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U (formerly known as UKTV Play) is a video on demand service owned by UKTV, which is operated by the BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Studios. The service launched on 4 August 2014 and offers catch-up programming and live broadcasts from UKTV's free-to-air channels ( U&Dave , U&Drama , U&W , U&Eden , and U&Yesterday ).
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.
Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.
One of the key features of the original iPlayer download service was the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) technology to enable the distribution of large video files (i.e. TV programmes) to scale effectively. Once downloaded, the content was only playable within the iPlayer itself or Windows Media Player 10 or 11, and subject to digital rights management.
Now TV Player app on PC or Tablet running Windows 8.1 or later; Mac computers running OS X Mavericks 10.9 or later; Android devices via app. iOS 13 or later devices via app. Amazon Fire TV devices; Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S (Xbox 360 no longer supported) PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 (PlayStation 3 no longer supported)
Sky Player on Windows Media Center (2010) It originally launched on 11 January 2006 as Sky by Broadband. On 25 November 2006 Sky announced that Sky By Broadband had been rebranded as Sky Anytime on PC. The rebranding also coincided with an update to the client, which included a new interface and a pay-per-view service for movies and US ...
BBC Worldwide launched two new Australian channels, BBC Knowledge (documentary and non-fiction programming) and CBeebies (an advertising-free channel for 0 to six-year-olds) on 1 November 2008. [10] On 3 October 2009 UKTV revealed a new logo, displaying that of the BBC, although its name remained unchanged. [11]
On 9 April 2005, UKTV announced that UKTV Drama would expand to a full 24-hour schedule on 30 May. [4] In order to prepare for the transition, the channel moved out of UKTV Food +1's downtime slot to a newly purchased space and started broadcasting from 1:00pm at the end of April, before the full transition to a 24-hour network.