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Wonder Women Conference 2025 unites female leaders to champion change

The third edition of the Wonder Women Conference brought together over 20 trailblazing female leaders, creatives, and on-screen talent from across the TV, film and creative industries at BFI Southbank for a day of inspiration, industry insight and empowerment on September 26th. Hosted by Wonder Women CIC, the pioneering women’s network that champions the elevation […]

September 29, 2025

Fred Media partners with seven new producers

Fred Media, part of Australia’s WTFN Group, has announced that its drive for new partners has seen seven producers join its roster in recent weeks, bringing a wealth of new content to sit alongside new and returning titles from existing producer partners and WTFN. In total, Fred Media will be bringing more than 450 hours […]

September 29, 2025

Clarke vs Tshikeva on BBC

Following the news in August of a partnership between BBC Sport and BOXXER, the BBC has announced that live professional boxing will return to FTA primetime television on October 25th when Frazer Clarke and Jeamie Tshikeva fight for the British Heavyweight Title at the Vaillant Arena in Derby. All the action available will be available […]

September 25, 2025By Nik Roseveare

BBC: 3.3m watch England vs France in Women’s RWC

BBC Sport has reported that its coverage of the England vs France Women’s Rugby World Cup semi-final on September 20th drew a record-breaking peak audience of 3.3 million across BBC TV and digital platforms – the highest ever for a women’s rugby union match on UK television. The match also drove a further 2.4 million […]

September 23, 2025

BBC Studios confirms 100+ Death Valley global sales

At MIPCOM 2025, BBC Studios has confirmed a host of global sales for Death Valley with over 100 international markets confirmed to air the series. The six-part series produced by BBC Studios Comedy productions achieved the largest UK overnights audience for a new scripted show in five years at launch and has sold to over […]

September 23, 2025

Leonard & Hungry Paul comedy series coming to BBC

A new six-part comedy drama series, Leonard and Hungry Paul, narrated by Julia Roberts,  is set to drop as a box set on iPlayer in the week commencing October 12th, and will premiere on BBC Two the following week. Leonard & Hungry Paul follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties. Leonard, a ghost writer of […]

September 23, 2025

UK PSBs call for safeguards

The UK’s Public Service Broadcasters have used the occasion of the Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention to publish a joint letter calling for five specific actions they suggest will not only safeguard but, more importantly, enhance public service broadcasting. The letter reads: “The UK’s Public Service Broadcasters may be rivals when it comes to ratings, […]

September 18, 2025By Colin Mann

Nandy: ‘The government believes in the BBC’

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has suggested the forthcoming BBC Charter Review is an opportunity to futureproof the BBC so it thrives not just for the next decade but well into the next century, and confirmed that the Government supported regulator Ofcom’s recommendation that Public Service Media content should be prominent on major video sharing […]

September 18, 2025Advanced Television @ RTS Cambridge

BBC retains Ryder Cup highlights

The Ryder Cup will be available on free to air platforms as BBC Sport secures TV highlights, audio commentary and digital clips on the BBC Sport website, app and across social media in a multi-year agreement until 2029. The 45th edition of the iconic golf tournament takes place in New York from September 26th to […]

September 18, 2025

Record digital audience for BBC Proms

The Proms season concluded on September 14th with the celebratory Last Night of the Proms, rounding off a run of 86 concerts: 72 at the Royal Albert Hall and 14 at venues across the UK. The BBC reports that the Proms has increased its digital audience by almost a third since 2024 and there have […]

September 18, 2025