U&W
Logo used since 2024 | |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland |
|---|---|
| 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 | U&Alibi U&Dave U&Drama U&Eden U&Gold U&Yesterday |
| History | |
| Launched | 7 October 2008 |
| Replaced | UKTV Style +2 UKTV Gold +1 |
| Former names | Watch (2008–2016) W (2016–2024) |
| Links | |
| Website | u |
| 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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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. From 15 February 2016 to 16 July 2024, the channel was known as W.