extended edition airing later that week. The series starts Sunday 28th January at 10pm.
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Vodafone customers can now buy unlimited data for their favourite apps
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Vodafone has launched a new range of add-on ‘passes’ which allow Pay As You Go customers to access their favourite apps without usage counting towards their tariff’s data allowance.
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Freeview Play wins gong at first HbbTV Awards
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Freeview Explore lets viewers browse recommendations from BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, Demand 5 and UKTV Play, or quickly search the thousands of shows which are available to watch on-demand.
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UKTV currently have ‘no plans’ to bring Gold HD to Virgin Media or BT TV
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The new channel launched last week on Sky where it replaced a HD version of natural history channel Eden on channel 110 and users of the satellite broadcaster’s rivals have been speculating about its arrival on their platforms.