Advanced Television

BBC launches podcast unit in Bristol

BBC Radio’s in-house production division – previously called BBC Radio & Music Production – will relaunch on June 29th as BBC Audio with a new development unit focused on podcasts. The Creative Development Unit (CDU), based in Bristol, will turbocharge the production division’s podcast ambitions. The CDU team will draw upon the creative and production […]

June 26, 2020

ITV America sets overall deal with Nobody’s Hero

ITV America is bringing unscripted entertainment veterans Christopher Potts and Jonty Nash into the fold, signing an overall deal with the duo’s recently established production label Nobody’s Hero. Former Magical Elves colleagues and the creative minds behind such unscripted triumphs as Nailed It and Sugar Rush for Netflix, as well as the UK’s Made in Chelsea, Potts and Nash joined […]

June 26, 2020

Beckham takes stake in newly launched Guild eSports

Guild, a new global eSports business headquartered in London and co-owned by David Beckham, has announced its global launch amid a booming global eSports market. Guild is developing a talent pipeline in the UK based on the traditional academy model, which will see the most able players coached and nurtured by industry leaders in order […]

June 26, 2020

NGMN Alliance names Döhler new CEO

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has announces Anita Döhler as new CEO and Board Director. She will take over her new role from Dr. Peter Meissner, who will retire from this position on June 30th. Since its incorporation in 2006, Meissner acted as founding director and CEO of the NGMN Alliance. Under his […]

June 26, 2020

AXS TV UK to air classic Soundstage concerts

Anthem Sports & Entertainment is bringing classic live concerts from some of the biggest names in music to its AXS TV UK offering on British and Irish television station Showcase TV. Airing at 4pm every Saturday and Sunday throughout July on Sky Channel 192, the concerts will feature Bon Jovi, Ringo Starr, Fleetwood Mac, BB […]

June 26, 2020

Come Dine With Me in the Middle East

ITV Studios’ award-winning format Come Dine With Me has been acquired by OSN, an entertainment network in the Arabic region. The popular British reality show that is celebrating its 15-year anniversary this year has already been licensed to more than 40 countries, with over 14000 episodes produced globally. The Arabic version, Yalla Neta’asha, will be […]

June 26, 2020

Apple TV+ gaining Losing Alice

Losing Alice, a neo-noir psychological thriller from creator, writer and director Sigal Avin, is set to join Apple’s slate of sweeping international original series in a new co-production deal. Apple has partnered with Israel’s Dori Media productions in association with HOT on Losing Alice, which recently hosted its premiere as part of the We Are […]

June 26, 2020

ITV joins NHS birthday celebrations in epic pause for applause

As the NHS celebrates its 72nd birthday, ITV and STV will pause its transmission at 5pm on July 5th to celebrate the heroic efforts of key workers across the UK, and everyone who’s been staying at home to help in the effort against coronavirus. In this special moment of national thanks, programming will be temporarily […]

June 26, 2020

Sky releases trailer for Little Birds

The first trailer has been released for the Sky original Little Birds, brought to screens by BAFTA-nominated Warp Films (The Virtues) and starring Juno Temple, Yumna Marwan, Hugh Skinner, Nina Sosanya, David Costabile, Raphael Acloque, Rossy de Palma and Amy Landecker. All episodes of the brand new drama series will be available on Sky and […]

June 26, 2020

Sky launches trailer for Brave New World

Sky has released the trailer for Brave New World, a Sky original, coming this autumn to Sky One and streaming service NOW TV. The trailer can be viewerd here. Based on Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel, Brave New World imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, […]

June 26, 2020