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On 30 June 2002, UKTV announced the closure of Play UK at the end of the year, citing that the closure of ITV Digital was the reason for its demise. [1] On 13 September, UKTV announced the closure of the channel would be moved forward to the end of September, and that to prepare for the launch of Freeview, the bandwidth space would be replaced with a new channel - UK History.
BBC/ITV/ Channel 4 / Channel 5 / Sky News / S4C. 10. State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. 26.20 [ 7][ 8] 19 September 2022. BBC//ITV/S4C/Sky News/ Talk TV / GB News. Notes : At least two Muhammad Ali boxing matches were reported to have been watched by at least 26 million viewers in the United Kingdom: the Fight of the Century (Ali vs. Frazier ...
2 March. UKTV History is rebranded as "Yesterday". Corpus Christi College, Oxford are disqualified as champions of the 2009 series of University Challenge after one of their contestants, Sam Kay, was found to no longer be a student. The runners-up, the University of Manchester, are declared champions in their place.
U (streaming service) U (formerly known as UKTV Play) is a video on demand service owned by UKTV, a subsidiary of BBC Studios. The service launched on 4 August 2014 and offers catch-up programming from UKTV's free-to-air channels, which include U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W and U&Yesterday. [ 1]
1935 in British television – Baird stops broadcasting in September. 1936 in British television – Electronically scanned television begins from Alexandra Palace. 1937 in British television – First outside broadcast at the Coronation of King George VI. 1938 in British television – First news bulletin carried by BBC television, in sound only.
21 October – The US soap Melrose Place makes its UK debut on Sky One. 24 October – The fictional character Mr Blobby makes his debut in the 'Gotcha' segment of Noel's House Party on BBC1. 29 October – The video game magazine show Bad Influence! makes its debut on ITV, hosted by Andy Crane and Violet Berlin. 31 October.
UKTV started life as a single channel, UK Gold.The original partners behind the channel were the BBC's commercial arm BBC Enterprises and the outgoing ITV contractor Thames Television, although before the launch the American cable operator Cox Enterprises stepped in and took a majority share, 65 percent, in exchange for underwriting the costs of launching the channel.
23 and 24 August – UKTV launches its first four FAST channels – UKTV Play Heroes, UKTV Play Laughs, UKTV Play Full Throttle and UKTV Play Uncovered. [73] [74] 2024. 16 July - UKTV's Freeview channels rebrand under a 'U' name with U& coming before the channel name on 16 July. The three pay channels will follow suit at a later date.