BritBox UK has hit its target of half a million subscriptions. The digital video subscription service, which was created by the BBC and ITV and includes content from Channel 4 and Channel 5, launched at the end of 2019 offering a collection of British box-sets available all in one place, including recent programmes as well […]
HBO Max and BBC One will co-produce the psychological thriller The Girl Before, a four-episode limited series based on the global bestselling book of the same name by. J.P. Delaney. Emmy nominated Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve) will direct. The Girl Before tells the story of Jane (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who gets the chance to move into […]
The BBC has confirmed the return of BBC Three to TV screens as a linear channel in January 2022. In February 2016, the service became the first TV channel in the world to make the switch from linear broadcast channel to online-first destination. The BBC’s Annual Plan 2020/21, published last year, outlined research which confirmed […]
Danielle Lux, Murray Boland and Janet Oakes of award-winning UK based TV and audio production company CPL Productions have extended their multi-year deal with Red Arrow Studios. Winner of the Edinburgh TV Festival’s Production Company of the Year in 2018, and runner up in 2019, CPL Productions became part of Red Arrow Studios in 2012, […]
As the 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship campaign gets under way with its first races over the weekend of February 26th-27th, the action is set to be broadcast in more than 150 countries around the world. Ahead of the season starting with a double header in the dark through the streets of Diriyah, […]
Dr Daniel Koch, UEFA’s medical advisor, has said that the Euro 2020 tournament will definitely go ahead this year, and believes that fans could yet be allowed to travel internationally to the games. The tournament was postponed last summer because of the pandemic and rescheduled for June 11th to July 11th this year. “There is […]
BBC Studios and ITV have confirmed that Reemah Sakaan, currently Group Director ITV SVoD, has been appointed as BritBox International’s new CEO charged with steering the roll out of their joint venture SVoD service to up to 25 countries worldwide Sakaan will start in April 2021 and will lead a team of around 100 content, […]
Podcasting, a growing sector of the media ecosystem, is increasingly drawing interest from global consumers, advertisers, publishers, and media companies. Global podcasting ad revenues increased more than 65 per cent annually from 2016-2019, and by 2023 the podcast industry will boast nearly two billion regular listeners, according to forecasts from Altman Solon. The podcasting wave […]
Clare Sumner, Director of Policy at the BBC, has called for a radical reappraisal of the role the Corporation plays in shaping the wider broadcast market to inform the debate about its future. Delivering a keynote speech – The evolving role of the BBC – to the Westminster Media Forum policy conference on ‘The future […]
BBC Two has commissioned Ricochet to produce a brand new six-part series, Jay’s Workshop (w/t). From the makers of The Repair Shop, each hour-long programme will see presenter Jay Blades and a gang of volunteers build beautiful furniture for deserving local people in a workshop set within the heart of a community. Whether it’s chairs, cabinets or cocktail […]