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ITV announces first EFL, Carabao Cup fixtures

ITV has announced their first confirmed fixtures for the 2025/26 English Football League (EFL) season. As part of the continued deal between Sky Sports and ITV, the broadcaster will give UK football fans the chance to watch free-to-air coverage of select Carabao Cup and EFL matches. A total of 20 matches will be broadcast by ITV […]

August 1, 2025

EFL confirms broadcast schedule for Aug/Sept

Sky Bet EFL broadcast selections for the period up until the end of September have been confirmed, with all 72 EFL Clubs set to feature at least twice. As previously announced, all opening weekend matches in the Championship, League One and League Two are once again set to be broadcast live on Sky Sports, along […]

July 4, 2025

Lyca Radio launching in Leicester

Lyca Radio Network has announced its upcoming launch in Leicester, marking its first entry into the Midlands market. This follows its recent growth in the North West of England, where it acquired the frequencies of Asian Sound Radio in Manchester. The new service, Lyca Radio – Leicester, will be available on full-scale DAB digital radio […]

October 2, 2024

nexfibre delivers full-fibre broadband to Loughborough

nexfibre, the next-generation fibre operator, has  announced it is connecting over 2,000 premises in Loughborough to its full-fibre network. The investment is part of the business’ wider plan to reach over 22,000 premises across Leicestershire, in partnership with its build partner and anchor tenant, Virgin Media O2. The investment in Loughborough demonstrates the progress nexfibre […]

April 23, 2024

EE deploys more small cells to increase 4G capacity

EE has now successfully deployed over 600 street-level mobile sites, known as small cells, across the UK, delivering on its commitment to add hundreds of new sites to the 200 announced just over a year ago. A further 411 small cell installations are now delivering enhanced capacity in high demand areas, including in major cities […]

June 9, 2023

UK Asian Film Festival 2023 movie line-up revealed

UK Asian Film Festival has unveiled its programme for its 25th anniversary edition. Running at venues across London, Leicester and Glasgow from May 4th-14th , the festival is presented by Tongues on Fire and is supported by the BFI and Arts Council England. The ‘Celebrating Our Stories’ theme of the festival’s silver jubilee year will […]

April 10, 2023

Kleos Space invests in UK

Kleos Space is moving into Space Park Leicester, in the UK, which is already a world-leading hub for research, enterprise and education in space and earth observation. Kleos is a ‘space-powered’ Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service and Mission-as-a-Service provider. Kleos has operations in Luxembourg, the US and UK. The new UK facility will provide access to […]

July 8, 2022By Chris Forrester

Star India extends Premier League deal

The Premier League has extended its coverage in the India with a renewal of its media rights arrangement with Star India. As a result of the contract extension between the English top-flight football league and the India-facing subsidiary of the The Walt Disney Corporation, Star India will continue to broadcast Premier League matches until 2025.  […]

March 16, 2022

BT to boost mobile coverage in UK

BT is partnering with local authorities in towns and cities across the UK, including London, Leeds and Birmingham, to boost mobile coverage by mounting small cell antennas on street furniture such as lampposts and CCTV columns. The technology and telecoms firm is also using its own assets, including phone boxes and its Street Hub 2.0 […]

March 7, 2022