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BBC revives Walking With Dinosaurs

Twenty five years after it first aired, Walking With Dinosaurs is returning to TV screens in a major new BBC Studios production for the BBC and PBS, co-produced with ZDF and France Télévisions. Arriving in 2025, this new series will take viewers on a journey back through time, revealing the incredible life stories of these […]

June 5, 2024

European Athletics Championships on BBC

BBC Sport has agreed a new multi-year deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to broadcast European Athletics Championships up to and including 2027. Beginning with the European Athletics Championships in Rome (June 7th-12th), the deal also includes the 2026 European Athletics Championships which takes place in Birmingham, the 2025 and 2027 European Athletics Indoor […]

June 4, 2024

NBA Finals on BBC, TNT Sports

The NBA Playoffs are coming to a conclusion, with the winners of the Eastern and Western Conference Finals, Boston Celtics and Dallas Maveriks, heading to the NBA Finals. The meeting of the pair means that the NBA will crown a different champion for the sixth consecutive season.  Basketball fans in the UK can catch all […]

June 4, 2024By Nik Roseveare

BBC First launches in Czech Republic, Slovakia

BBC Studios has announced that its British drama channel BBC First is now available in Czech Republic through T-Mobile and O2, and in Slovakia through Slovak Telekom. The BBC First brand debuted in Czech Republic and Slovakia as an SVoD collection via T-Mobile and Slovak Telekom back in November 2023, but this will be the […]

June 3, 2024

BBC announces Election debates, Question Time special

The BBC has announced it will host two prime-time TV debates – the final head-to-head leaders’ debate before polling day, and a seven-party debate – and a Question Time leaders’ special, as part of its General Election campaign coverage. There will be additional dedicated debates in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The debate line-up is: […]

June 3, 2024

BBC acquires Apples Never Fall series

The BBC has acquired Apples Never Fall, a limited drama series based on Liane Moriarty’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel of the same name. With a cast led by Annette Bening and Sam Neill, the seven-part drama is adapted for screen by writer, showrunner and executive producer Melanie Marnich and produced by Heyday Television, […]

June 3, 2024

BBC News at One readies Salford move

The BBC’s News at One will be live from its new home in Salford for the first time on June 3rd, making it the first daily network TV news bulletin outside London. This forms part of the BBC’s Across the UK (ATUK) plan, which aims to move power and decision-making across the country to better […]

May 30, 2024

BBC signs new audio deal with ICC

The BBC has agreed a new audio deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to broadcast all ICC events from 2024 to 2027 across BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website. The new deal means that the BBC will have UK audio rights to all ICC competitions in […]

May 30, 2024

BBC Studios expands FAST channels on Pluto TV EMEA

BBC Studios and Pluto TV have announced four new FAST channels for the EMEA region. In addition to the existing Top Gear FAST channel available on Pluto TV in the Nordics, three new Top Gear FAST channels will launch over the coming months – the first being Top Gear: Classics, showcasing the highest rated Top […]

May 29, 2024

BBC Studios renews Qatar Airways deal

BBC Studios has announced the renewal of its longstanding partnership with Qatar Airways. The agreement will see an enhanced BBC-branded offering for Qatar passengers, with over 20-hours of BBC Earth content, including the BBC’s blue-chip natural history productions, added to the airline’s in-flight entertainment service, Oryx One. BBC Earth titles will sit alongside a BBC […]

May 29, 2024