UKTV
Sign in to saveUKTV Media Limited, trading as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It was formed on 1 November 1992 as a joint venture between the BBC and Thames Television. It is one of the United Kingdom's largest television companies.
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Encyclopedic overview
45 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins (1992–1997)
- The launch of the UKTV network (1997)
- Digital expansion (1998–2007)
- Network rebrand
- Scripps Networks Interactive acquisition
- BT Vision deal
- Corporate rebrand (2013)
- Dispute with Virgin Media
- Split of channels between BBC and Discovery
- Corporate rebrand (2024) and the launch of "U" masterbrand
- Marketing
- Channels
- Current free-to-air channels
- U&Dave
- U&Drama
- U&W
- U&Yesterday
- U&Eden
- Current pay-TV channels
- U&Gold
- U&Alibi
- Catch-up service
- FAST channels
- Former channels
- UK Arena
- Play UK
- UK Gold Classics/UK Gold 2
- UK Horizons
- UKTV Bright Ideas
- UKTV Gardens
- Blighty
- Good Food
- Home
- Really
- CCXTV
- UK Living
- GoldText
- Operating names
- Timeshift channels
- HD channels
- Awards and nominations
- See also
- References
- External links
UKTV Media Limited, trading as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It was formed on 1 November 1992 as a joint venture between the BBC and Thames Television. It is one of the United Kingdom's largest television companies.
UKTV's channels are available via a digital satellite or cable subscription in the UK and Ireland. The U&Dave, U&Drama, U&Eden, U&W and U&Yesterday channels are also available in the UK on Freeview and Freesat, two free-to-air television services in the UK, as well as on the catch-up service U. Unlike the BBC's main television channels, funded by the television licence, UKTV's channels and online services broadcast commercial advertising and sponsorships.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “UKTV” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.