Timeline of UKTV

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This is a timeline of UKTV, a television company that broadcasts seven television channels in the United Kingdom.

Contents

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

  1. Wittstock, Melinda (17 October 1991). "Legal threats follow biggest ITV shake-up". The Times .
  2. "Winners and Losers". The Times . 17 October 1991.
  3. "Flextech Set To Acquire TCI Programming". Telecompaper. 21 December 1993. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  4. "Merger Plans For Flextech". The New York Times. 3 January 1994. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. "Flextech Set To Acquire TCI Programming". Telecompaper. 21 December 1993. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  6. Williams, Martyn (14 August 1996). "TS News – Flextech Reveals BBC, UK Gold Talks". Sat-net.com. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  7. Horsman, Mathew (30 October 1996). "Flextech ties up pay-TV deal". The Independent. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  8. "Flextech Set To Agree Channels Deal With BBC". Telecompaper. 16 August 1996. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  9. Horsman, Mathew (1 October 1996). "Sky aims for stake in BBC pay-TV" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  10. Willcock, John (4 March 1997). "Flextech to inject £20m into BBC deal" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  11. "UK Gold Classics Renamed". Digital Spy . 29 March 1999.
  12. "UK Gold 2 Update". Digital Spy . 31 March 1999.
  13. "UK Play becomes Play UK". Digital Spy . 5 November 2000.
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  15. "UKTV announces UK Food launch". Digital Spy . 11 July 2001.
  16. "New services, channels launch on DSat". Digital Spy . 11 February 2002.
  17. "Telewest adds more channels to lineup". Digital Spy . 15 February 2002.
  18. "New channels launch on ntl:home digital". Digital Spy. 29 May 2002.
  19. "PlayUK to be axed". The Guardian. 11 June 2002. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  20. "BBC – Worldwide Press Office – UKTV to close Play UK".
  21. "UK Gold timeshift channel launches". Digital Spy . 1 August 2002.
  22. 1 2 "UKTV pulls Play in favour of History".
  23. "UPDATED: Freeview to launch at end of month". Digital Spy . 3 October 2002.
  24. "MEDIA BRIEFS: UKTV to name lifestyle channel UK Bright Ideas". www.campaignlive.co.uk.
  25. "UK Food extends programming hours".
  26. "Uk Style + now available evenings — Digital Spy".
  27. "Beeb's new comedy channel : News 2003 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide".
  28. "UK History +1 launches on Sky". Digital Spy. 28 January 2004.
  29. "UK Horizons to close". Digital Spy. 3 February 2004.
  30. "UKTV launches set to raise hackles". The Guardian. 4 February 2004.
  31. "Two UKTV +1s launch on Telewest". Digital Spy . 4 February 2004.
  32. "UKTV chief announces plans for TV ad breaks". Marketing Week. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  33. Brown, Maggie; Lawson, Annie (28 August 2003). "We'll be back after this shorter break, UKTV tells viewers". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  34. "UKTV People to extend hours from July 1st? – TV Forum".
  35. "EPG debut for two new +1s, Wine TV". Digital Spy . November 2004.
  36. "UKTV G2 +1 joins Telewest lineup". Digital Spy . November 2004.
  37. "UKTV People +1 joins Sky EPG". Digital Spy . 12 January 2005.
  38. "UKTV Drama to expand hours". Digital Spy . 9 April 2005.
  39. Conlan, Tara (7 October 2005). "UKTV to launch sport channel | Media | MediaGuardian". London: Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  40. "UKTV G2 expands hours, ups sport". Digital Spy . 10 December 2005.
  41. "More hours means sport on UKTV G2".
  42. "UKTV to extend hours of Food timeshift". Digital Spy . 23 February 2006.
  43. "UKTV People timeshift closes". Digital Spy . 18 April 2006.
  44. "Three additions to Sky EPG". Digital Spy . 2 May 2006.
  45. "UKTV slam dunks Euroleague rights". C21 Media. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  46. "UKTV slam-dunks new basketball deal". C21 Media. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  47. UKTV considers G2 Freeview launch Digital Spy, 8 August 2007
  48. "UKTV to launch a channel called Dave". The Guardian. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  49. "UKTV confirms widescreen lineup". Digital Spy. 25 January 2008.
  50. "UKTV to rebrand channels". Broadcast. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  51. "UKTV unveils new channel brands". UKTV. 10 July 2008. Archived from the original on 12 July 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  52. "UKTV rolls out new channel Watch". The Guardian. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  53. "UKTV unveils its new factual channel brands – Eden and Blighty". UKTV. 9 October 2008. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009.
  54. Shepherd, Robert (12 November 2008). "UKTV History becomes Yesterday". Broadcast. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  55. "UKTV flies the flag with Blighty channel". The Guardian. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  56. 1 2 "UKTV unveils next stage in channel rebrands". The Guardian. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  57. "UKTV channel to rebrand as Good Food". The Guardian. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  58. "UKTV announces Good Food and Eden HD channel rollout". UKTV. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010.
  59. "UKTV secures free to air slot for Really, its cutting edge lifestyle channel". UKTV. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 June 2011.
  60. "Virgin Media sells £239m stake in UKTV". Financial Times. 15 August 2011.
  61. "UKTV evolves company brand on and off-air to celebrate 21st birthday". UKTV. 18 March 2013. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013.
  62. Finbow, Katy (31 March 2015). "Drama joins UKTV Play on-demand service". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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  64. "UKTV snaps up EastEnders re-runs from BBC3 as part of Watch relaunch". The Guardian. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  65. Mozafari, Laurence (10 April 2018). "EastEnders repeats axed from UKTV's W Channel after two years". Digital Spy . Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  66. Butler, Sarah (22 July 2018). "Four million Virgin Media customers lose UKTV channels". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2019 via www.theguardian.com.
  67. BhamUrbanNewsUK (22 July 2018). "Virgin Media loses UKTV channels" . Retrieved 14 June 2019 via YouTube.
  68. "UKTV channels return to Virgin TV – News – UKTV Corporate Site". corporate.uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  69. "BBC to take control of UKTV in £180m deal with Discovery". The Guardian. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  70. "UKTV split confirmed: Discovery takes lifestyle, BBC takes entertainment". TBI Vision. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  71. "Plug pulled on CCXTV Freeview channel". 25 January 2021.
  72. "UKTV take W free-to-air with channel rebrand". TVZoneUK. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  73. "UKTV launching four FAST channels". Broadband TV News. 23 August 2023.
  74. "UKTV TO LAUNCH FOUR NEW FAST CHANNELS ON UKTV PLAY". TV Zone UK. 23 August 2023.
  75. "UKTV announces creation of 'U' – a new brand to unite its free TV and digital portfolio". UKTV. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  76. https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/uktv-urebrand-slatejuly2024
  77. IKTV completed rollout of ‘u’ brand