UKTV has announced a pair of writers’ initiatives aimed at improving the variety of voices within comedy and drama, along with plans to commission a 4×30′ anthology series for Dave, written by, made and performed by diverse talent. Richard Watsham, UKTV’s Director of Commissioning, said: “We aspire to be the best in the industry at […]
Channel 4 has announced a new sponsorship deal with Citroën that will see the French automobile manufacturer becomes UKTV’s Dave channel partner. The new two-year channel partnership launching on February 15th involves primetime programme sponsorship on UKTV’s Dave channel, a series of 10 second idents that will run every day, as well as brand licensing […]
Multichannel programmer UKTV has revealed that its both its channels and UKTV Play VoD service saw strong growth for share of commercial impacts (SOCI) and channel viewing thanks to high performing originals underpinned by viewers tuning in to enjoy nostalgic and archive programming, in a year that saw the world in major upheaval. “At the […]
BBC One is bringing together Sir David Attenborough, world-renowned composer Hans Zimmer and Brit and Mercury Prize-winning rapper Dave for Planet Earth: A Celebration The programme will take viewers on a journey to the wildest places on earth, using eight of the most extraordinary sequences from the Bafta award-winning Planet Earth II and Blue Planet […]
Keshet International has completed a deal for Owl Power’s popular series, Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, with UKTV. The second window rights deal will see both series of the BAFTA-nominated Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing broadcast on Dave in the UK. Series one will air from August this year, and the second early 2021. Originally […]
Multichannel programmer UKTV is partnering with technology giant Huawei, with the broadcaster’s on demand app UKTV Play now available to download on the Huawei AppGallery, becoming the first TV on-demand service to launch on the platform in the UK, bringing a host of new entertainment options to Huawei users. The app is home to some […]