EBU members have elected a new Executive Board, made up of eleven senior executives of public service media from throughout Europe. Nine Executive Board members were elected on December 5th at the EBU’s 93rd General Assembly in Lausanne. The Board is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the EBU’s strategy and policies. Six current board […]
The BBC has announced that it will show the FA Cup third-round games between Manchester City and Salford City and Arsenal vs Manchester United this January. Pep Guardiola’s side will host League Two Salford, owned by a group of former Manchester United players, on January 11th with kick-off at 17:45 GMT, whilst Arsenal will welcome […]
The Rap Game UK, the UK’s longest-running unscripted show focused on Black British music and culture, is bringing its world to Fortnite, the online video game from Epic Games, which will see the brand expanded through the Fortnite Creative platform allowing fans of the show to immerse into the series like never before. The world’s […]
Armando Iannucci has launched his production company Touchscreen, and announced a UK development partnership with BBC Studis. The agreement will see BBC Studios and Touchscreen work together to develop and co-produce “innovative, daring and world-class” scripted programming for the UK and international markets, distributed by BBC Studios. Ianucci, a writer, director and producer, is know […]
BBC Children’s and Education has unveiled a trio of new commissions for CBBC and iPlayer. Brand new Gladiators: Epic Pranks for CBBC, from Hungry Bear Media and MGM Alternative UK, the makers of Gladiators, gives viewers exclusive access behind the scenes at the Sheffield Arena and an insight into the world of the much-loved superhumans. […]
This festive season, Wallace & Gromit have decorated London’s Battersea Power Station, home to Apple’s UK headquarters. From 5pm t0 10:30pm throughout December, a pair of Christmas trees will light up the two wash towers on the landmark’s river-facing façade. Visitors will see the two characters decorate the giant trees in their own inimitable styles, […]
British TV exports around the world fell slightly in 2023-24, down two per cent on the previous year, to £1.81 billion (€2.18bn) according to Pact’s annual TV Exports Report. Although this is still 27 per cent higher than sales in 2020-21. The report found that despite the challenges in the US market over the past […]
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has provided an update on the funding of the BBC, setting out how the government will review alternate funding options to secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability, while providing it with funding certainty for the remainder of the current Charter period. In a written statement to Parliament, Nandy set out how […]
BBC Studios and flydubai, the Dubai-based carrier, have announced a new partnership that will see the launch of a BBC Kids branded space for flydubai passengers on their inflight entertainment system. From December 1st, passengers will have access to a number of popular BBC Kids titles including Hey Duggee, Supertato, Andy’s Global Adventures, Go-Jetters, JoJo […]
The third season of The Traitors will launch on January 1st on BBC One and iPlayer. This award winning reality series, hosted by Claudia Winkleman returns on New Year’s Day, welcoming a new group of strangers to play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £120,000. The […]