As Apple and Comcast reported their Q4 results, their respective streaming services represent distinct approaches to the evolving digital entertainment landscape, reports Parrot Analytics. While neither Apple TV+ nor Peacock leads in market share, both platforms demonstrate how streaming fits into larger corporate strategies: Apple’s services ecosystem expansion and Comcast’s upcoming pivot into a leaner […]

The third season of The Traitors will launch on January 1st on BBC One and iPlayer. This award winning reality series, hosted by Claudia Winkleman returns on New Year’s Day, welcoming a new group of strangers to play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £120,000. The […]

The BBC has reported strong year on year growth for its iPlayer streaming service, and is outstripping all its competitors across all audiences – powered by creativity and storytelling from across the UK. The service continues to break records – with viewing up over 20 per cent in 2024 so far. BBC iPlayer’s viewing growth […]

The BBC’s hit psychological game format The Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, has been commissioned for a fourth season as well as a nine-part celebrity version, with the news being announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival 2024. The two commissions from Studio Lambert, part of All3Media, are announced ahead of the third season of the […]

The BBC has published its Annual Plan for 2024/25. It sets out how the Corporation will begin work to focus on three essential roles, announced by the Director-General earlier this week, to deliver more for audiences: Pursuing truth with no agenda Backing the best British storytelling Bringing people together In the year ahead the BBC […]

Data from consumer research company GWI reveals that broadcast TV is still central to Brits’ media consumption, with nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of TV viewing time spent on live TV, rather than online streaming (36 per cent). Despite the rise of streaming platforms over the years, GWI’s 2024 Global Media Landscape Report shows the […]

RedBird IMI has agreed to acquire All3Media, the independent television production and distribution company, from its joint owners – Warner Bros Discovery and Liberty Global – for £1.15 billion (€1.35bn). RedBird IMI is a joint venture between RedBird Capital Partners and International Media Investments focused on building companies in media, entertainment and sports. All3Media, based […]

A combination of live and on-demand content has boosted BBC Sounds listening with a record 5 million weekly users accessing the platform across the last two weeks of January and early February (January 22nd – Febraury 3rd) which included content associated with the final of The Traitors and big weeks in sport with strong interest […]

Following the conclusion of the second season of the UK version of The Traitors, the BBC has announced that three international versions of the hit reality entertainment show will be available on BBC iPlayer in 2024. The UK version of the show produced by Studio Lambert has been a huge hit with audiences, receiving widespread […]

Fans of psychological reality competition show The Traitors now have a new way to get involved with the new series. Off the back of the third episode, the BBC is releasing a brand new online game to accompany the entertainment show – allowing Traitors obsessives the chance to compete with friends, family and the nation […]