Disney Branded Television, BBC Studios Kids & Family and Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have announced that the next instalments of Bluey, including an extended length special, will premiere this April, marking the series’ first global rollout. The first new episode, Ghostbasket, will premiere on April 7th, teeing up the debut of the 28-minute special, The […]
BBC Studios in Africa has revealed that its multi-genre channel, BBC UKTV, has attracted record numbers, reaching over 12.9 million people. Viewers have grown by 135 per cent and the channel share has increased by 99 per cent among all individuals since launching on DStv in December 2022. BBC UKTV features a range of genres […]
The BBC is bringing live TV and digital coverage of the remainder of the 2023-24 NBA season to UK audiences. The new deal will see games broadcast live on the BBC including on BBC One, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. Five games from the regular season are initially confirmed, with an additional four Playoffs and […]
BritBox, the ad-free subscription streaming service created by the BBC and ITV, has started a distribution partnership with Elisa Viihde offering BritBox’s ad-free subscription streaming service on platform, becoming the third platform in Finland to offer the service. BritBox offers Finnish customers thousands of hours of premium British content, including BritBox Originals such as Irvine […]
BBC Studios and Swedish national public television broadcaster, Sveriges Television AB (SVT) have announced a new factual content deal that will see over 280 hours of BBC Studios’ factual content on SVT channels and services including SVT1, SVT2, Knowledge Channel and SVT Play. Titles include the Emmy-award winning series Life Below Zero (Seasons 1-8) which […]
Former Reef Television CEO, Richard Farmbrough, has partnered with Executive Producer Owen Rodd to create Somersault Studio, a new indie production company with bases in London and Cardiff, creating factual content for broadcasters, streamers, brands and the podcast market. Farmbrough and Rodd share a background in factual content. Farmbrough launched and ran Reef Television for 15 years […]
BBC Studios has appointed two new staff writers, Christina Riggs and Peter Tellouche, to work across comedy productions for BBC Studios Audio, it announced today. Riggs and Tellouche’s year-long contracts will see them working across iconic Radio 4 shows like The News Quiz and Dead Ringers, as well as contributing jokes to any number of […]
BBC Factual has unveiled Parenthood, a new five part natural history series for BBC One and iPlayer. The series will explore the extraordinary strategies and ingenious tricks that animal parents employ to give their young a head start in life. From Orcas teaching their offspring to hunt Blue Whales, to Orangutan showing their young to […]
Mitre Studios has announced the appointment of Holly Davies as their new Head of Development, Television. Davies‘ role will be leading Mitre Studios’ development team and will be responsible for creating a pipeline of shows targeting the Entertainment, Fact Ent and Reality genres for both linear channels and streaming services in both the UK and globally. Davies said: “ I’m […]
Chris Achilleos has been appointed Executive News Editor, Streaming. This new role will play a key part in the BBC’s digital transformation plans as it grows streaming on BBC iPlayer, BBC News live pages and on the BBC website. Achilleos will lead three teams focused on single-story live streams; curation and amplification of some of […]