{"id":7819,"date":"2017-07-18T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/pair-of-uktv-channels-launching-on-freesat\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T17:16:08","slug":"pair-of-uktv-channels-launching-on-freesat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/18\/pair-of-uktv-channels-launching-on-freesat\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair of UKTV Channels Launching on Freesat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV&#8217;s Dave and Home networks\u00a0are slated to become available on the U.K.&#8217;s subscription-free satellite television platform Freesat early next month.<\/p>\n<p>Dave features a combination of comedy and reality shows, such as <em>Taskmaster<\/em>, <em>Dave Gorman Modern Life is Goodish<\/em>, <em>Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled<\/em>, <em>Crackanory<\/em>, <em>Red Dwarf XI<\/em> and <em>Dara O\u2019Briain\u2019s Go 8 Bit<\/em>. Home airs inspirational home and gardens programming, including <em>My Flat-Pack Home<\/em>, <em>Nick Knowles\u2019 Original Features<\/em>, <em>Make My Home Bigger<\/em>, <em>Fantasy Homes by the Sea<\/em> and <em>Kitchen SOS<\/em>. Both channels will launch on Freesat as of Tuesday, August 1.<\/p>\n<p>Alistair Thom, the managing director at Freesat, said: \u201cEveryone at Freesat is 100 percent thrilled that these two iconic and hugely popular channels are coming to Freesat, where they will be available to watch for free. We are all about giving our 4 million viewers the most compelling content and Dave and Home are spilling over with both new and established shows that people love watching. Our substantial audiences can easily find them using our great electronic program guide and app.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Michaelides, the chief commercial officer at UKTV, added: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be launching Dave and Home on Freesat. With original programs such as <em>Taskmaster<\/em> and <em>Dara O Briain\u2019s Go 8 Bit<\/em>, Dave is one of the nation\u2019s most watched non-public service channels and Home has grown by over 20 percent year on year thanks to shows such as <em>Ground Force<\/em> and <em>Escape to the Country<\/em>. Launching on Freesat means UKTV will be entertaining more viewers than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV&#8217;s Dave and Home networks are slated to become available on the U.K.&#8217;s subscription-free satellite television platform Freesat early next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":7820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[137,521,1302,81],"class_list":["post-7819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-dave","tag-freesat","tag-home","tag-uktv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pair of UKTV Channels Launching on Freesat - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/18\/pair-of-uktv-channels-launching-on-freesat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pair of UKTV Channels Launching on Freesat - 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