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Research: Device dark mode uses more energy than light mode

People who think they are saving energy by using dark mode rather than light mode on their apps and websites are actually using more energy, according to research from BBC Research & Development (R&D). The vast majority of people using an app or website in dark mode turn the brightness of their device up far […]

February 19, 2025

Sky Sports to treble coverage of Netball Super League

The Netball Super League (NSL) has announced the planned coverage of the soon to be relaunched League with Sky Sports will increase from one to three games per round. As a dedicated partner to netball for more than 18 years, Sky Sports’ extended coverage will now see 75 per cent of games in the 2025 […]

February 18, 2025

BBC World Service podcast Dear Daughter returns with new celebrity season

Dear Daughter is returning with a brand new mini-series, featuring an array of famous faces from screen, entertainment and sport.  The fourth season of the award-winning podcast, hosted by Namulanta Kombo, will hear more inspirational letters written from parents to their children, but this time, all from guests who are ‘stars’ in their field. Listeners […]

February 18, 2025

Am I the Drama? from BBC Studios now on Funny Parts platforms

BBC Studios’ digital comedy channel, Funny Parts, has launched a new six-part digital series, called Am I the Drama? which can be viewed across the Funny Parts platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, with new sketches being posted every Wednesday and Friday. The series, from Gobby Girl Productions is a compilation of two-minute, bizarre comedic […]

February 17, 2025

BBC News Sinhala launches YouTube channel

BBC News Sinhala has launched its channel on YouTube. The channel delivers a diverse range of content including interviews, explainers and short videos about issues relevant to Sinhala-speaking audiences, from politics and society to science, health and technology. BBC News Sinhala Editor, Ishara Danasekara, commented: “Our videos – especially original content from BBC News Sinhala […]

February 14, 2025

BBC commissions Two Weeks in August

The BBC has commissioned Two Weeks in August from Various Artists Limited (I May Destroy You, Such Brave Girls). Written and created by Catherine Shepherd (Sally4Ever, The Shrink Next Door) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, Two Weeks in August is an original eight-part drama series. Set in Greece, Two Weeks in August tells the […]

February 12, 2025

Study: Issues with over half the answers from AI assistants

BBC research provides a warning around the use of AI assistants to answer questions about news, with factual errors and the misrepresentation of source material affecting AI assistants. The findings show: 51 per cent of all AI answers to questions about the news were judged to have significant issues of some form 19 per cent […]

February 11, 2025

India: BBC Studios, Banijay Asia production partnership

BBC Studios is partnering with Banijay Asia, part of the content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment, to continue bringing its formats to audiences in India. Based in Mumbai, Banijay Asia will have exclusive access to BBC Studios’ unscripted and scripted format catalogue and will produce its shows with a local flavour for Indian broadcasters and streamers. BBC […]

February 11, 2025

BBC Studios signs distribution deal for Zog series

BBC Studios Kids & Family have agreed a deal to partner with Magic Light Pictures for international distribution rights to their animated TV series Zog.Based on the award-winning books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the series is a 52 x 11’ animated comedy adventure for 4–6-year-olds about a dragon. Building on the 2018 family […]

February 10, 2025

Study: Accelerated shift to streaming for live sports

LG Ad Solutions, the specialist in connected TV and cross-screen advertising, has announced findings from its study titled Stadium to Screen, which reports on the evolving habits of sports viewers across the UK, US and Canada. The study reveals a shift toward connected TV (CTV) as the primary platform for live sports, signalling a new […]

February 7, 2025