The BBC’s Christmas Day line-up proved a winning formula once again, taking the top seven spots with new specials of popular shows. BBC secured eight out of the top ten programmes as audiences turned to the BBC across the day, showcasing a range of new programmes across drama, comedy and entertainment. Charlotte Moore, BBC’s Chief […]
I signed off last year’s last blog with “I make no predictions for 2021, including ‘at least it can’t be worse’”. That was a good decision. Who’d have thought we’d all be here at the end of 2021 having missed Vegas, Cologne and Amsterdam, again. Any bets on the 2022 travel itinerary? No, didn’t think […]
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced that Muriel Gray has been appointed as a non-executive director on the BBC Board. Gray will be the Scotland member on the Board and serve a term of four years. Gray is the former Chair of the Board of Governors at The Glasgow School Of […]
BBC Three has announced three new commissions and confirmed a launch night show that will be broadcast on the new channel in 2022. The centre-piece of the schedule on opening night will be the first-ever RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK Versus The World. With the UK as the host nation, for the first time in Drag […]
UK commercial public service broadcaster Channel 5 is to join Digital UK Ltd, the joint venture which facilitates the provision of Freeview and Freesat, alongside BBC, ITV and Channel 4. The four public service broadcasters have entered into a new Digital UK members’ agreement, marking the first time that the venture has been wholly owned […]
In 2021 (January to November) there have been 1.3 billion plays of radio, music and podcast on BBC Sounds, an increase of 8 per cent over a similar period in 2020, as listeners enjoy more brilliant BBC audio on their devices. The latest figures from the BBC also show there were 558 million plays of […]
Laura Kuenssberg will step down as the BBC’s political editor at Easter 2022 after seven years in the position, to take up a senior presenting and reporting role across the BBC. Kuenssberg will take on a range of news and current affairs projects across TV, radio and online – with further details to be announced […]
Discovery and VIZIO have announced that SVoD service discovery+ is now available to VIZIO SmartCast users across the US. As part of the launch, VIZIO will feature a unique content experience on the SmartCast home screen. The dedicated carousel, ‘Discover More on discovery+,; will showcase the content portfolio and introduce users to the best-of discovery+ […]
BBC Studios, the BBC’s main commercial subsidiary and Mercury Studios, the multi-faceted content studio powered by Universal Music Group (UMG), have struck a development deal, which will see the two creative organisations work together to originate a pipeline of music-driven returnable IP for domestic and international audiences. The arrangement combines Mercury Studios’ expertise in music-rooted […]
Ahead of the new series Toast of Tinseltown, the BBC has added all three seasons of Toast of London to its iPlayer streaming service. Written and created by Arthur Mathews and Matt Berry and produced by Objective Fiction, 18 episodes of Toast of London originally aired between 2012 and 2015 to critical and audience acclaim, […]