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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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.