{"id":6206,"date":"2015-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/10\/20\/uktv-play-launches-on-amazon-fire-tv-fire-tv-stick\/"},"modified":"2015-10-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T00:00:00","slug":"uktv-play-launches-on-amazon-fire-tv-fire-tv-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/10\/20\/uktv-play-launches-on-amazon-fire-tv-fire-tv-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"UKTV Play Launches on Amazon Fire TV &amp; Fire TV Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: UKTV has rolled out its on-demand service UKTV Play for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe service provides catch-up and on-demand access to programs from UKTV&rsquo;s free-to-air channels Dave, Yesterday, Really and Drama. The UKTV Play app on Amazon Fire TV devices includes a new feature that enables users to create their own bespoke collections, a new function set to launch on other UKTV Play devices in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tUKTV released the service last summer. It is also available on YouView, Virgin TV and BT TV, as well as iOS, Android and PC.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;As UKTV Play passes its first birthday, this launch marks another exciting step in the growth of the service,&rdquo; said UKTV&rsquo;s CEO Darren Childs. &ldquo;UKTV continues to invest in its on-demand services and in making brilliant, original programming, meaning our viewers can watch their favorite UKTV shows such as <em>Dave Gorman Modern Life Is Goodish<\/em> and <em>Taskmaster <\/em>anytime, anywhere. UKTV is attracting more viewers than ever before and now Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick users can also enjoy the extensive range of programming UKTV Play has to offer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;UKTV Play is another great addition to the Amazon Fire TV platform,&rdquo; said Steve Rabuchin, the VP of the Amazon Appstore. &ldquo;With Fire TV, we&rsquo;re building a world-class open ecosystem that delivers access to the best catch-up and on-demand TV services, and UKTV Play will enable our customers to enjoy even more high-quality and original British programming than ever before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: UKTV has rolled out its on-demand service UKTV Play for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. The service provides catch-up and on-demand access to programs from UKTV&rsquo;s free-to-air channels Dave, Yesterday, Really and Drama. The UKTV Play app on Amazon Fire TV devices includes a new feature that enables users to create their &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UKTV Play Launches on Amazon Fire TV &amp; Fire TV Stick<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UKTV Play Launches on Amazon Fire TV &amp; Fire TV Stick. LONDON, October 20: UKTV has rolled out its on-demand service UKTV Play for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick.. 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