Mediagenix, a player in smart content solutions to profitably connect the right content to the right audience, has announced the appointment of Tim Goff as VP of Curation and Scheduling. With over 20 years of experience delivering large-scale transformations across media, broadcast, and digital platforms, Goff brings deep expertise in operational excellence, content strategy, and […]
Vodafone Spain has kicked off September with a major overhaul of its television offering. As of September 1st, more than 25 new channels are available on its lineup, strengthening genres such as film, series, documentaries, sports and music. The expansion coincides with the removal of the seven SkyShowtime channels, following the end of the distribution […]
Julia Roberts has joined the cast of the upcoming six-part comedy drama series Leonard and Hungry Paul as the narrator. The series, produced for BBC Northern Ireland by Irish production company Subotica, also stars Alex Lawther, Laurie Kynaston and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, and is coming soon to BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. […]
The clash between England and the USA at the Women’s Rugby World Cup on August 22nd, which ended in an emphatic 69-7 victory for England, drew a peak audience of 2.4 million on BBC One and 600,000 on iPlayer. The weekend saw 2.1 million streams overall across BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website/app. In […]
The Royal Television Society (RTS), Britain’s leading forum for television and media, has announced the full programme of speakers, chairs and sessions for its biennial Cambridge Convention, which is taking place on September 17th and 18th at King’s College, Cambridge. The Convention’s agenda-setting programme, titled Where Do We Grow From Here?, will see Sarina Wiegman, […]
ITV has announced the appointment of Matthew O’Shea as Technology Director for ITV Studios. O’Shea has over 30 years of experience in technology and business transformation, and will report into Simon Farnsworth, ITV CTO, with an additional reporting line into David McGraynor, Chief Operating Officer, ITV Studios. He will lead a team responsible for the […]
The Wonder Women Conference 2025 has unveiled the line-up of speakers for its third annual one-day event set to lead conversations about the future of the industry and its impact on women who work in the creative industries. Hosted by Wonder Women, the pioneering network dedicated to advancing diverse women in Television, Film and the […]
BBC Sport has signed a multi-year broadcasting deal with the Bundesliga, Germany’s top flight football league, to show free-to-air matches from the start of the 2025-26 season. As part of the new agreement, BBC Sport will stream one match a week on Friday nights, starting on August 22nd when 2024-25 Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich take […]
Every day, the BBC has to manage more than 500 hours of new video content, including news, documentaries, sports, and entertainment. Creating subtitles for such a huge volume used to be slow and expensive, but today AI has changed that With new tools, editors can generate subtitles quickly, ensuring programmes are ready for global audiences […]
BBC News Pidgin has officially launched its TikTok channel, which aims to deliver high-quality journalism to Pidgin-speaking audiences across Africa and beyond. The BBC News Pidgin TikTok channel features a range of short-form videos in Pidgin covering politics, culture, society as well as science, health and technology. The service currently reaches around 800,000 people weekly […]