All posts tagged 'UKTV'

2014 – 2015 Broadcast Season: 52% Of New Shows Sold To UK; Sky Most Active Buyer, WBITD & CBSSI Tied For Most Sales

By Patrick Munn | October 26, 2015 - 5:36 pm | No Comments

TVWise breaks down the 2014-2015 broadcast season and takes a look at how many shows made it to the UK, what the key trends were, and who did the most business – on both the broadcaster and distributor side of the equation.

Alibi To Air Two-Hour ‘Murdoch Mysteries’ Christmas Special; Brendan Coyle, Kelly Rowan & Ed Asner Guest Star

By Patrick Munn | October 26, 2015 - 2:00 pm | No Comments

Detective William Murdoch, Dr Julia Ogden and the Toronto constabulary will be bringing some festive cheer to UKTV this Christmas. UKTV's Alibi channel has revealed plans to air a special two-hour Christmas episode of Murdoch Mysteries on Tuesday December 22nd at 9pm as a stand alone TV movie (under the title Murdoch Mysteries: A Merry Murdoch Christmas), before the show's ninth season launches on the channel in 2016.

UKTV Launches On-Demand App UKTV Play On Amazon Fire

By Patrick Munn | October 20, 2015 - 9:25 am | No Comments

UKTV is further expanding the reach of UKTV Play, by launching the on-demand app on Amazon Fire TV and the Fire TV Stick, TVWise has learned. UKTV Play is now available as a free app in the Apps section of Amazon Fire.

UKTV To Expand Apprenticeship Scheme, Teams With Creative Skillset For Open Doors Event

By Patrick Munn | October 15, 2015 - 10:36 am | No Comments

UKTV is expanding their apprenticeship scheme. CEO Darren Childs has announced plans to increase the number of apprentices at the media company to 3% of their total work-force by 2016. Additionally, UKTV has teamed up with Creative Skillset to host a Open Doors event for 16-24 year olds who want to learn about the television industry.

UKTV Unveils Festive Rebrands For Gold & Good Food

By Patrick Munn | October 14, 2015 - 4:57 pm | No Comments

UKTV is giving two of their channels festive rebrands. The commercial network has announced plans to rebrand both flagship comedy channel Gold and lifestyle channel Good Food for the festive period. From December 1st through January 3rd Gold will be known as Christmas Gold and Good Food will be known as Christmas Food.

First Look: William Shatner As Mark Twain In ‘Murdoch Mysteries’

By Patrick Munn | October 8, 2015 - 4:50 pm | No Comments

CBC and production company Shaftesbury Films have released a trailer and first look image showing Star Trek star William Shatner in character as Mark Twain from an upcoming episode of period drama Murdoch Mysteries.

UKTV To Roll Out ‘Code Black’ Promo Across Network In Major Advertising Push

By Patrick Munn | October 8, 2015 - 4:26 pm | No Comments

Watch's latest high-profile U.S. drama acquisition is getting a major advertising push. Parent company UKTV is to roll out a promo for the Marica Gay Harden fronted medical drama Code Black across all ten of their channels and on-demand platform UKTV Play, TVWise has learned.

Watch Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘Code Black’

By Patrick Munn | October 7, 2015 - 2:45 pm | No Comments

CBS' medical drama series Code Black will receive its UK premiere on UKTV's Watch channel on Thursday October 29th at 9pm, it has been announced.