On-demand content from the UKTV stable is arriving on Now TV and Roku devices, giving owners access to the likes of Taskmaster, Most Haunted and Yianni: Supercar Customiser as well as previews of new and upcoming shows on Dave. Exclusive previews that'll be available online before they hit the airwaves include episodes of Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit and Cop Car Workshop, a new original documentary series offering a behind the scenes look at one of the UK's leading police car workshops, while classic shows like Red Dwarf and Have I Got News For You will be available to stream on demand as usual. The UKTV Play app will be automatically pushed out to new Now TV Boxes and Smart Sticks from tomorrow, or it can be downloaded from the App Store now. Roku users can add UKTV Play from the Film & TV category in the Roku Channel Store. The app is already available on YouView set-top boxes and TVs as well as Amazon's Fire TV platform, and there are along iOS and Android apps, which let you stream over WiFi or cellular, provided you've got enough data. Gidon Katz, managing director of Now TV, said: "When it comes to great TV, we know choice and flexibility matters, so we’re really excited to be welcoming the free UKTV Play app onto our family of streaming devices. Let the binging on Taskmaster and Most Haunted commence!" Roku's director of content distribution Ingo Reese added: "Our aim is to provide our users with the best possible content line-up and easy access to the shows they love. With UKTV Play launching on Roku streaming players, we add another great option to our free-to-watch offering with top-notch content." The UKTV Play app hosts shows from UKTV channels Dave, Yesterday, Really and Drama including exclusive UKTV Originals and thousands of hours from the network’s extensive archive. Richard Williams, general manager for UKTV Play, revealed that last year, the on demand platform racked up 100 million views. While on the surface that doesn't compare that well with the 272 million monthly requests racked up by BBC iPlayer in 2017, UKTV is spending around £150m, a year on original content; the BBC's total TV content spend for 2017-18 is £1.6bn. UKTV is 50/50 owned by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and Scripps Network, which was acquired by Discovery last year for $14.6bn (£10.5bn). Now TV is owned by Sky and offers a way for people who don't want a full pay TV service to get a taste of the Sky experience. Sky also owns a stake in Roku, whose hardware often forms the basis of Now TVs own mini streamers.
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On-demand content from the UKTV stable is arriving on Now TV and Roku devices, giving owners access to the likes of Taskmaster, Most Haunted and Yianni: Supercar Customiser as well as previews of new and upcoming shows on Dave. Exclusive previews that'll be available online before they hit the airwaves include episodes of Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit and Cop Car Workshop, a new original documentary series offering a behind the scenes look at one of the UK's leading police car workshops, while classic shows like Red Dwarf and Have I Got News For You will be available to stream on demand as usual. The UKTV Play app will be automatically pushed out to new Now TV Boxes and Smart Sticks from tomorrow, or it can be downloaded from the App Store now. Roku users can add UKTV Play from the Film & TV category in the Roku Channel Store. The app is already available on YouView set-top boxes and TVs as well as Amazon's Fire TV platform, and there are along iOS and Android apps, which let you stream over WiFi or cellular, provided you've got enough data. Gidon Katz, managing director of Now TV, said: "When it comes to great TV, we know choice and flexibility matters, so we’re really excited to be welcoming the free UKTV Play app onto our family of streaming devices. Let the binging on Taskmaster and Most Haunted commence!" Roku's director of content distribution Ingo Reese added: "Our aim is to provide our users with the best possible content line-up and easy access to the shows they love. With UKTV Play launching on Roku streaming players, we add another great option to our free-to-watch offering with top-notch content." The UKTV Play app hosts shows from UKTV channels Dave, Yesterday, Really and Drama including exclusive UKTV Originals and thousands of hours from the network’s extensive archive. Richard Williams, general manager for UKTV Play, revealed that last year, the on demand platform racked up 100 million views. While on the surface that doesn't compare that well with the 272 million monthly requests racked up by BBC iPlayer in 2017, UKTV is spending around £150m, a year on original content; the BBC's total TV content spend for 2017-18 is £1.6bn. UKTV is 50/50 owned by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and Scripps Network, which was acquired by Discovery last year for $14.6bn (£10.5bn). Now TV is owned by Sky and offers a way for people who don't want a full pay TV service to get a taste of the Sky experience. Sky also owns a stake in Roku, whose hardware often forms the basis of Now TVs own mini streamers.