Together TV moves for good
For immediate release: Monday 18thNovember 2019
Together TV moves for good
The fast-growing channel moves to Freeview 88
Together TV, the UK’s social change broadcaster – and the world’s only supporter-owned national TV channel – is moving to Freeview 88 on Wednesday the 20thNovember.
After 20 months since its launch, the channel is one of the fastest-growing TV channels in the UK in 2019 (source: Digital-I, BARB data), reaching 2.5m viewers per month spread across the UK. Research shows that Together TV has motivated more "viewers do more with their life” and “to do more in their local communities” than other comparable TV channels. (Opinium survey, September 2019)
Together TV helps viewers find inspiration for social change through entertaining content – by showing real-life stories, activities and social issues that promote participation in national campaigns and causes. By encouraging people to get involved in campaigns that offer relevant, practical and achievable things to do, the channel promotes healthier lifestyles, improved mental wellbeing and increased social connections amongst its viewers.
To mark the occasion of the move on Freeview, the charitable channel for social good will air for the first time the short film We are Together TV, made by award winning director Thomas Martin. The film will premiere on Wednesday the 20thNovember at 6.15pm.
‘Together TV got me out of bed and got me in the garden’ – Leslie, Glasgow. Watch the film now >>
Leslie, Jim, Rasheeta. Three viewers, three stories across the UK of how they have been inspired by our programming and have improved their own lives by volunteering or getting into new healthy interests, like gardening.
Alexander Kann, Chief Executive of Together said:“These great results have been made possible thanks to the media industry’s fantastic support for Together TV. Our media partners have been the driving force of our recent Together for Good campaign, developed by BBC Creative with Viacom, Guardian Media Group and Goodstuff, and kindly supported by ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Discovery Inc, A+E Networks UK, TI-Media, Clear Channel, Ocean Outdoor, Pearl & Dean, The Telegraph and Facebook. We are so grateful for this support and we have big plans for 2020”.
Together TV is watched by 12 million viewers a year on TV and tens of millions through social media.
Together TV is on Freeview 88, Sky 194, Virgin 269 and Freesat 164, along with being on-demand on My5 and social videos on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and DailyMotion.
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For further information, photos, videos or an interview with a spokesperson, please contact:
Francesca Aita
Marketing Manager, Together TV
07482 251 330
Notes to Editors
About Together TV
Together TV is the UK’s social change broadcaster that helps people find inspiration to do good in their lives and communities. Optimistic, encouraging and celebrating the quirks of British life, we motivate viewers to do more for themselves and those around them through smartly entertaining series and motivating documentaries.
Available 24-hours-a-day, our programming is geared around wellbeing, creativity and heritage of British communities.
Together TV broadcasts 24-hours on Freeview 88, Sky 194, Virgin 269 and Freesat 164, and is available on-demand through www.togethertv.com, DailyMotion, YouTube, Facebook and My5.
Together TV is owned by over two hundred individual shareholders with a wider group of funders and donors.
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