Channel 4 announces major Secondary Sales deal with UKTV

3 August 2017

 

Channel 4 Distribution today announces a number of new deals with UKTV including the sale of multiple Jamie Oliver titles and other lifestyle programming.

UKTV is adding eight new series to its network slate as well as renewing the licenses for ten previously acquired titles.

The new programming includes cooking shows such as Jamie’s Fish Supper (Fresh One) and Nigella Bites (Pacific), as well as three series of Walking Through History (Wildfire). Jamie Oliver will also feature in returns of Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals (Fresh One) and three Christmas themed shows, alongside Scandimania and multiple series of River Cottage (Keo), both starring Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

In addition, Scripps Networks Interactive will relicense Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals (Fresh One) for its Food Network following the purchase in April 2016.

4 Distribution’s UK Secondary Sales Manager Anne-marie Pardoe was responsible for negotiating these latest deals for Channel 4.

Carl Pfeiffer, Channel 4’s Head of Distribution said: ”We’re delighted to conclude this deal for these great programmes with UKTV, with whom we have a successful and long-standing distribution relationship and also with Scripps, an ongoing partner for our food and lifestyle shows.”

Alexandra Finlay, Head of Acquisitions and Co-Productions at UKTV said: “We’re very happy our collaboration with Channel 4 Distribution continues with this package of distinctive content featuring outstanding talent”.   

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Press contact: Claire Cumberland, ccumberland@channel4.co.uk/ 0207 306 8315

Notes to editors

The full list of films sold as part of the deal can be found below.

New :

UKTV: Jamie’s Fish Supper (Fresh One)

UKTV: Nigel Slater’s Real Food (Kudos)

UKTV: Nigella Bites 1 (Pacific)

UKTV: Nigella Bites 2 (Pacific)

UKTV: Scandimania (Keo)

UKTV: Walking Through History 1 (Wildfire)

UKTV: Walking Through History 2 (Wildfire)

UKTV: Walking Through History 3 (Wildfire)

Relicenses:

UKTV: Gok Cooks Chinese (Optomen)

UKTV: Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals (Fresh One)

UTKV: Jamie’s Affordable Christmas (Fresh One)

UTKV: Jamie’s Best Ever Christmas (Fresh One)

UTKV: Jamie’s Christmas with Bells On (Fresh One)

UKTV: River Cottage Autumn (Keo)

UKTV: River Cottage Spring (Keo)

UKTV: River Cottage to the Core (Keo)

UKTV: River Cottage Veg (Keo)

UKTV: Jamie’s Great Britain (Fresh One)

Scripps Networks: Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals (Fresh One)

About UKTV

UKTV is a commercial broadcaster reaching over 41m viewers every month.

The award-winning independent has eleven imaginative brands - UKTV Play, Dave, W, Gold, Alibi, Yesterday, Drama, Really, Home, Eden and Good Food. These include the two most popular non-PSB channels in the UK and account for nearly 10% of the British commercial TV market. The company's most recent financial results showed record-breaking year-end revenue of £344.8m and EBITDA of £91.3m. It invested £151.2m in programming and related launches last year, and is a significant investor in British creativity.

The network embraces technology to deliver inspired channels to audiences through Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media, BT, TalkTalk, YouView, Freesat, Amazon Fire and UKTV Play, and distributes its highly valued original programmes to 200 territories.

Now celebrating over 20 years at the forefront of digital television, UKTV - an independent commercial joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (SNI) - is proud to be the first British television broadcaster in The Sunday Times top 100 companies list.

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