UKTV has acquired the UK premiers of The Hunting Party, the new crime procedural which recently debuted on NBC in the US, and Allegiance, the police drama set in British Columbia which has just aired its second season on CBC in Canada, for its dedicated crime pay channel U&alibi. The deal with NBCUniversal Global TV […]

UKTV has completed the rollout of its U Masterbrand with the commercial broadcaster’s pay channels, Gold & Alibi, transitioning to U&Gold and U&alibi across paid linear and on demand platforms. The U Masterbrand initially launched in July with UKTV’s family of free-to-air channels becoming U&Dave, U&Drama, U&Yesterday and U&W, and its free streaming service, formerly […]

UKTV has announced that U – its new masterbrand – will go live on July 16th, uniting UKTV’s family of free-to-air channels which will become U&Dave, U&Drama, U&Yesterday and U&W. Its free streaming service will transition from UKTV Play to U. Penny Brough, Chief Marketing Officer at UKTV, commented: “The launch of U on July 16th is […]

UKTV has announced the commission of the new series, Mudtown (6×60’), for its crime drama channel, Alibi. The six-part series is a co-commission with Welsh language free-to-air channel S4C and All3Media International. The series is produced by Severn Screen and has already commenced filming, shooting back-to-back in both English and Welsh language. Mudtown centres around […]

UKTV has announced that it has invested in the online care marketplace, Elder, using its multi-million pound investment fund, UKTV Ventures. Elder was created to connect older people and their families with independent carers across the UK to enable personalised one-to-one care at home.  Elder’s proprietary technology uses hundreds of different data points including conditions, […]

UKTV’s catalogue of original drama continues to grow, with the commission of six-part series, Bookish (6×70’) for its specialist crime drama channel Alibi. The UKTV original series has been created by Emmy Award-winning writer Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock) and is produced by Eagle Eye Drama. As international partner, Beta Film will handle […]

UKTV has secured the rights to six shows from Disney Entertainment which will air across its portfolio of brands. Alaska Daily and The Company You Keep will both air on UKTV’s crime channel Alibi this summer; A Small Light will feature on free-to-air channel Drama in May; Mike will air on entertainment channel Dave later […]

UKTV continues to invest in original drama for its specialist crime drama channel, Alibi, with the commission of six-part series I, Jack Wright (6×60’). The series is written by Chris Lang (Unforgotten, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe) and produced by Federation Stories. The series has been pre-sold to Scandinavian public broadcasters (YLE, DK, […]

UKTV has announced its U brand which it will launch next year to serve as a new ‘masterbrand’ to unite its family of free-to-air channels and free streaming service. Slated for summer 2024, the move will see its current streaming service UKTV Play transition to U and UKTV’s family of free-to-air channels will become U&Dave, […]