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 […]

Llion Iwan has been appointed as S4C’s Chief Content Officer. Iwan is currently the Managing Director of Cwmni Da – one of Wales’ leading independent production companies – which he joined in 2019 and, under his leadership, the company has increased turnover, was the first to place Welsh language content on Prime Video and developed […]

The BBC World Service has announced that it will be making a series of changes in order to meet savings requirements for the year ahead. Despite the UK government providing an uplift in the grant-in-aid funding for the World Service, the BBC says that previous freezes on the licence fee, global inflation, and the need […]

BBC News Thai has expanded its offering by launching on social-media platform TikTok. The BBC News Thai TikTok channel features a range of content, from Thai politics and current affairs to science, history, and health – subjects that have proven to be popular among the BBC’s Thai-speaking audiences. BBC News Thai Editor, Kriddikorn Padermkurkulpong, commented: […]

The BBC has published its first Climate Transition Plan, detailing how the broadcaster intends to be Net Zero by 2050. This forms part of the Corporation’s commitment to building a sustainable BBC and wider media industry. The BBC says it has been making significant progress towards its science-based targets, aligning a commitment to natural history […]

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has published written evidence submitted to the Committee’s inquiry into British film and high-end TV on TV production ahead of evidence sessions. The widespread challenges being faced by the domestic production sector in getting high-end drama and other television programmes made are highlighted […]

The latest Barb viewing data shows that Gavin and Stacey: The Finale (which aired on BBC1 on Christmas Day) is at 20.9 million viewers after 28 days, whilst Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (which also premiered on BBC1 on December 25th) has reached 21.6 million views after seeing a huge uplift with audiences, particularly […]

BBC Studios has announced executive appointments which will expand its Los Angeles leadership team. Jenny Groom, widely known for leading all unscripted competition formats at NBCUniversal where she built the first two decades of her career, joins BBC Studios as Executive Vice President of Unscripted Development; Ryan O’Dowd has been promoted to President of Unscripted; […]

Let’s not be coy, the demise of the Conservative government in the UK was a relief to the BBC. The relationship between the two was tense, at best, wilfully frictional at worst. The next Charter review begins this year, and the BBC will feel more relaxed about preserving the universal licence fee intact with a […]

Freeform Group has announced the creation of a new production label Double FTV. The label is led by A Place in the Sun Executive Producer Michelle Heeley who will take on additional duties as Double FTV’s Creative Director. Freeform Productions will continue to produce A Place in the Sun for Channel 4, while Double FTV […]