UKTV unveils new masterbrand to unite its streaming

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UKTV unveils new masterbrand to unite its streaming and linear offer

UKTV is overhauling its brand architecture and is set to launch its new masterbrand, U, from July 2024

The broadcaster will transition its current streaming service UKTV Play to U and its family of free-to-air channels will become U&Dave, U&Drama, U&Yesterday and U&W. Its CMO Penny Brough hopes the change will “strengthen” the links between its channels and make the broadcaster digital-led and “fit for the future”.

She explains how upon joining UKTV in September 2022 she became aware that despite owning “strong linear brands” there was a lack of awareness among the public of how the wider family of brands connected due to the lack of a strong masterbrand. “It becomes very difficult to move viewers across the channel network,” she explains. “But, more importantly, it is quite hard to move them from channel to VOD [video-on-demand] player because the naming convention was disconnected and disjointed.”

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