Posted 1st May 2009 by Paul
UKTV Style has rebranded as Home. The channel rebranded yesterday – 30th April. Home is available on Top Up TV channel 26 and Virgin Media channel 265 (also, a +1 timeshift channel is available on Virgin Media channel 266).
The remaining UKTV-prefixed channels will rebrand shortly – UKTV Gardens will rebrand as Really on the 19th May and UKTV Food to rebrand soon.
Click here to visit the official UKTV website for Home
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), home, Top Up TV, uktv, uktv style
Posted 24th March 2009 by Paul
Following on from the successful rebrands of many of UKTV’s other channels, UKTV Style will soon be rebranded as Home and UKTV Gardens will become Really. The UKTV Style rebrand to Home will come on the 30th April and the UKTV Gardens rebrand to Really will happen on the 19th May.
Brand Republic reports “Home will only focus on homes and gardening-related programming… gardening content that was previously on UKTV Gardens will be absorbed into Home” and Really will have “a range of programming such as The Baby Borrowers and Farm of Fussy Eaters”.
UKTV Style is available on Virgin Media, Sky and Top Up TV. UKTV Gardens is available on Virgin Media and Sky.
Following the UKTV Style and UKTV Gardens rebrand, there will just be one “UKTV” pre-fixed channel name remaining – UKTV Food. UKTV Food is expected to rebrand soon. UKTV’s online service UKTV Homes is also expected to change its name soon.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), home, really, uktv, uktv food, uktv gardens, uktv homes, uktv style
Posted 2nd March 2009 by Paul
UKTV History was rebranded as Yesterday today. Their new tagline is “where the past is always present”. To pick up the new name for the channel Freeview customers might need to rescan their boxes. Virgin Media customers don’t need to do anything. Click here for Yesterday’s official website. UKTV Food, UKTV Gardens and UKTV Style are the only UKTV channels left to rebrand.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), uktv, uktv history, yesterday
Posted 25th February 2009 by Paul
The date for the rebrand of UKTV History to Yesterday has been confirmed. In a press release from UKTV they say “following the successful rebrand of UKTV’s entertainment portfolio as Dave, G.O.L.D., Watch and Alibi, UKTV will launch its third rebranded factual channel Yesterday on Monday 2nd March, following Eden and Blighty’s launches on 26th January and 17th February 2009 respectively. The final wave of the network’s ambitious rebrand to create a portfolio of multiplatform brands will be completed in Q2 2009 with the re-launch of its lifestyle offerings”. UKTV History (soon to be Yesterday) is available on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), uktv, uktv history, yesterday
Posted 25th February 2009 by Paul
As planned, Dave +1 has rebranded as Dave Ja Vu. In a press release from UKTV they say “Dave ja vu will replace Dave +1 on all platforms… and so is available to view in 17.5 million homes nationwide via Freeview, Sky Digital and Virgin Cable. Also in the press release, Dave’s Channel Head Steve North says “renaming our +1 service Dave ja vu will help bolster the already successful Dave brand further while appealing to our target audience of 16-34 year old male viewers, who are sure to get the joke”. Freeview customers may need to carry out a rescan on their box to pick up the new channel name. Dave and Dave Ja Vu are available on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), dave, dave +1, Dave Ja Vu, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), uktv
Posted 23rd February 2009 by Paul
Those crazy cats at UKTV have been at it again – Dave +1 will rebrand as Dave Ja Vu (like deja vu – get it?) tomorrow. You will need to rescan your Freeview box to pick up the new channel name tomorrow. Virgin Media customers will see the change happen automatically.
Tags: Cable (Virgin Media), dave, dave +1, Dave Ja Vu, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV), uktv
Posted 17th February 2009 by Paul
UKTV People has been rebranded as Blighty today (17th February). This is the latest UKTV channel to be rebranded without the “UKTV” prefix. Click here for the official UKTV website for Blighty. UKTV History will be the next channel to change – it will be rebranded as Yesterday in March.
Tags: blighty, Cable (Virgin Media), uktv, uktv people
