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This is an archive of news about Channel U. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

BBC takes full control of Aussie UKTV
From Digital Spy. Posted June 25 2008, 12.32pm
BBC Worldwide takes full control of Australian channel UKTV ahead of a major expansion in the country. (more)

BBC Worldwide takes full control of UKTV
From Media Guardian. Posted June 25 2008, 9.50am
BBC Worldwide has bought out its partners to take full control of Australian joint venture subscription channel UKTV. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

BBC Worldwide takes control of Australian channel UKTV
From Media Guardian. Posted June 25 2008, 9.50am
BBC Worldwide has bought out its partners to take full control of Australian joint venture subscription channel UKTV. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Richard and Judy move to UKTV
From Media Guardian. Posted April 17 2008, 6.17am
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan have confirmed they are moving to digital channel UKTV and look likely to sever all ties with Channel 4. By Tara Conlan (more)

BBC3 relaunch brought down to Earth
From Media Guardian. Posted February 13 2008, 1.03pm
BBC3's relaunch brought the channel underwhelming ratings, with pop star Lily Allen's chat show attracting just 255,000 viewers. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

First Spanish HDTV channel unveiled
From Rapid TV News. Posted January 29 2008, 1.46pm
Sogecable has formally presented what will be Spain’s first high-definition channel, Canal+ HD, an HDTV version of Canal+ with premium football, movies and top TV series like The Sopranos and The Tudors. (more)

Disney Channel UK boss moving to Asia
From Digital Spy. Posted January 16 2008, 9.18am
The managing director of Disney Channel in the UK is promoted to a role in Asia-Pacific. (more)

'High School Musical' proves UK ratings hit
From Digital Spy. Posted September 24 2007, 10.09am
Disney Channel UK's High School Musical 2 premiere attracts a 1.2 million audience on Friday night. (more)

Music video violence: Should grime clean up its act?
From The Independent. Posted September 24 2007, 1.00am
Just over a minute into "Love for My Slum", a free video posted on the website of the digital television station Channel U, Dappy, the lead rapper from the MOBO-winning group N-Dubz, finds himself standing next to a rich kid in front of a block of flats that look Edwardian and expensive. The contrast with the rest of the video, most of which is filmed on a grey council estate, is stark. (more)

Goodbye UKTV G2, hello ‘DAVE’
From Rapid TV News. Posted September 20 2007, 8.53pm
BBC-backed commercial channel UKTV G2 is being morphed into Dave, “the home of witty banter”, complete with a Giraffe as part of its logo. (more)

Racist slur on 'Big Brother' pulls in 4.6 million
From Digital Spy. Posted June 8 2007, 11.44am
But the channel upsets some viewers, as 140 complain to Ofcom about Channel 4's decision to show the comment. (more)

'Racist' slur on 'Big Brother' pulls in 4.6 million
From Digital Spy. Posted June 8 2007, 11.44am
But the channel upsets some viewers, as 140 complain to Ofcom about Channel 4's decision to show the comment. (more)

India bans TV channel AXN for ?indecent content?
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 18 2007, 12.51pm
India has banned Sony’s satellite channel AXN for two months for showing “indecent content,” the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said today. It was the first time India has banned a mainstream channel. ”It has been decided to prohibit transmission or re-transmission of the channel up to March 15, with immediate effect,” Information Minister P R Dasmunsi told [...] (more)

S4C gets a rebrand
From Digital Spy. Posted January 9 2007, 3.33pm
The channel unveils a new on-screen identity, its first in fourteen years. (more)

Cowell signs three-year deal for X-Factor on ITV
From Brand Republic. Posted December 18 2006, 12.12pm
LONDON - 'X-Factor' creator Simon Cowell has signed an estimated �20m, three-year deal with ITV, in which the hit talent programme will remain on the channel until 2009. (more)

Hallmark Channel unveils US series acquisitions
From Brand Republic. Posted July 6 2006, 11.07am
LONDON - The Hallmark Channel has acquired several US TV dramas including first runs for 'Jericho', which deals with the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, and detective series 'Psych'. (more)

Teleshopping channel under fire
From Media Guardian. Posted June 28 2006, 8.51am
8am: Teleshopping channel One TV could lose its licence after repeatedly breaching the TV ad code. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Work on Jordan's first "independent" satellite, terrestrial channel under way
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 16 2006, 5.50pm
Text of report in English by Jordanian news agency Petra-JNA website Amman, 16 April: ATV will be the first independent satellite and terrestrial outfit to broadcast out of the Jordanian capital Amman, managing director of the ATV channel Muhammad al-Khatib said. Al-Khatib described ATV as "a channel for the whole family" in as far as it aims to satisfy the needs of the entire Jordanian (more)

Roger Parry denies intention to make a bid for ITV
From Brand Republic. Posted April 5 2006, 8.04am
LONDON - Roger Parry, chairman of Clear Channel UK, Johnston Press and magazine publisher Future, has denied press reports that he is intending to bid for ITV. (more)

UKTV to screen World Cup matches on G2 channel
From Brand Republic. Posted March 16 2006, 11.03am
LONDON - UKTV has made its largest acquisition to date in a deal with the BBC that will see its digital channel UKTV G2 air 31 live World Cup matches this summer. (more)

ITV News Channel up for posthumous awards
From Media Guardian. Posted February 3 2006, 11.34am
Even though the ITV News Channel no longer exists, it is in the running for two prizes at this month's Royal Television Society TV Journalism Awards. By Ben Dowell. (more)

ITV News Channel up for posthumous award
From Media Guardian. Posted February 3 2006, 9.42am
The defunct ITV News Channel is in line to win a posthumous award at the Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards next month. By Ben Dowell. (more)