Humax has announced that the BBC Sounds app, which features more than 80,000 hours of audio from the BBC, is now available on its Freeview Play Recorders. BBC Sounds can be accessed via the Explore Freeview Play interface on Channel 100, on the Humax FVP-5000T and FVP-4000T models, giving viewers access to live and on […]
The Premier League is facing rebate demands from its Asian broadcast partners whose viewership windows are being impacted by the staggering of kick-off times in the UK to ensure all games can be televised without clashes whilst fans remain unable to attend. Broadcasters in the biggest Asian markets are preparing to demand millions of pounds […]
After ten years of working together in the Tower Productions joint venture, All3Media and BBC Studios have jointly agreed not to extend the current term of the cooperation beyond December 31st 2020. The decision to exit from the joint venture is a result of BBC Studios new strategic positioning in the market and internationally, driven […]
Iyare Igiehon and Michelle Matherson have been jointly appointed to the role of BBC Creative Diversity Partner. The new roles will support in the delivery of strategic priorities spearheaded by the BBC’s Director of Creative Diversity, June Sarpong. Igiehon joins on October 19th, while Matherson returned to the BBC on September 14th, having previously worked […]
Lance, a two-part documentary about one of sport’s most controversial figures, Lance Armstrong, is now available on the BBC iPlayer, and will be broadcast on BBC Two at a later date. Acquired from ESPN, who earlier this year were responsible for Michael Jordan docu-series The Last Dance, the documentary covers Armstrong’s remarkable rise to the […]
BBC Music Memories and BBC World Service are launching an international journey through music as part of the BBC’s music and dementia initiative. Rolled out on World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21st), the BBC World Service Music Memories project invites audiences around the world to join a global conversation to help trigger the memories of people […]
The BBC’s annual report, covering April 2019 – March 2020, shows the BBC remains the most used media organisation in the UK, with 41 million people per day on average using it last year. The 90 per cent of the UK population using the BBC each week rose to 94 per cent in March this […]
Julian Knight MP, Chair of the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has expressed concern at pay levels revealed in the BBC’s Annual Report. “Despite Gary Lineker’s pay cut, when millions of pensioners are having to find extra cash to pay for the BBC and services they depend on, it’s concerning […]
The BBC has announced that Gary Lineker has signed a new contract that will keep him at the corporation until 2025. The former England football captain will continue as Match Of The Day host, a programme he first presented back in 1999 as well as fronting the BBC’s coverage of the FA Cup, major football […]
UK free to air satellite TV platform Freesat has added SVoD service BritBox UK to the varied portfolio of apps on its new, 4K-ready set-top boxes. Sitting alongside episodes of vintage favourite, The Avengers, there is also new drama to look forward to with World War Two saga, The Singapore Grip. All episodes will be […]