Corporate trade company Active International, part of AMS (Active Media Services), has hired Dave Carpenter as its new media director. Previously at Goodstuff, where he held the role of managing partner, investment, Carpenter joins the team as Ruth Cartwright takes the helm as managing director. As part of his new role, Carpenter will focus on […]
Production company Story Films is to produce The Moonies: Married to the Cult (w/t), a new documentary special for Prime Video UK and leading independent distributor All3Media International. The compelling feature documentary has been acquired by Prime Video UK, and All3Media International is investing as global partner, managing distribution rights in the rest of the […]
To mark the second state visit to the UK of US President, Donald Trump, Channel 4 is rolling out a night of programming that puts a spotlight on his “prolific oeuvre of untruths and falsehoods”. On September 17th from 10pm Channel 4 will broadcast Trump v The Truth, an unbroken catalogue of over 100 falsehoods, […]
Gambling adverts used to pop up nonstop during live matches. Regulators and sports bodies decided this barrage isn’t healthy. Here’s a rundown of five changes shaping how gambling shows up on UK screens. From September 1st 2025, all licensed betting operators, whether based in Gibraltar or Manchester, must follow the same marketing rules. Ads have […]
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) has announced that British playwright, screenwriter and television writer Jack Thorne has been elected its new President effective immediately The writer, known for Adolescence, His Dark Materials, Help, This Is England ’90 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, steps into the role vacated by Sandi Toksvig OBE […]
Prime Video has announced an additional 20 regular-season games for the 2025-26 NBA on Prime schedule, tipping-off at primetime for viewers in the UK & Ireland. These Sunday evening games complete the schedule of 86 regular-season games, bringing the total to 29 primetime matchups, available exclusively to Prime members in the UK & Ireland at […]
BMC TV has partnered with German technology company VIDI to manage and control its nationwide video contribution and broadcast network using the VIDI Network Management System (NMS). The agreement connects 23 racecourses across the UK to RaceTech’s remote production hub at Raynes Park, enabling high-quality, low-latency coverage of over 1,500 horseracing fixtures each year. Delivered […]
Barb, the audience measurement and television ratings organisation, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.6 million UK homes (69.7 per cent) had access to a SVoD service in Q2 2025. This is an increase from 20.1 million UK homes in Q1 2025. The service-level subscriptions data are as follows: Netflix: 17.6 million […]
Consumer research from Equativ, the end-to-end media platform, unveils how consumers are interacting with AI platforms in its survey titled, The Impact Of AI On The Consumer’s Browsing Behaviour. Consumers are increasingly relying on AI for product discovery, answers, and summarisation, which shows that AI is reshaping information-seeking habits — especially in younger and digitally […]
In advance of the annual RDK Global Summit, RDK Management has announced that Vodafone has deployed RDK-B as its central software for the latest generation of Wi-Fi 7 Fibre and DOCSIS CPEs, the Ultra Hub 7 routers. These new routers have been now deployed commercially in the UK and in Germany. Vodafone also continues to […]