The Glastonbury music festival has been cancelled for a second year running due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The expected news was confirmed on the Worthy Farm event’s Twitter page. “With great regret, we must announce that this year’s Glastonbury Festival will not take place,” the tweet read. “And that this will be […]
BT has announced it will increase support for families learning from home by adding zero rating of Oak National Academy content to its ‘Lockdown Learning’ support scheme by the end of January. The content will be free for all EE, BT Mobile, and Plusnet Mobile customers, while face to face teaching is paused. The partnership […]
A study by UK broadband comparison site Cable.co.uk has uncovered the TV channels and services with the most educational content as a guide for parents attempting to home school children during lockdown. For the study, the team looked at the most popular children’s TV channels in the UK across the span of two weeks (Monday […]
The upcoming sixth season of Peaky Blinders will be the last, writer and creator Steven Knight has confirmed. The popular BBC crime drama has resumed filming after being hit by Covid-related production delays last year. Knight said the show is “back with a bang” and warned fans that the mobsters would face “extreme jeopardy” in […]
MPs on the UK House of Commons, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee have confirmed the appointment of Richard Sharp as the new Chair of the BBC Board following his appearance before the Committee. In a Report, Committee members say they were impressed by Sharp’s understanding of the business, the need to deliver on public […]
BBC Northern Ireland is to broadcast a series of specially commissioned programmes to showcase some of the best loved local artists, and delve inside what drives them. The Season Of Arts collection, which will start to be made available via the Northern Ireland category on BBC iPlayer from January 22nd, aims to provide some escapism, […]
BroadbandDeals has analysed monthly average search volume data from SEMRush, to reveal which video streaming service is the most popular in the UK. BBC iPlayer is the UK’s most popular streaming service when it comes to the data, with 5,100,000 monthly average searches. In second place is Netflix, with 5,000,000 monthly average searches. Disney+ comes […]
The BBC Sounds app is now available to all Sky Q customers in the UK, offering more than 80,000 hours of audio content, including live BBC radio broadcasts, music mixes, and podcasts from the likes of Joe Wicks, Stacey Dooley, Louis Theroux and George the Poet. To open the app, customers just need to simply […]
Amazon is adding a new ‘Live’ tab in the top navigation menu on all Fire TV devices in the UK, making it easier for users to discover live TV apps and content. The option was previously only available in the US. The ‘Live’ tab builds upon the existing live TV experiences on Fire TV, making […]
EastEnders fans can relive some of the most memorable moments in the soap opera’s 35 year history with a selection of iconic episodes now available to stream on BBC iPlayer. A selection of storylines across four decades are available – from the classic two-hander between Den and Angie Watts and Phil and Kathy’s famous engagement […]