The cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK will return to BBC Three this November in God Shave The Queens. Following on from the success of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, BBC Three will drop the exclusive eight part boxset, i to BBC iPlayer. This mid-form, fly on the wall docu-series gives viewers a chance to reacquaint […]
Grass Valley has been working at the BBC’s all-new BBC Wales broadcast centre in the middle of Cardiff and has now confirmed that it is the world’s largest SMTPE 2110 IP routing system for broadcast. Grass Valley’s IP orchestration and routing system forms the bedrock of the broadcaster’s enhanced media traffic network and multi-channel playout […]
Mixed martial arts (MMA) will be broadcast live on the BBC for the very first time on October 10th. Coverage of Bellator Paris will be available on BBC iPlayer from 16:30 BST. Under the terms of the deal, the BBC will live stream ten fights from the event which takes place at the Accor Arena […]
BBC One has announced that Mangrove, the first film from Steve McQueen’s Small Axe collection of films, will premiere on BBC One and iPlayer on November 15th. The five original films that make up the Small Axe collection by Academy Award, Bafta and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker, McQueen will air weekly on BBC One. The series […]
The BBC has acquired the first twwo seaons of US comedy Twenties from ViacomCBS International Studios Distribution. Written and created by Lena Waithe, the semi-autobiographical series follows an aspiring young black lesbian writer, Hattie and her friends as they pursue their dreams in Los Angeles. Sue Deeks, Head of Programme Acquisition, BBC, commented: “With its […]
BritBox has ordered a second season of Spitting Image that will air in autumn 2021. The satirical puppet show returned to UK screens on October 3rd as the first BritBox original, and received critical acclaim; new subscribers for BritBox increased ten-fold compared to the average daily rate for the BBC and ITV created streaming platform. […]
As previously reported, BT is offering its TV and broadband customers a six months free subscription to BritBox. The SVoD service from the BBC and ITV offers a library of classic British-skewed box sets and movies, with titles such as The Office, Downton Abbey, Top Gear and Doctor Who. The platform also launched its first […]
The UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is urging the Government to ensure that the process to appoint the next Chair of the BBC and Chair of Ofcom is “fair and seen to be fair”. It follows media speculation that potential names for the roles had been promoted by senior members […]
The BBC has reviewed its decision to bring an end to its interactive Red Button TV text services. In November 2019, the Corporation said it planned to remove the text and data element of the service as a result of financial pressures and the significant technical effort and cost of retaining the service, which would […]
UK Prime Minister’s Boris Johnson Conservative administration is reported to have offered two of the top jobs in media to outspoken critics of the BBC, and known supporters of the government’s Brexit stance. The Sunday Times says that Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail, is Johnson’s choice to become chairman of broadcasting […]