The resumption of the 2019-20 Gallagher Premiership Rugby season will be shown on BT Sport and Channel 5 from August 14th, with every match broadcast live. Matches will be played behind closed doors, and once crowds can safely return to stadia, BT Sport will revert to broadcasting multiple matches exclusively live per round. In a […]
A surge in screen time during lockdown saw UK adults spend 40 per cent of their waking day watching TV and online video services, broadcast regulator Ofcom has found in its annual study of the nation’s media habits. People spend
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has announced the appointment of Kathryn Richardson as Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, for its business in the UK. Based in the London office, Richardson will dually report into Sebastian Chames, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, VCNI, and incoming UK Chief Operating Officer, Sarah Rose. In this role, Richardson will […]
Crackit Productions has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a second series of the hit documentary series, A&E After Dark. The six-part series peaked with a consolidated audience of over 2.4 million viewers, winning its primetime slot and making it the highest-rating series on Channel 5 in 2020. The programme performed well for a […]
Carolyn McCall, chief executive of UK commercial public service broadcaster (PSB) ITV, says the nation’s PSBs (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) urgently need a modern framework that recognises a seismic shift in broadcasting. Writing a comment piece in the Daily Telegraph, McCall notes that the UK public service broadcasters have stepped up to […]
A unique collaboration will see the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 come together for the first time to share a short film for all viewers at the same time across their channels. A total of 21 channels will simultaneously broadcast the film. This rare TV moment will serve to mark and celebrate the […]
Crackit Productions has produced a new six-part documentary series, Shoplifters: At War With The Law for Channel 5 following the security guards on the frontline of apprehending shoplifters, it was announced today. Following on from the success of A&E After Dark, Crackit takes on another subject for observational exploration – the men and women who […]
Middlechild Productions, the Brighton and London based factual entertainment production company, has announced a new history commission for Channel 5, Nuremberg: The Nazi’s On Trial (working title). The 1×90 minute documentary special, delivering in the summer and airing later this year, examines how exactly 75 years ago, the “greatest trial in history” was dramatically unfolding […]
UK commercial PSB Channel 5 has grown its peak time share of viewing more than any other UK commercial terrestrial channel since the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown. Since lockdown began on March 23rd, the channel was up 17 per cent YOY during peak time hours, taking it from a 3.64 per cent to a […]
Young viewers value public-service television as much as older generations, according to research conducted for UK free-to-air platform Freeview. The streaming generation has given a powerful vote of confidence to free-to-view TV as lockdown sees young people placing high value on the four public service broadcasters – BBC, ITV, C4 and Channel 5 – for […]