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 […]
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 […]