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‘Do No Harm’ To Air On UKTV; Net Acquires Multiple Series From NBCU International

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday December 13, 2012 @ 2:01am PSTTags: Do No Harm, UKTV

UKTV, the British commercial network co-owned by BBC Worldwide and Scripps Network Interactive, has acquired upcoming midseason drama Do No Harm as part of a content deal with NBCU International Television Distribution. Do No Harm, a medical drama with a Jekyll & Hyde twist, premieres on NBC in the U.S. on January 31 and will debut on UKTV’s flagship channel, Watch, next summer. Multichannel provider UKTV has also acquired future seasons of NBC’s Grimm for Watch and made a long-term committment to multiple season’s of USA’s legal drama Suits for the Dave channel. Grimm pulled in just under 1M viewers per episode during its first season run on Watch. The first season of Suits averaged over 700K viewers per episode and the second season is due on Dave early next year. Both Watch and Dave have had succcessful runs in 2012. Watch has become the fastest growing commercial network in the UK while Dave’s original series Red Dwarf X is the network’s highest rated show, attracting 2.1M viewers to its premiere episode.

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Miramax Enters Deal With UKTV; Bulks Up Global Sales Team

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday March 29, 2012 @ 2:47am PDTTags: Miramax, UKTV

Miramax has announced a licensing pact with UKTV which will make Miramax films available on the British broadcaster’s pay and DTT channels. Futher, the studio has made a handful of new staffing appointments ahead of the Mip-TV market that kicks off in Cannes next week. Former MGM exec Mathilde Rottier has been named VP worldwide television with Stuart Shaw joining from Paramount Home Entertainment as director of international sales and marketing. Also, Astrid De Berardinis and Alexandra Tullberg have been appointed directors of sales. Press releases follow: Read More »

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Scripps Acquires Virgin’s Stake In UKTV

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 15, 2011 @ 6:18pm PDTTags: BBC Worldwide, Scripps Networks Interactive, UKTV, Virgin Media

Scripps Networks Interactive and Virgin Media announced the agreement today. UKTV is one of Britain’s leading multichannel TV programming companies. Scripps Networks will pay about $390M to purchase Virgin Media’s 50% common equity interest in the UKTV partnership and … Read More »

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ITV To Go Behind Pay-Wall For First Time

By TIM ADLER in London | Monday August 2, 2010 @ 4:37am PDTTags: Adam Crozier, British Pay-TV, British TV, ITV, ITV Finance, UKTV

The UK’s biggest private broadcaster is expected to announce that it’s taking high-definition versions of spin-off digital channels behind Sky’s pay-wall. Although audiences for HD versions of ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 are small, CEO Adam Crozier is planting a flag for the future. Eventually all TV channels will be high-definition, … Read More »

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