Sumo wrestling makes its return to the UK after more than three decades, with the Grand Sumo Tournament set to take place at the Royal Albert Hall from October 15th. For five consecutive nights, viewers can watch the drama unfold live on Pluto TV’s free, dedicated channel, SUMO London 2025, available in the UK, Canada, […]
The Proms season concluded on September 14th with the celebratory Last Night of the Proms, rounding off a run of 86 concerts: 72 at the Royal Albert Hall and 14 at venues across the UK. The BBC reports that the Proms has increased its digital audience by almost a third since 2024 and there have […]
Riedel Communications has announced that the Royal Albert Hall has installed a new Bolero wireless intercom system as part of its continued expansion and upgrade of in-house audio equipment and services. Bolero is a scalable, flexible, and industry-standard communication solution for Royal Albert Hall clients, the visiting productions that use the intercom system for behind-the-scenes […]
Actor, comedian and writer Catherine Tate will host the Doctor Who Prom, which makes its return to the BBC Proms this year. Tate is known for playing the role of Donna Noble in the 2006 Doctor Who Christmas special, 2008’s fourth season, the subsequent 2009-2010 Christmas and New Year’s specials, and the 60th anniversary specials […]
Ecologi, the climate action platform, is the new offset provider for albert, the screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability. Both leaders in their respective fields, they have signed a two year partnership expected to reduce around 100,000 tonnes of unavoidable carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). Owned by BAFTA and backed by the screen industry, albert supports […]
albert has unveiled a new tool to help those working in editorial in TV and film to consider new ways to bring climate storytelling into their programmes. The tool, which is housed on the albert website, allows users to choose their programme’s genre before answering a series of questions which then indicate how ‘planet friendly’ […]
Sky Sports News has been recognised as a carbon neutral sustainable production by albert, the organisation leading the UK TV and film industry in the charge against climate change. The accreditation for the sports news channel follows on from its landmark Transfer Deadline Day broadcast, which has received albert certification since October 2020. This wider […]
The UK’s key broadcasters are hosting a series of events from COP26 in Glasgow this November. The events will showcase the collaborative work of the broadcasters over the past decade through BAFTA’s albert – the screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability which aims to reduce the environmental impacts of production and empower creatives to produce […]
CME Media Group (CME) has announced that CME will be the first CEE producer to join albert, the screen industry authority on environmental sustainability for film and TV as an international member. CME joins current members such as Fremantle, ITV, and Sky and recognises that its ambitions of being the best CEE producer of content […]
The Climate Action Working Group, led by UK trade body the Advertising Association in partnership with ISBA and the IPA, has launched AdGreen, an initiative to unite the advertising industry to eliminate the negative environmental impacts of production. AdGreen is backed at launch by adam&eveDDB, APR (Advertising Production Resources), Havas, MullenLowe Group as part of […]