UKTV and YouView sign on-demand deal

UKTV and YouView have signed a ‘landmark’ deal that will see the channel provide connected TV service YouView with seven-day catch-up services for its free-to-air channels Dave, Yesterday and Really.

Dave will be the first of the channels to go live in July with programming accessible through a Dave-branded on-demand portal and through YouView’s scroll-back programme guide.

Shows will include Russell Howard’s Good News, Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums and Ross Noble’s Freewheeling.

“Providing a catch-up service for our free-to-air channels on YouView is an important step for us, ensuring we give viewers the ‘anytime, anywhere’ access to our channels and programming that they want,” said UKTV’s CEO, Darren Childs.

YouView CEO, Richard Halton, added: “We are pleased to welcome UKTV to our collection of on-demand TV players. YouView is currently the fastest growing TV platform in the UK and we know that offering quality on demand content, from iconic channels such as Dave, Really and Yesterday, is key to giving our customers a great TV experience and makes our scroll back programme guide even more compelling.”