Latest UKTV News – Page 26
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NewsCelebrity Storage Hunters to return to Dave
UKTV is bringing back Celebrity Storage Hunters after the one-off Christmas special became its highest-rated show of 2015.
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NewsGold doubles up Marley's Ghosts order
UKTV’s Gold has renewed supernatural comedy Marley’s Ghosts for a supersized second series.
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NewsBBC facing 'cash raid' from DCMS
The BBC faces an anxious wait for the white paper on charter renewal amid conflicting reports over the weekend about government plans to raid the corporation’s finances.
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NewsUKTV to flex format muscles
UKTV is to focus on entertainment formats, live programming and sport over the next nine months after generating record financial results.
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NewsUKTV profits hit £80m
A 20% boost in its programming budget helped UKTV deliver record profits in 2015 as well as cement its ratings lead over Channel 5 and Sky.
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NewsUKTV and PBS team for treasure series
UKTV and US public broadcaster PBS have teamed up with Carl Hall’s indie Warehouse 51 to dig for treasure.
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NewsDave boots up video game format
Dara Ó Briain is to front a competitive video game format for UKTV’s Dave.
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NewsW to broadcast live Dynamo
Magician Dynamo’s stage show, Seeing Is Believing, is to be broadcast live on UKTV’s recently rebranded pay-TV channel W.
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NewsScripps would consider C4 takeover
UKTV’s co-owner Scripps has admitted that it would run the rule over Channel 4 if the public service broadcaster was to be put up for sale by the government.
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NewsUKTV orders first W shows
UKTV has ordered its first shows since rebranding W including a factual entertainment format fronted by Amanda Holden.
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NewsUKTV named in Sunday Times best places to work list
UKTV is the first broadcaster ever to be named as one of The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies.
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NewsUKTV eyes Freeview move for more pay-TV channels
UKTV is considering making more of its pay-TV channels available for free as it gears up to launch Home on Freeview next month.
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NewsUKTV turns Home into free channel
UKTV is to expand its free-to-air footprint by handing pay-TV channel Home a slot on Freeview.
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NewsPoll: what do you think of the new Watch logo?
Share your thoughts on the new look for UKTV’s entertainment channel.
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NewsWatch rebrands and secures EastEnders repeats
UKTV entertainment channel Watch is being rebranded as W and has snatched the rights to air narrative repeats of EastEnders following the closure of BBC3.
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NewsGold adapts Oldie Magazine cartoon
UKTV’s Gold is adapting Andrew Birch’s long-running Oldie Magazine cartoon strip as a three-part comedy series starring Simon Callow.
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NewsUKTV lands live boxing rights
UKTV has made a shock move into live sports, landing the exclusive rights to David Haye’s comeback fight.
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NewsUKTV share creeps past C5 & Sky
Storage Hunters UK and Dave Gorman’s Modern Life Is Goodish helped UKTV inch past Channel 5 and Sky to record its most successful year on record.
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NewsEnders: UKTV niche channels could go free
UKTV pay channels Good Food, Eden and Home could follow its free-to-air channels onto Freesat according to a report from Enders Analysis.
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NewsDave lines up Storage Hunters celebrity special
UKTV has ordered a further two series of US format Storage Hunters, along with a celebrity spin-off featuring Bob Mortimer, Kimberly Wyatt, Ross Noble and Jimi Mistry.