Narrative Entertainment’s Great Network reports that it has grown its share of commercial impacts (SOCI) by 5 per cent in 2025, even as the UK broadcast market has shrunk. Across 2025 (January–November), the Great Network delivered consistent growth, increasing its share as total commercial impacts in the UK fell. In November, Narrative announced a multi-year […]
Millions of Brits aged 55 and over feel “left behind” by today’s TV despite being the generation who watch it most. The Upper Third report – created by the Freeview channel network Great!, owned by Narrative Entertainment – has revealed it is the UK’s 22 million over-55s who feel the most ignored by modern TV […]
The Great! Mystery channel, the home of whodunnits, is set to go live on Samsung TV Plus. The FAST channel from Narrative Entertainment is already available on Freeview (61), LG, Rakuten, Plex andā Netgem. Airing mystery shows and monthly premieres of high-stakes crime movies, this channel targets armchair detectives. Popular movie franchises such as Aurora […]
The UK independent TV broadcaster, Narrative Entertainment, continues to expand its GREAT! Network, with new free-to-air channel GREAT! Real launching on March 20th. Offering a range of content following on call medics and police patrols to coastal rescue missions and airport operations, GREAT! Real willshowcase drama and authentic stories centred around real people and events. […]
Narrative Entertainment is expanding its management team as it continues its growth trajectory following a successful 2023. Kate Gartland will oversee the Narrative Entertainment marketing teams, working across both their GREAT! brand of movies and entertainment channels and kids’ offerings Tiny Pop, POP and POP MAX across both broadcast and digital platforms. A creative marketer […]
Narrative Entertainment has reported record audience, share and advertising impacts growth in 2023. The independent free-to-air channel group’s portfolio of channels gained its strongest yearly share growth, up 21 per cent year-on-year, whilst 4 in 5 of the UK population enjoyed the channels in 2023. Its four Movies and Entertainment Channels saw 28 per cent […]
Narrative Entertainment, the UK independent TV broadcaster, continues to expand its reach with the launch of VoD service the GREAT! Player on Freeview Play and YouView TV platforms. The GREAT! Player, which includes content from movie and entertainment channels GREAT! Movies, GREAT! Action, GREAT! Christmas, GREAT! Romance and GREAT! TV, launched in May 2023 via […]
Sony Pictures Television’s portfolio of UK channels have been sold to Narrative Capital, a US financing and investment firm. The deal includes Sony Movies, Sony Movies Classic, Sony Movies Action, Sony Channel, POP, Tiny POP and POP Max, as well as various digital assets. The channels will be rebranded as GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, […]