Details of UKTV

Formed in 1997, UKTV is an independent commercial joint venture, between BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and Scripps Network International.

Attracting  36 million viewers each month, the network consists of 10 distinctive channel brands  – Watch, Gold, Dave, Alibi, Yesterday, Blighty, Eden, Home, Really and Good Food  – offering a broad range of quality programming across entertainment, lifestyle and factual programming. UKTV currently operates 24 broadcast streams when multiplexes (+1s) and HD channels are taken into account, and 11 successful websites.

Promising to creatively connect its audiences with great programming, UKTV’s successful programming strategy combines quality content from the BBC with high profile original commissions and key acquisitions.  All UKTV channels are distributed on Sky and Virgin Media. Dave, Dave ja vu, Yesterday and Yesterday+1 are also available on Freeview.