Latest UKTV News – Page 34
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NewsUKTV takes on ITV3 with Drama channel launch
UKTV is set to go head to head with ITV3 with the launch of Drama, a new channel on Freeview.
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NewsDavid Attenborough returns to Eden
UKTV’s natural history channel Eden has ordered a beefed up second season of David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities.
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NewsYesterday uncovers Professor Hutton’s Curiosities
Yesterday has agreed a co-production deal with Indigo Films and Television for a history series examining the hidden gems of Britain’s museums.
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NewsYesterday returns to Raiders of the Lost Past
Yesterday has snapped up a second series of World Media Rights’ quest for legendary objects, Raiders of the Lost Past.
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NewsYesterday fires up World's Weirdest Weapons
UKTV has acquired a series investigating the world’s strangest weapons including a suitcase-sized aircraft and a smart bomb piloted by pigeons.
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NewsDave Gorman lands Dave series
Dave Gorman is to front a Dave series loosely based on his critically acclaimed live show PowerPoint Presentation.
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NewsUKTV boosts budget to £100m
UKTV is boosting its 2013 programming spend to £100m and has reinforced its commissioning team to cope with the extra demand for original shows.
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NewsUKTV brings back branding
Broadcaster to reintroduce corporate logo ahead of first channel launch since Really in 2009
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NewsUKTV to reintroduce corporate brand
UKTV is to reintroduce the broadcaster’s corporate brand to viewers for the first time in five years after unveiling its latest rebrand.
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NewsBBC2 wins big at BPG Awards
BBC2 was the big winner at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2013 as Parade’s End, Twenty Twelve and The Great British Bake Off all won honours.
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NewsUKTV orders more food series
UKTV has acquired new seasons of World’s Weirdest Restaurants and Kitchen Hero for Good Food.
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NewsYesterday investigates ancient deaths
UKTV’s documentary channel Yesterday has acquired two new historical series – Mummy Mysteries and Alexander’s Lost World.
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NewsUKTV plants Incredible Mr Goodwin viral with Vine
UKTV is to become one of the first broadcasters to use video-sharing service Vine as part of the guerilla marketing campaign for its forthcoming entertainment series, The Incredible Mr Goodwin.
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NewsCanada's Primeval spinoff cancelled
Primeval New World, the Canadian spin-off of the Impossible-produced ITV series, has been cancelled after one season.
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NewsUKTV keen to see funny side
Broadcaster wants to be more ambitious across all channels, including more comedy for Gold
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NewsGold orders first original sitcom
UKTV is moving into original scripted comedy for the first time after Gold ordered Us and Them from Hat Trick Productions.
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NewsWatch poaches Roux Scholarship from Good Food
UKTV’s food competition format The Roux Scholarship is moving up the EPG after Watch ordered a ten-part series from Cactus TV.
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NewsJo Brand fronts Great Wall Of Comedy for Gold
Comedy broadcaster Gold has commissioned a Jo Brand-fronted chat show from STV Productions which will explore the nation’s comedy icons.
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NewsUKTV launches Dave app and realigns digital content team
UKTV has launched its first VoD app and is planning to tie its digital content and marketing efforts more closely together following the creation of a new social media team.
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NewsBoomerang hires UKTV commissioner
Boomerang, the Boom Pictures-backed indie, has hired UKTV senior commissioning editor Tess Cuming to boost its factual entertainment output.