Nearly two decades after its final episode, Byker Grove has returned to UK screens – with classic episodes available to stream for free on STV Player and ITVX. The streaming services have partnered with Ant Middleton & Dec Donnelly’s production company Mitre Studios, which owns the rights to Byker Grove, to relaunch the series. Viewers […]
A peak domestic UK TV audience of almost 8 million fans witnessed history at Wembley Stadium on March 16th, as Newcastle United broke a 70-year major domestic trophy wait to clinch the 2025 Carabao Cup, with a 2-1 victory over Liverpool. Across Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Main Event, ITV1 and ITVX an average domestic […]
The North East’s reputation for space research and innovation has been recognised with the announcement of £2.5 million (€3m) from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The funding has been awarded to a consortium of academic, civic and industry partners who together will form the North East Space Communications Accelerator (NESCA), which is […]
Endeavor Streaming’s Chief Business Officer, Matt Starker, has been promoted to a broader leadership role at the video distribution company, adding commercial operations and global sales to his remit. Effective immediately, Starker will lead all of Endeavor Streaming’s revenue and commercial operations, adding to his current remit of overseeing corporate strategy and the company’s media […]
Extreme Channel UK has announced a deal with Newcastle based wrestling promotion NORTH Wrestling (NCL), bring British wrestling back to mainstream TV in the UK. Commencing on September 6th at 8pm, the channel will broadcast NCL’s latest show Thunderstruck 2 followed by two nights of classic events. Thunderstruck 2 is NCL’s biggest show of the […]
Premier League football club Newcastle United has selected Endeavor Streaming to deliver its direct-to-consumer streaming offering. Fans will be able to stream live coverage of Newcastle United’s upcoming pre-season friendlies and exclusive content such as player interviews, highlights, full match replays and original documentaries. All pre-season games are available to stream via pay per view, […]
European Challenge Cup rugby will be live on Viaplay across the UK once again this season with four live games to open the new season of EPCR competition which kicks off on December 8th. The 2023/24 EPCR Challenge Cup will feature 18 rugby clubs across seven rugby nations; eight from URC (United Rugby Championship), six […]
Newcastle University, one of the top sporting universities in the UK, has partnered with Pixellot, a provider of AI-powered sports production solutions, to capture and stream games from their newly renovated sports facility. The AI-automated systems will initially capture men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, futsal and netball games, none of which had ever been broadcast […]
The Premier League has agreed a deal to extend their overseas TV contract for the Middle East and Africa with beIN Sports. The deal, reportedly agreed in principle at a shareholder’s meeting, is a three year extension (starting with the 2025-26 season) that is worth around £550 million (€629m). The move that will come as […]
Creative company Saatchi & Saatchi has announced ITV as its founding partner for Upriser, the free creative schools platform that it launched at the end of 2022. ITV is the first major name to be announced, with a number of other partners currently being matched and onboarded at schools across the UK as part of […]