UKTV signs major deal with TalkTalk’s new YouView service

UKTV, the independent television network co-owned by BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks International, has signed a major deal with TalkTalk to carry all of its branded channels and selected video-on-demand programmes on TalkTalk’s YouView platform.

TalkTalk subscribers will have access to all of UKTV’s pay TV channels via the TalkTalk Player, joining Sky and Virgin which currently carry the network’s suite of pay channels.