UKTV Original, Taskmaster, on Dave
Thursday 5th January 2017
UKTVs consolidated share of commercial viewership estimated to hit an all-time high of 9.87% for 2016
UKTV Play saw a 74% increase in views year on year
UKTV Originals made up six in 10 of highest rating shows on UKTV network last year
Eight of Daves top 10 shows were UKTV Originals
Strongest Christmas period on record, including networks best day ever
UKTV, Britains biggest multichannel broadcaster, is predicting it will register record-breaking growth in commercial audiences (SOCI) across the last 12 months.
UKTV is projecting 7.7% growth of its SOCI to a record year-end high of 9.87%, putting it ahead of Channel 5s full portfolio and all of Skys wholly-owned channels (including movies and sport) for the second year running, and closing the gap with the ITV Digital channels group. UKTVs CEO Darren Childs, said,
UKTVs focus on content, brand and digital has grown audiences to almost 10% of all commercial TV viewing. In 2016 we broadened into new genres and built the popularity of programming such as Taskmaster, Dara O Briains Go 8 Bit and live sport. UKTV Play also grew VOD viewing by 74%, with more viewers coming in to our vibrant TV on demand service than ever before.
UKTV, which is an independent joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Scripps Network Interactive Inc. (SNI:NY), airs across its ten-channel network a mixture of UKTV Originals, smart acquisitions and the very best BBC programmes, which remain an important part of UKTVs offering and growth.
UKTV Originals UKTVs strategy of bolstering schedules with bold, original programming continues to deliver results for the broadcaster, with viewing share up 7.3% in 2016[1]. In a significant shift, six of the top 10 rating shows on UKTVs network in 2016 were UKTV Originals, compared to only one in 2010. The broadcaster also worked with twice as many independent production companies in 2016 than in 2015, reinforcing UKTVs position as a significant investor in the UK creative industry.
Leading the commissioning drive was Dave, the countrys most watched non-PSB channel, also named Best Entertainment Channel at the Broadcast Digital Awards. Daves critically-acclaimed UKTV Originals brought in strong profile audiences, taking eight of the top 10 slots in the channels ratings list for 2016 and bringing millions of users into TV on demand service UKTV Play. The list of top titles spans more genres than ever before and includes Red Dwarf XI (2.4 million Total Consumption), Live Boxing: David Haye v Mark De Mori (1.9m), Dave Gorman Modern Life is Goodish (1.1m), Taskmaster (1.3m), Celebrity Storage Hunters (1.4m), Dara O Briains Go 8 Bit (1.2m) and Zapped (1.1m) A new series of sharp-witted US acquisition Suits was also a top performer (737k).
TV On Demand UKTV Play is the broadcasters fastest-growing brand, with a 74% increase in direct-to-consumer views year on year. UKTV Originals perform well on the service; there was 179% growth in direct-to-consumer streams of originals from 2015. Downloads of the UKTV Play app were also up 98% year on year.
The hotly-anticipated Red Dwarf XI, which was the networks best performing show of the year, brought huge audiences into UKTV Play, with record-breaking numbers for the exclusive preview of the first episode, and a big drive for newly-launched user registration on uktvplay.co.uk. Following a four month, multi-layered digital campaign for the launch of Red Dwarf X1, Google Analytics data showed social media drove 40% of traffic to uktvplay.co.uk on day one of the preview.
UKTVs video on demand views across all platforms are up 51% year on year[2].
TV channels A key moment in 2016 was the launch of UKTVs premium entertainment channel W in February. The channel achieved 5% growth in adult share year on year (versus Watch, which formerly took the slot), with viewership amongst the target female audience up by 20%. UKTV Original John Bishop: In Conversation With James Corden pulled in 1.1m, and homegrown Inside the Ambulance 192k. Celebrity Haunted Hotel Live, which featured top talent including Christine Lampard, John Thomson and Jamelia, performed 244% up on slot. Brand new commissions Dr Christian Will See You Now, Dancing for the Weekend and The Dressing Room are coming to the channel in 2017.
Britains favourite comedy channel Gold had success with new and returning UKTV Originals. The Rebel, starring Simon Callow, attracted an audience of 459k and a second series of Marleys Ghosts. starring John Hannah, Sarah Alexander and Jo Joyner was watched by 424k. Ambitious scripted comedy commissions Murder on the Blackpool Express and Henry IX launch on the channel this year.
Drama, which is the number two non-PSB channel and shows mainly BBC content, had its best year ever, having grown share of viewing by 27% in 2016. Peaking with a daily share of 2.05%, the channel exceeded half a million viewers 31 times with popular BBC shows Inspector George Gently, Death in Paradise and New Tricks bringing in big audiences.
Festive Period The Christmas period[3] was a record-breaker, with the network achieving 6.84% share, up 3% on its previous best in 2015. UKTV achieved its highest daily share ever recorded - 8.04% on 28th December, beating the previous high 7.64% set on March 27th 2016. Gold - rebranded Christmas Gold for the festive period - had its best Christmas since 2013.
This year UKTV will broadcast brand new series of its rating hit UKTV Originals Red Dwarf, Taskmaster, Dara O Briains Go 8 Bit, Crackanory, Dave Gorman Modern Life is Goodish and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. The broadcaster is also premiering new originations Joy of Techs, Used Car Wars, We Have Been Watching and Lizard Lick Touring, with more exciting originals to announce later this year.
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[1] Viewing share of 5.64% in 2016 vs 5.26 in 2015
[2] Jan -
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UKTV Original, Taskmaster, on Dave 
