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U&W is a British free-to-air television channel owned by UKTV, a subsidiary of BBC Studios. It originally launched on 7 October 2008 as Watch and until 2022 was a pay television channel.[1] From 15 February 2016 to 16 July 2024, the channel was known as W.[2]
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland |
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Stations | U&W
U&W HD U&W +1 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (SDTV feed downscaled to 16:9 576i) |
Timeshift service | U&W +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC Studios |
Parent | UKTV |
Sister channels | Alibi U&Dave U&Drama Eden Gold U&Yesterday |
History | |
Launched | 7 October 2008; 15 years ago (2008-10-07) |
Replaced | UKTV Style +2 UKTV Gold +1 |
Former names | Watch (2008–2016) W (2016–2024) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 25 |
Streaming media | |
U | Stream Free (UK and Ireland only) |
Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
Virgin TV | Watch live (UK only) |
TalkTalk TV | Watch live (UK only) |
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