BBC Sport has announced a new rights deal which sees every IAAF Diamond League event live on the BBC until 2024. The new four-year deal kicks off with live coverage from Gateshead from May 23rd on BBC Two. The 2021 series will see 14 meetings in total, with a Doha meet following Gateshead on May […]

Consumer research by Ampere Analysis on the TV viewing habits of Internet households in Europe’s big five markets reveals the rapid rate of change in the media landscape in the region. In this snapshot of habits in UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain, Ampere’s Senior Analyst, Annabel Yeomans picks four key trends that have changed […]

Netflix is the UK’s most popular streaming service – that people are hoping to access for free. Research from IVA Advice has revealed the streaming platform receives the most online searches when accompanied by phrases like “free” and “how to get free”. The company accounts for half (50 per cent) of all searches looking for […]

More than 90 per cent of UK adults used BBC services each week, across the last 12 months – with a monthly figure of 97 per cent. There was also record use of online services, with 33 million UK adults visiting BBC Online on average per week. The figures were released in the BBC’s annual […]

The BBC has revealed plans for what it describes as “its biggest transformation in decades, which will move power and decision-making across the UK”. Over the next six years, the broadcaster will shift its creative and journalistic centre away from London. Proposals set out in the BBC’s blueprint for the future entitled The BBC Across […]

Syeda Irtizaali and Jo Smith have been confirmed as the two new Portfolio Editors working across BBC One and BBC Two and Four. Both roles will report directly to Dan McGolpin, Director of BBC iPlayer and Channels, who will bring together all of the programming and curation activity across iPlayer and the channels. Irtizaali and […]

The BBC has confirmed the return of BBC Three to TV screens as a linear channel in January 2022. In February 2016, the service became the first TV channel in the world to make the switch from linear broadcast channel to online-first destination. The BBC’s Annual Plan 2020/21, published last year, outlined research which confirmed […]

Virgin Media has announced that the latest update in its TV line-up, Virgin TV 360, is now available to all of its customers. Virgin TV 360 offers  modern menus, quick navigation and a whole host of popular apps and channels all in one place. This includes Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer – all […]

As the 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship campaign gets under way with its first races over the weekend of February 26th-27th, the action is set to be broadcast in more than 150 countries around the world. Ahead of the season starting with a double header in the dark through the streets of Diriyah, […]