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UB40 and RTS search for Midlands’ best new music video

UB40 and the Royal Television Society (RTS) are once again joining forces and inviting videographers, filmmakers, content creators, and musicians from the UK’s Midlands to submit videos for a new award. Submissions for the UB40 Music Video Award, introduced by the global reggae stars and the regional branch of the RTS last year, will be […]

July 9, 2026

Jones named Royal Television Society CEO

The Royal Television Society (RTS), the British forum for television and media, has appointed BPI’s Sophie Jones as the Society’s new CEO.   Jones is currently the BPI’s Chief Strategy Officer, having joined the music trade association, and home of the BRIT Awards and Mercury Prize, in 2020 as Director of Public Affairs. As Chief Strategy […]

April 27, 2026

Nandy: ‘The government believes in the BBC’

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has suggested the forthcoming BBC Charter Review is an opportunity to futureproof the BBC so it thrives not just for the next decade but well into the next century, and confirmed that the Government supported regulator Ofcom’s recommendation that Public Service Media content should be prominent on major video sharing […]

September 18, 2025Advanced Television @ RTS Cambridge

BFBS TV marks 50th anniversary at RTS Cambridge

BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) has marked BFBS TV’s 50th anniversary. First launched on September 18th 1975 in Celle, West Germany, this milestone coincides with the Royal Television Society’s (RTS) Cambridge Convention at King’s College, which the BFBS describes as “a fitting stage to celebrate five decades of trusted partnerships, delivering television to the UK […]

September 18, 2025Advanced Television @ RTS Cambridge

BBC DG: “Where do we grow from here?”

The RTS Cambridge Convention, an annual event hosted by the Royal Television Society, is taking place this week [September 17th-18th] at King’s College, Cambridge, bringing together senior figures from the global television and media industry to discuss and set the agenda for the future of media, addressing critical topics like AI’s impact and new content […]

September 17, 2025Advanced Television @ RTS Cambridge

Royal Television Society reveals full programme for 2025 Cambridge Convention

The Royal Television Society (RTS), Britain’s leading forum for television and media, has announced the full programme of speakers, chairs and sessions for its biennial Cambridge Convention, which is taking place on September 17th and 18th at King’s College, Cambridge. The Convention’s agenda-setting programme, titled Where Do We Grow From Here?, will see Sarina Wiegman, […]

August 27, 2025

Royal Television Society celebrating 10 years of Northern Ireland awards

From Game of Thrones to Derry Girls and Line of Duty to Blue Lights, many of the biggest TV shows in the world, all made in Northern Ireland, have been presented with a prestigious Royal Television Society Northern Ireland (RTS NI) Trophy over the past ten years. The RTS NI Awards with support from BBC […]

June 18, 2025

Vogue Williams to host RTS NI Awards in Belfast

Vogue Williams will once again host this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) NI Awards, sponsored by Ka-Boom in the Titanic Belfast on November 14th. Born in Ireland, Vogue is well known to audiences in Northern Ireland as a presenter, podcaster, DJ and leading fitness expert. Her broadcast work has ranged from presenting documentaries and hosting studio […]

November 5, 2024

Sarandos: “Still so much potential in TV”

Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, in delivering his keynote speech at the Royal Television Society London Convention, began by declaring that Britain is one of the best places for TV and film production. “The Royal Television Society always holds a special place in my heart because it was here, back in 2016, that I showed […]

September 17, 2024Colin Mann @ RTS London Convention

RTS NI announces finalists for 2024 Television Awards

The Royal Television Society, Northern Ireland (RTS NI) has revealed the nominees shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Television Awards, with headline sponsor Ka-Boom. The winners will be announced at the 9th RTS NI Awards ceremony which takes place on November 14th at the Titanic Belfast. Sarah McCaffrey, Chair of RTS NI, said: “We are delighted […]

September 13, 2024