PA
Viewers of my blog seem to be hysterical over the loss of UKTV Gardens - www.entertainment-iuk.com/2009/05/19/uktv-gardens-now-really
BE
It did broadcast live under UKTVG2 interestingly - during the last world cup, with secondary rights to some BBC matches. OK so it wasn't the UKTV cameras there, but it will have been in the studio segments at half time etc
Dave is planning its first live broadcast...
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/dave-plans-first-live-broadcast/5002959.article
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/dave-plans-first-live-broadcast/5002959.article
It did broadcast live under UKTVG2 interestingly - during the last world cup, with secondary rights to some BBC matches. OK so it wasn't the UKTV cameras there, but it will have been in the studio segments at half time etc
AN
It did broadcast live under UKTVG2 interestingly - during the last world cup, with secondary rights to some BBC matches. OK so it wasn't the UKTV cameras there, but it will have been in the studio segments at half time etc
Pretty good it was too, I seem to remember. Not exactly high budget, but it was a real alternative to the analysis on ITV and BBC. I have a vague memory of Ricky Tomlinson being a studio guest on one match.
Dave is planning its first live broadcast...
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/dave-plans-first-live-broadcast/5002959.article
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/dave-plans-first-live-broadcast/5002959.article
It did broadcast live under UKTVG2 interestingly - during the last world cup, with secondary rights to some BBC matches. OK so it wasn't the UKTV cameras there, but it will have been in the studio segments at half time etc
Pretty good it was too, I seem to remember. Not exactly high budget, but it was a real alternative to the analysis on ITV and BBC. I have a vague memory of Ricky Tomlinson being a studio guest on one match.
GE
It did broadcast live under UKTVG2 interestingly - during the last world cup, with secondary rights to some BBC matches. OK so it wasn't the UKTV cameras there, but it will have been in the studio segments at half time etc
AFAIK the live 'studio' segments were from the BBC Outside Broadcasts base (as was) at Kendal Avenue.
thegeek
Founding member
Dave is planning its first live broadcast...
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/dave-plans-first-live-broadcast/5002959.article
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/dave-plans-first-live-broadcast/5002959.article
It did broadcast live under UKTVG2 interestingly - during the last world cup, with secondary rights to some BBC matches. OK so it wasn't the UKTV cameras there, but it will have been in the studio segments at half time etc
JO
It did broadcast live under UKTVG2 interestingly - during the last world cup, with secondary rights to some BBC matches. OK so it wasn't the UKTV cameras there, but it will have been in the studio segments at half time etc
UKTVG2 had all the BBC games live in the last world cup.
Dave is planning its first live broadcast...
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/dave-plans-first-live-broadcast/5002959.article
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/dave-plans-first-live-broadcast/5002959.article
It did broadcast live under UKTVG2 interestingly - during the last world cup, with secondary rights to some BBC matches. OK so it wasn't the UKTV cameras there, but it will have been in the studio segments at half time etc
UKTVG2 had all the BBC games live in the last world cup.
PA
Press release from UKTV
Quote:
UKTV signs first major content deal with C4
London, Thursday 9th July 2009 – The award-winning pay TV network, UKTV, has signed a significant volume deal with terrestrial broadcaster, Channel 4, for the multichannel broadcast rights to a wide range of entertainment, comedy and drama content.
Negotiated by UKTV’s Acting Director of Content Acquisitions, Alexandra Finlay, and Channel 4’s Head of UK Secondary Broadcast Sales, Alison Sainsbury-Stack, the package includes numerous iconic comedy titles such as Spaced, Black Books, and Green Wing, alongside a wealth of critically acclaimed dramas including Shackleton, Anna Karenina, and Longitude. The catalogue of 187 hours of content will premiere across four of UKTV’s ten new-look thematic channels - G.O.L.D., Dave, Watch and Yesterday – from 1st August 2009. A large proportion of this content is being licensed for pay TV broadcast for the first time.
“We are thrilled to have completed this landmark deal with Channel 4 for so many high-profile and high-quality comedy, drama and entertainment titles,” says UKTV’s Executive Director, Commercial, Keith Porritt.
“These arrangements open up a new content stream that complements the many popular titles we acquire from the BBC and our own growing stable of high profile commissions, plus it augments the non-linear opportunities opening up to our new-look multiplatform channel brands.”
Mike Morris, Managing Director, Channel 4 Rights added: “We are delighted to have concluded this deal with UKTV which is a perfect example of Channel 4 maximising rights exploitation to the equal benefit of the channel and the independent production community.”
The nation’s favourite comedy channel, G.O.L.D., will broadcast the majority of the comedy output involved in this deal, including Green Wing (series 1 & 2), Jo Brand – Through the Cakehole (series 1 & 2), Comic Strip (series 4, plus specials), Vic Reeves – Big Night Out (series 1 & 2), and Nevermind the Horrocks, alongside its line-up of comedy films and ever-popular series such as The Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder and My Family.
Titles such as Black Books (series 1 to 3), Star Stories (series 1 to 3) and Smack the Pony (series 1to 3, plus one special) will be showcased on Dave – the home of witty banter - as part of its award-winning line-up of comedy, quizzes, panel shows and Dave Originals, including Argumental, Batteries Not Included and Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.
Watch, the entertainment channel made for sharing, will premiere two specials – 10 Stupidest Things to Escape From and 50 Greatest Magic Tricks – within its schedule of family favourites such as Dr Who, Total Wipeout USA and Strictly Come Dancing plus blockbuster movies.
All 17 drama titles within this deal, including Hamburg Cell, The Camomile Lawn and The Government Inspector, will premiere on Yesterday, the channel where the past is always present.
UKTV has just completed what is widely regarded to be the most ambitious rebrand in broadcasting history – ten channels in 19 months – with the launch of Good Food on 22nd June. Having garnered industry-wide recognition along the way, the rebrands have resulted in UKTV’s commercially attractive ABC1 profile increasing to 47% across its portfolio and UKTV winning the Media Magnate’s Broadcaster of the Year Award. UKTV now reaches over 36 million adults a month and is approaching a combined impact share of 5%.
London, Thursday 9th July 2009 – The award-winning pay TV network, UKTV, has signed a significant volume deal with terrestrial broadcaster, Channel 4, for the multichannel broadcast rights to a wide range of entertainment, comedy and drama content.
Negotiated by UKTV’s Acting Director of Content Acquisitions, Alexandra Finlay, and Channel 4’s Head of UK Secondary Broadcast Sales, Alison Sainsbury-Stack, the package includes numerous iconic comedy titles such as Spaced, Black Books, and Green Wing, alongside a wealth of critically acclaimed dramas including Shackleton, Anna Karenina, and Longitude. The catalogue of 187 hours of content will premiere across four of UKTV’s ten new-look thematic channels - G.O.L.D., Dave, Watch and Yesterday – from 1st August 2009. A large proportion of this content is being licensed for pay TV broadcast for the first time.
“We are thrilled to have completed this landmark deal with Channel 4 for so many high-profile and high-quality comedy, drama and entertainment titles,” says UKTV’s Executive Director, Commercial, Keith Porritt.
“These arrangements open up a new content stream that complements the many popular titles we acquire from the BBC and our own growing stable of high profile commissions, plus it augments the non-linear opportunities opening up to our new-look multiplatform channel brands.”
Mike Morris, Managing Director, Channel 4 Rights added: “We are delighted to have concluded this deal with UKTV which is a perfect example of Channel 4 maximising rights exploitation to the equal benefit of the channel and the independent production community.”
The nation’s favourite comedy channel, G.O.L.D., will broadcast the majority of the comedy output involved in this deal, including Green Wing (series 1 & 2), Jo Brand – Through the Cakehole (series 1 & 2), Comic Strip (series 4, plus specials), Vic Reeves – Big Night Out (series 1 & 2), and Nevermind the Horrocks, alongside its line-up of comedy films and ever-popular series such as The Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder and My Family.
Titles such as Black Books (series 1 to 3), Star Stories (series 1 to 3) and Smack the Pony (series 1to 3, plus one special) will be showcased on Dave – the home of witty banter - as part of its award-winning line-up of comedy, quizzes, panel shows and Dave Originals, including Argumental, Batteries Not Included and Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.
Watch, the entertainment channel made for sharing, will premiere two specials – 10 Stupidest Things to Escape From and 50 Greatest Magic Tricks – within its schedule of family favourites such as Dr Who, Total Wipeout USA and Strictly Come Dancing plus blockbuster movies.
All 17 drama titles within this deal, including Hamburg Cell, The Camomile Lawn and The Government Inspector, will premiere on Yesterday, the channel where the past is always present.
UKTV has just completed what is widely regarded to be the most ambitious rebrand in broadcasting history – ten channels in 19 months – with the launch of Good Food on 22nd June. Having garnered industry-wide recognition along the way, the rebrands have resulted in UKTV’s commercially attractive ABC1 profile increasing to 47% across its portfolio and UKTV winning the Media Magnate’s Broadcaster of the Year Award. UKTV now reaches over 36 million adults a month and is approaching a combined impact share of 5%.
Press release from UKTV
SP
Sounds like good news to me. Quite a few of those shows I've not seen since first broadcast, so I'm looking forward to seeing them again.
With a question mark over the ownership of UKTV though, could this be paving the way for Channel 4 to take over Virgin's stake? They've already been tipped as a potential buyer.
With a question mark over the ownership of UKTV though, could this be paving the way for Channel 4 to take over Virgin's stake? They've already been tipped as a potential buyer.
MI
No, just the addition of "Made for Channel Four, Chosen by...".
Will this mean the end of the "Made for BBC, Chosen by UKTV" announcements?
No, just the addition of "Made for Channel Four, Chosen by...".
BE
No, just the addition of "Made for Channel Four, Chosen by...".
I'm surprised they don't use that Made for Channel 4 announcement anyway, considering they show Whose Line Is It Anyway?
and Full Metal Challenge.
Will this mean the end of the "Made for BBC, Chosen by UKTV" announcements?
No, just the addition of "Made for Channel Four, Chosen by...".
I'm surprised they don't use that Made for Channel 4 announcement anyway, considering they show Whose Line Is It Anyway?
and Full Metal Challenge.
SP
Just wondering if anyone can confirm that UKTV have improved the resolution of their channels on DSat?
Over the last few days, picture quality on the likes of Watch, GOLD, Dave and Good Food appears to have got much sharper. Previously the PQ was so poor it actually put me off watching them, although bizarrely their +1 counterparts weren't so bad.
Hopefully this is a good sign that broadcasters are finally realising that with large screen TVs becoming more widespread that 544x576 resolution isn't acceptable anymore.
Perhaps someone could tell ITV.
Over the last few days, picture quality on the likes of Watch, GOLD, Dave and Good Food appears to have got much sharper. Previously the PQ was so poor it actually put me off watching them, although bizarrely their +1 counterparts weren't so bad.
Hopefully this is a good sign that broadcasters are finally realising that with large screen TVs becoming more widespread that 544x576 resolution isn't acceptable anymore.
Perhaps someone could tell ITV.