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UKTV started life as a single channel, UK Gold.The original partners behind the channel were the BBC's commercial arm BBC Enterprises and the outgoing ITV contractor Thames Television, although before the launch the American cable operator Cox Enterprises stepped in and took a majority share, 65 percent, in exchange for underwriting the costs of launching the channel.
UKTV History moves into the vacated UKTV Bright Ideas space on Freeview to allow Dave to take the 24-hour slot. 23 October – UKTV Drama +1 launches on Virgin Media. 14 December – UKTV Style +2 launches on Sky, this was essentially used as a filler network for UKTV to keep the slot for future use. 2008
UKTV is a commercial broadcaster owned by BBC Studios, one of the BBC's commercial units. Originating in 1992 with UK Gold, UKTV expanded its channels from 1997 onwards, with the BBC taking full ownership in June 2019. Unlike the BBC's public service channels, the UKTV channels contain advertising.
1997 in British television – Launch of Channel 5, Britain's fifth terrestrial channel followed by the first appearance of the Teletubbies on BBC One & BBC Two, The UKTV network and BBC News 24 are also launched.
On 30 June 2002, UKTV announced the closure of Play UK at the end of the year, citing that the closure of ITV Digital was the reason for its demise. [1] On 13 September, UKTV announced the closure of the channel would be moved forward to the end of September, and that to prepare for the launch of Freeview, the bandwidth space would be replaced with a new channel - UK History.
11 August – The UKTV channels return to Virgin Media. The long term deal sees the HD versions of Dave and Gold launch on Virgin Media. [108] 17 September – Virgin Media launches a linear UHD channel, becoming Virgin's first linear television channel since it sold its channels to Sky in 2010. It broadcasts a mix of drama, documentaries and ...
UK TV history will be made tonight when an aid appeal seeking donations to help the Turkey-Syria earthquake disaster airs across 29 channels, narrated by Daniel Craig. Channel 4 has brought ...
UK TV may refer to: Television in the United Kingdom; UKTV, a television network in the UK; BBC UKTV, a BBC TV channel in Australia and New Zealand; Granada UKTV, a former name of ITV Choice, a channel broadcasting to parts of the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Malta