Through online and mobile distribution formats, UWTV serves as an ambassador to the scholarship, discoveries and breakthrough science of the nation's top-ranked public research university, and also showcases campus culture, from sports to student activities.

[1] December 31, 2016, UWTV discontinued its linear cable television channel, preferring to focus on its website distribution and continued video production for the UW and surrounding community.

[6][7] UWTV, Patrick Witt, Greg Young, and Kathy Medak, were nominated for a Northwest Emmy Award for a one-time sports special, "Husky Softball: A Championship Journey.

[8] In 2017, UWTV, Cara Podenski, Eric Chudler, and Lionel Flynn won a Northwest Emmy Award for "BrainWorks: Exercise and the Brain" in the Health/Science program category.

[9] in 2023, UWTV, Cara Podenski, Eric Chudler and Dave Ris won a Northwest Regional Emmy Award for the program, "BrainWorks – Vision and the Brain".