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29 October 2014
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13.06.02

UKTV to close Play UK at the end of the year


UKTV, the joint venture between Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide and Flextech Television, is to close Play UK, its music and comedy channel, at the end of the year. Play UK is one of nine channels that makes up the UKTV Network. The decision to close the channel comes in response to the recent demise of ITV Digital.


Many of Play's popular comedy programmes such as The Office, The Fast Show and Shooting Stars, will appear on UKTV's flagship channel UK Gold later this year. UKTV will also be launching a UK Gold plus 1 service in August.


All other UKTV channels, which include UK Style, UK Horizons and UK Drama and the recently launched channel UK Food, will remain unaffected.


Richard Emery, Chief Executive Officer UKTV, says: "The closure of ITV Digital has forced us to look closely at ways in which we can cut costs while continuing to offer viewers the most popular channels. With this in mind, we have decided to close Play UK and are currently looking at new channel possibilities."



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