VuTV Delivers 13 More Channels to U.K.’s Freeview

LONDON: VuTV is a brand-new TV subscription service that offers channels such as Comedy Central, HISTORY and CNN for Freeview HD viewers in the U.K.

The streaming service also offers MTV, Lifetime, H2 and Crime & Investigation Network as well as the kids' channels Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Cartoonito. VuTV is available for £6.99 per month for those with a Freeview HD Internet-connected TV or box.

Bakori Davis, the VP of commercial at A+E Networks UK, said: “We are delighted to see the launch of another multi-channel platform in the U.K. that offers more viewers a chance to enjoy the great content on our portfolio of channels, including Lifetime, our newest entertainment brand which launched this month.”  

Arran Tindall, the senior VP of commercial and content distribution at Viacom International Media Networks, UK, Australia, Russia and Eastern Europe, added: “Viacom aims to make its content and channel brands available on whichever platform our audience wants to access them, so it’s great news that Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon will, for the first time, now be accessible via broadband connected digital terrestrial TV in the U.K. The VuTV service is an easy, affordable way for suitable Freeview households to sample some of the very best channels that subscription TV in the U.K. has to offer.”

Anthony Lukom, the managing director and VP general manager at Turner Broadcasting UK, commented: “We demonstrate an ongoing commitment to be where our audiences are, and ensure multiple ways for them to engage with our channels and content. We are delighted that through this great new service our multiplex of channels will be available via broadband connected digital terrestrial TV, a great opportunity for us and our audiences.”