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BPG Awards announced 2025 nominations

The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) has announced the nominations for its prestigious annual BPG Awards, celebrating the very best in British Television, Streaming and Audio. This year’s shortlist reflects a compelling mix of gripping dramas, thought-provoking documentaries, groundbreaking comedy, and innovative entertainment. From the real-life scandal of Mr Bates vs The Post Office to the […]

February 25, 2025

Disney+ orders more Paradise

Disney+ has announced that the Original drama series Paradise, from 20th Television, has been renewed for a second season. The political thriller is from creator Dan Fogelman (Only Murders in the Building, This Is Us), and stars Sterling K. Brown (This is Us, American Fiction) as Agent Xavier Collins. Paradise is set in a serene community […]

February 21, 2025

Patel takes on expanded SVP role at Disney

Nami Patel is taking on an expanded role at Disney, as SVP, Consumer Strategy & Business Development, Direct To Consumer EMEA. Writing on LinkedIn, Patel – who first joined Disney in March 2019 as SVP, Consumer Strategy & Business Development – said: “It’s been an incredible journey to be a part of the Disney+ launch […]

February 20, 2025

Data: Linear TV consumption continues to decline globally

Data drawn from Kantar Media’s annual international TGI Global Quick View report, covering 37 countries and more than 80,000 respondents (from 2021 to 2025), reveals that the proportion of adults globally who say that nearly all of their TV/video watching is through TV channels has fallen from 12 per cent in 2021 to 7 per […]

February 18, 2025

Disney+ reveals cast for Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes

Disney+ has announced the cast for Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the four-part UK Original drama written and executive produced by Jeff Pope (Philomena, Stan and Ollie). The series is produced by Etta Pictures, Pope’s production label, which is part of ITV Studios, in association with Kwadjo Dajan’s KDJ Productions. Jean Charles […]

February 18, 2025

India: JioCinema, Disney+ Hotstar merge

JioStar, the recently formed JV with the merger of Viacom18 and Star India, has announced the launch of JioHotstar, bringing together JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar – two of India’s leading streaming platforms. This coming together of brands creates a platform with close to 300,000 hours of entertainment, a wide array of live sports, and more […]

February 14, 2025

O’Dessa to stream on Disney+ in March

Disney+ has announced that Searchlight Pictures’ O’Dessa, written and directed by Geremy Jasper, will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland on March 13th. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, O’Dessa is an original rock opera about a farm girl on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. Her journey […]

February 14, 2025

FX’s Dying for Sex on Disney+ this April

Disney+ has announced that FX’s Dying for Sex, a new limited series starring Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate amongst an ensemble cast, will premiere on April 4th exclusively on Disney+ in the UK.  All eight episodes will be available at premiere. Dying for Sex is inspired by the story of Molly Kochan, originally shared on a Wondery podcast created with […]

February 14, 2025

Data: Bluey tops YouTube and streaming in US

Australian animated hit Bluey was the most widely watched pre-school title on YouTube in the US in 2024, according to research from Digital i. Data shows that content from the official Bluey YouTube channel was watched by 24 per cent of US accounts in households where 0-5 year olds are present between December 1st 2023 […]

February 13, 2025

ANGA COM 2025 reveals first speakers and conference topics

This year, Hendrik Wüst, Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, will open ANGA COM with a keynote. In the broadband sector, the confirmed speakers include the CEOs of leading network operators such as Vodafone, SES, Deutsche Glasfaser, Tele Columbus, Unsere Grüne Glasfaser, OXG Glasfaser, Deutsche GigaNetz, M-net, NetCologne, wilhelm.tel, willy.tel, 1&1 Versatel, RFT, Eurofiber, […]

February 13, 2025