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Yesterday
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Exclusive: UKTV CEO on how broadcaster weathered storm of 2023 to achieve significant growth
While the past year has been marred by ad market downturn and all-round rising costs,…
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News round-up: Yesterday visits ‘Retro Electro Workshop’; VOYO Bulgaria drama deals; Dandelooo takes’ Super Heroes of Nature’ rights
Yesterday visits ‘Retro Electro Workshop’ UKTV’s factual channel Yesterday has commissioned a new UKTV original…
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Factual round-up: A+E seeks lost gold; Discovery+ acquires Herzog space doc; C5 digs into Pearl Harbour
A+E seeks lost Amazon gold A+E Networks UK has acquired the documentary series Curse Of…
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UKTV’s Yesterday orders model railway obs doc from Rare TV
UKTV’s factual channel Yesterday has ordered a 10-part obs doc about model railway manufacturer Hornby….
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UKTV restructures acquisitions & channels teams
British channels group UKTV has created five channel director posts in a restructure that looks…
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UKTV doubles content on Virgin Media
British channel provider UKTV is due to double the number of programmes available to Virgin…
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UKTV makes another free-to-air move
UKTV is moving its Home channel from pay to free TV. Home will replace Dave Ja…
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UKTV takes channels to Freesat
UK multichannel programmer UKTV is to launch three of its channels on free-to-view satellite platform…
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Discovery takes on Impossible Engineering
Discovery Networks has acquired UKTV factual series Impossible Engineering for various international channel feeds. UK-based…
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Yesterday looks back to CNN’s Sixties
UKTV has acquired The Sixties, the documentary series looking at the events of the landmark…
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Networks combine to construct Berlin Wall
Networks in the US, UK and Australia are coproducing a documentary about the construction of…
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Scripps ‘offers BBCWW £500m for UKTV’
Scripps Networks International has reportedly offered the BBC as much as £500 million (US$849.2 million)…
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News brief: UKTV prebuys Raiders of the Lost Art
UK digital channel operator UKTV has acquired upcoming art theft series Raiders of the Lost…
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UKTV ups Watsham after Rogerson exit
British multi-channel broadcaster UKTV has promoted Richard Watsham to become director of commissioning following former…
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UKTV launches catch-up service on YouView
UKTV has launched a seven-day catch-up service on YouView for two of its channels. The…
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Dave launches catch-up on YouView
UKTV-owned entertainment channel Dave has launched a seven-day catch-up TV service on the YouView platform….
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Yesterday to investigate Forbidden History
UK digital channel Yesterday has commissioned a new series in which broadcaster Jamie Theakston will…
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UKTV buys Endemol’s Treasure Detectives
Yesterday, the UK factual channel run by digital channels group UKTV, has acquired US series…
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UKTV and YouView sign ‘landmark’ on-demand deal
UKTV has signed a catch-up agreement with connected TVservice YouView, in what the UK multichannel…
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Electric Sky commercial director exits
Karen Young has left her position as commercial director of UK-based producer and distributor Electric…
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UKTV launches drama-focused network
British multichannel operator UKTV is launching a new drama-themed free-to-air channel. Drama will launch in…
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UKTV history channel buys Sky Vision, Electric Sky docs
UKTV factual channel Yesterday has acquired two docs for a strand about macabre and fascinating…
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Discovery buys mafia series
Discovery’s US network The Military Channel in the US has picked up crime series The…
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Yesterday buys special forces series
UK digital channel Yesterday has bought Black Ops, a 6x50mins series about special forces. The…
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Off the Fence inks UKTV distribution deal
Off the Fence has acquired 300 hours of content that it will sell internationally, including…