Mar 21 2022
Award-winning commercial broadcaster UKTV today unveiled a new on and off-air identity for its popular premium entertainment channel W. Coinciding with W launching free-to-air, the channel’s new look and feel positions it as the home of genuine human moments, leading with the tagline, “Life Unfiltered”. W’s Head of Marketing, Nick Gilmer, said, “W prides itself […]
Mar 21 2022
Award-winning commercial broadcaster UKTV today announced that it is taking its premium entertainment channel W free-to-air and making it available on its direct-to-consumer video on demand service UKTV Play, in a move that will significantly increase the footprint of W and its programme offering. Launching on Monday 28th March in Freeview slot 25, viewers will […]
Mar 14 2022
UKTV’s female-orientated entertainment channel W has received an Ofcom licence to broadcast on Freeview, confirming reports in February that the channel will soon go free-to-air. W has just received a DTPS licence from Ofcom. The licence effectively provides regulatory clearance to launch a service on digital terrestrial TV (Freeview). W already holds a TLCS licence […]
Feb 18 2022
UKTV is reportedly planning to switch the W channel from pay TV to a free-to-air channel later this year. As part of the move, the female-orientated channel will launch on Freeview, significantly expanding its reach and potential advertising revenue. The channel has steadily grown its profile over recent years with original commissions fronted by the […]
Jun 18 2020
UKTV has today announced a partnership with global technology leader Huawei. The broadcaster’s on demand app UKTV Play is now available to download on the Huawei AppGallery and is the first TV on-demand service to launch on the platform in the UK, bringing a host of new entertainment options to Huawei users. The app is […]
Jun 6 2019
UKTV has announced that its on-demand app, UKTV Play, is now available on Apple TV where its vast catalogue of shows can be easily discovered. The service is also integrated with the all-new Apple TV app which brings together different ways to watch TV, as well as universal search and Siri, so users can easily […]
Jan 14 2019
An update to UKTV’s on-demand app promises to offer greater personalisation through AI, plus cross-device synchronisation and the addition of the Home channel. The update to the UKTV Play app is available today on Amazon Fire OS, Android and iOS. Android and iOS apps now fully support Chromecast. The new synchronised viewing history function that […]
Jan 4 2019
UKTV Originals topped 2018 ratings on six of UKTV’s channels – Dave, W, Gold, Drama, Yesterday and Really – and on UKTV Play Top three shows on UKTV’s network were UKTV Originals – Taskmaster, Death on the Tyne and Murder on the Blackpool Express Emmy and BAFTA nominated Taskmaster was the most watched show on […]
Nov 22 2018
UKTV has addedYesterday+1 to the Freeview platform on channel 99 in the Entertainment section of the Freeview channel list overspills below the HD channels. The channelbroadcasts a range of historical and wildlife factual programming alongside prime-time entertainment output, including older comedy series and has been on Freeview since the launch of the free-to-air service in 2002. […]
Sep 13 2018
Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV platform, has added catch-up service UKTV Play to its on demand offering. From today, Freesat customers will be able to watch shows from Dave, Yesterday, Really and Drama via the UKTV Play app or directly via the rollback TV guide. The addition of UKTV Play further reinforces Freesat’s commitment […]
Aug 11 2018
Dave HD and Gold HD channels come to Virgin TV Mix customers for the first time More than five times the amount of on-demand programming than before Virgin Media and UKTV have reached a long term agreement which will restore all of UKTV’s channels and services to Virgin TV. These will return as soon as […]
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Sep 12 2023
UKTV stays on satellite until the end of the decade
A new agreement between UKTV and satellite operator SES will ensure Sky and Freesat viewers in the UK and Ireland will continue to be able to access a number of channels until the end of the decade. The deal includes one transponder to house UKTV’s bouquet of channels, including Dave, Gold and W. SES will […]
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By Expat • UKTV • Tags: Satellite, SES, UKTV