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| Type | Television and Online |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Availability | Cable / Digital |
| Owner | 50% BBC Worldwide 50% Virgin Media Television |
| Launch date | Nov 1997 |
| Website www.uktv.co.uk |
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UKTV is a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media Television. UKTV is one of the United Kingdom's largest television companies.
UKTV's channels are available via satellite and cable in the UK and Ireland. In the UK, UKTV History and Dave are available on Freeview, and selected parts of G.O.L.D., uktv style and UKTV Food are available through Top Up TV.
Most programmes on UKTV's channels are repeat broadcasts of BBC productions (although the entertainment channels also feature programmes made by other companies), and the channels themselves are played out by Red Bee Media from their broadcast centre in West London.
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2008/9 rebrand
On 11 June 2008 it was announced that all UKTV channels would be rebranded over the next 12 months[1] and, on 7 October, "UKTV Gold" became "G.O.L.D." and "UKTV Drama" became "Alibi". A new channel, Watch, launched on the same day.[2] On 9 October it was announced that in early 09, "UKTV People" becomes "Blighty" and "UKTV Documentary" becomes "Eden".[3]
On 13 November it was announced that UKTV History will be rebranded to "Yesterday".
Channels
For more information on UKTV channels and defunct channels, see Virgin Media Television#UKTV
Channels
- Alibi
- Dave
- G.O.L.D.
- UKTV Documentary
- UKTV Food
- UKTV Gardens
- UKTV History
- UKTV People
- uktv style
- Watch
Defunct channels
- UK Arena - closed in 2000 due to insufficient ratings, relaunched as UK Drama (later UKTV Drama and then Alibi)
- Play UK (formerly UK Play) - closed in 2002 due to low ratings because of the closure of ITV Digital
- UK Gold 2 (formerly UK Gold Classics) - closed in 2003 to create UKG2 (later uktv g2 and then Dave)
- UK Horizons - closed in 2004, replaced by UKTV People and UKTV Documentary
- UKTV People +1 - closed in 2006 to make way for UKTV Drama +1 (later Alibi +1)
- UKTV Bright Ideas - closed in 2007 on all platforms for the relaunch of uktv g2/Dave going onto Freeview
- uktv style 2 - closed in 2008 to make way for Watch
References
- ^ "UKTV to rebrand all channels", UKTV (11 June 2008). Retrieved on 6 October 2008.
- ^ "UKTV unveils new channel brands", Broadcast (10 July 2008). Retrieved on 13 June 2008.
- ^ "UKTV unveils it's new factual channel brands", UKTV. Retrieved on 18 October 2008.
External links
- UKTV.co.uk
- BBC
- Virgin Media Television
- Top Up TV
- The TV Room looks at presentation/branding on the UKTV channels
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