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BBC announces Hebridean Baker: Nordic Islands series

International best-selling cookbook author, Coinneach MacLeod, aka Hebridean Baker, will make his television presenting debut this autumn in a new culinary travel series, Hebridean Baker: Nordic Islands.  The four-part series, which will see MacLeod swap the Scottish islands for a Nordic foodie adventure, will be released in two versions: a Gaelic-language edition airing exclusively on […]

August 5, 2025

Every match of The Hundred 2025 live on BBC

The Hundred returns this August with live coverage of all 68 games across BBC Sport. 16 matches – eight double headers – are available live on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two, including more live women’s matches than ever before. The tournament begins on August 5th with the defending men’s and women’s champions both in action […]

August 1, 2025

Freely moves into streaming devices

Everyone TV – the organisation leading the evolution of free TV in the UK – is expanding into streaming devices. Freely, the free streaming platform backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5, will launch on Netgem devices later in 2025, giving audiences the freedom to ‘plug-in and stream’ live and on demand TV […]

July 31, 2025By Colin Mann

Ofcom: YouTube viewing overtakes ITV in UK

YouTube is leading the charge in the streaming takeover of TV sets, with the service now the first place younger viewers go as soon as they switch on, according to Ofcom’s annual report on the nation’s media habits. Overall, people spent an average of 4 hours 30 minutes per day watching TV and video content […]

July 30, 2025

BBC, Met Office partnership

The BBC and the Met Office are forming a partnership which they say will deliver “the most trusted and accurate weather service to everyone in the UK”. The two will combine their joint expertise to provide a better public service and help more people understand the wonder of weather with impartial, trusted weather and climate […]

July 30, 2025

Kensuke’s Kingdom coming to BBC

Lupus Films’ award-winning, hand-painted animated feature film, Kensuke’s Kingdom, is set to take family audiences on a thrilling adventure when it sails onto BBC iPlayer and BBC One on August 3rd. Based on the best-selling children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo and adapted for screen by Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Kensuke’s Kingdom features the epic adventure […]

July 30, 2025

IBC2025 Innovation Awards finalists announced

IBC has unveiled the finalists for the IBC2025 Innovation Awards, recognising collaborative projects that address real-world challenges and deliver transformative innovation across the media, entertainment and technology landscape. The IBC Innovation Awards span five categories – Content Creation, Content Distribution, Content Everywhere, Social Impact, and Environment & Sustainability – honouring innovators in technical excellence and […]

July 30, 2025

Celebrities gather for a Bluey Kind of Day Out at John Lewis

Today [July 29th] celebrities including: Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two star Janette Manrara; Wonka actor and comedian Tom Davis; JLS singer JB Gill and his wife Chloe Gill; and reality TV star Amy Hart (Love Island – ITV2) joined to celebrate the launch of Summer with Bluey, which is rolling out across all John […]

July 29, 2025

BBC, ITV to share FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027

As England’s Lionesses celebrated their Euro 2025 victory, beating Spain on penalties in the most-watched TV moment of the year so far, BBC Sport and ITV have announced that they’ve secured the joint rights to broadcast the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 in Brazil, ensuring that the biggest tournament in women’s football remains free-to-air for […]

July 28, 2025By Nik Roseveare

12.2m watch Lionesses’ Euro 2025 victory on BBC

A peak live audience of 12.2 million watched England’s historic back-to-back Women’s Euro final on July 27th across all BBC platforms, making it the most watched television moment of 2025 across all TV broadcasters. Online, the BBC Sport’s live page also pulled in 11.4 million views as fans kept updated to see which country would […]

July 28, 2025