Creative Mentor Network and Everyone TV are pleased to announce the launch of their joint mentoring programme, TV Champions, to help support socioeconomic diversity in the workplace and increase access to the UK creative industries. Following the success of the pilot programme in 2023, TV Champions will continue to support 18-25-year-olds from lower socioeconomic backgrounds […]
Thirty government-funded mast upgrades have now been activated as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) – a programme brokered by the UK government and joint-funded with mobile network operators to improve mobile coverage in rural areas. There are 21 sites are now live in Wales, five in Scotland and four in England. Rural towns […]
The UK government has invested £20 million (€23.8m) for an equity stake in Orbex Space, a start-up rocket launcher. This current round of fund-raising (the ‘D’ round) has also seen cash put up by Denmark’s EIFO fund, as well as Octopus Ventures and others. The UK cash comes from its Department for Science, Innovation & […]
The launch of a major new film and TV production studio, John Gore Studios has been announced along with the appointment of industry veteran Hilary Strong as CEO. John Gore Studios is founded by award winning entertainment producer John Gore, a 22-time Tony winner, as well as a recipient of 2 Emmys and 2 Oliviers. British-born […]
TNT Sports has announced the addition of the full line-up of Eurosport live and non-live content to its channels and platforms in the UK and Ireland effective February 28th – ending Eurosport’s 35 year presence on UK screens. The move will create a single destination for a line-up of live sport that includes Australian Open […]
Xperi has partnered with Tubi, the free streaming service, to bring an array of free content to TiVo OS powered TVs across the UK. Tubi, owned by Fox, offers a content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive originals and over 250 live channels. TiVo OS will play a key role […]
Consumers are keen to start the new year with a digital detox, with more than a third (38 per cent) recognising the negative impact being online has on their well-being, according to the EY Decoding the Digital Home survey. The survey of 2,500 UK consumers looks at attitudes towards technology, media and telecoms experiences in […]
Surfshark has explored global government requests to Google, revealing trends, top-requesting countries, and reasons behind content removal Since 2020, UK’s courts and government agencies have requested Google to remove content 2.2k times, positioning UK in the 14th place globally, according to Surfshark’s study. On a global scale, governmental requests for content removal climbed to nearly […]
Brits have been told that the reason for increasingly poor mobile phone signal at large events across the UK could be due to cellular capacity. Experts from TelephoneSystems.Cloud have warned that a lack of investment in the industry has resulted in telecommunications infrastructure not being upgraded quick enough to keep up with the ever-increasing demand. […]
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale is the UK’s most-watched scripted show across all broadcasters and streamers since current records began in 2002, with ratings already at 19.3 million according to the latest data shared by the BBC. The special Christmas episode broke the show’s own record from the 2019 special which reached 18.5 million viewers […]