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Data: Heart becomes UK’s #1 radio brand

Global’s Heart has become the UK’s most popular radio brand, reaching 13.4 million listeners every week, overtaking Radio 2 for the first time, according to RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research Limited). Global delivered a strong set of Q1 2025 figures, with a record 27.3 per cent of all radio listening, and more than 29 million people […]

May 15, 2025

Global at record 29.2m weekly listeners

Global has seen another consecutive quarter of growth, its sixth in a row, outperforming the commercial radio market and delivering another strong set of RAJAR figures (Q4 2024, 16th September 2024 – 15th December 2024), with 29.24 million people tuning in each week to Global’s brands with gains in reach and share in both the last quarter […]

February 6, 2025

Global adding 12 new radio stations

Global, the Media & Entertainment group, has revealed the details of 12 new radio stations, the biggest single launch in UK radio history – set to go live across the UK on September 12th The new stations will all be available on Global Player, the official app for all of Global’s radio brands and content, […]

September 11, 2024

BBC World Service launches Global China Unit

The BBC World Service has announced the creation of the Global China Unit, a new team that will focus on reporting stories on the country’s role in the world. The team will produce a range of journalism that will be available on the World Service and wider BBC platforms. It will look to answer how […]

April 30, 2024

BT, Global to upgrade UK’s street furniture

BT and Global, the Media & Entertainment Group, have announced a 10-year partnership to upgrade the nation’s legacy payphones and roll out more digital hubs for local communities – in a move that will provide better connectivity and hyper-local advertising in more than 200 towns and cities across the UK. Global will also continue to […]

March 27, 2024

BBC.com, BBC App go global

BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC, and BBC News have announced the global launch of the new BBC.com and BBC app, transforming the way digital audiences consume BBC’s journalism and storytelling outside of the UK. Available worldwide, the new website and app boast an updated design and navigation. The new BBC.com and BBC […]

March 21, 2024

Pitts named Global’s Group CEO

Global, the Media and Entertainment group, has appointed Simon Pitts as the next Group Chief Executive of the company from Q1 2025, replacing Stephen Miron, who announced recently he was stepping down as Group Chief Executive after 16 years at the helm to become Global’s Chairman. Pitts joins Global from STV, where he has been […]

March 6, 2024

Global Media & Entertainment Talent Manifesto launches

The Global Media & Entertainment Talent Manifesto, alongside its founding members Deluxe and Vizrt, has launched its initiative to build a global agreement and approach to address the skills crisis facing the media technology industry. The Global Media & Entertainment Talent Manifesto is a new membership organisation that aims to create an agreed international infrastructure […]

March 4, 2024

Global’s Miron to step down in 2025

Global, the Media & Entertainment Group, has announced that its Group Chief Executive, Stephen Miron, intends to step down after 16 years at the helm. He will remain as Group CEO in the interim period and then become Chairman of Global at the end of March 2025. Then, Global’s Chairman of 17 years, Lord Charles […]

February 27, 2024

VMO2, Liberty, Telefónica to create NetCo

Virgin Media O2 together with its shareholders, Liberty Global and Telefónica, have initiated plans to create a national fixed network company (NetCo) that that they say will “underpin full fibre take up and roll out; provide new financing optionality and a platform for potential altnet consolidation opportunities; and establish the biggest dedicated fixed network challenger […]

February 16, 2024