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Video: UKTV’s Marcus Arthur Talks Strategy & Ambitions
Marcus Arthur, CEO of UKTV and president of BBC Studios UK & Ireland, spoke to World Screen Newsflash about the ambition and strategic direction of the business, opportunities to work with international partners and new funding models, leveraging the combined strengths of the UKTV and BBC Studios acquisitions teams and more.
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| 14 January 2021
Driven by high performing originals that saw viewers tuning in to enjoy nostalgic and archive programming, UKTV has announced that its channels and video-on-demand (VOD) service, UKTV Play, saw strong growth for share of commercial impacts (SOCI) and channel viewing through 2020.
UKTV’s seven channel network grew its viewing share by 3.2% year-on-year to 4.63%, reaching over 18 million viewers a week with Dave, Drama, Alibi, Eden and Gold all growing channel share. The network achieved year-on-year share growth for adults, up 3.2% annually, 16-34s (+2.3%) and ABC1s (+5.3%). In addition, Dave (+3.0%), Drama (+9.6%), Gold (+1.7%), Eden (+2.9%) and Alibi (+7.1%) experienced growth, with Drama maintaining its position as the number one non-PSB owned channel in the UK.