Whisper North has been commissioned by ITV to produce a brand-new New Year’s Day special, fronted by fitness coach and broadcaster Joe Wicks. The one-off programme, Joe Wicks New Year’s Day, will deliver the very best in family-friendly lifestyle content, in Joe’s signature style – informative, invigorating, and entertaining providing viewers with an uplifting start to 2026. Designed to energise, […]

Data from DAIVID suggests that the new HFSS (high in fat, salt or sugar) rules are taking a bite out of Christmas ads. This year’s festive campaigns are 24 per cent less likely to make festive shoppers’ mouths water than in 2024 – a clear sign the new restrictions on advertising less healthy food and […]

GREAT! Christmas will be the first UK channel to play round-the-clock festive favourites starting from 8am on September 4th – offering a slate of 172 Christmas movies until December 25th – including the UK terrestrial TV debut of the 2022 film Christmas in the Caribbean starring Liz Hurley, Caroline Quentin and Edoardo Costa. Other titles on […]

Comedian and Strictly Come Dancing winner, Chris McCausland, will use Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message to personally urge employers to tackle discrimination of disabled people and for improvements to be made to the government-backed grant, Access to Work, that covers access costs for disabled people in employment. Department for Work and Pensions’ figures estimate that disabled […]

tvScientific, the performance advertising platform for connected TV (CTV), has released a study which finds that 60 per cent of marketers agree they feel more pressure to show outcomes and return on ad spend (ROAS) from holiday campaigns this year – with 70 per cent agreeing that improved brand awareness and increased sales are important […]

Prime Video has announced that the Spanish Original film Your Fault will be released exclusively worldwide on December 27th, following the success of My Fault, which launched on Prime Video in 2023. The film, based on the first book of the New York Times best-selling Culpable book trilogy written by Mercedes Ron, was among the top 10 most watched titles in more than […]

The BBC and Magic Light Pictures have announced Tiddler, a new animation from the UK’s leading picture book creators Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The story of Tiddler, a little fish with a big imagination, will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Christmas. Tiddler is the story of a small grey fish with a big imagination who gets lost in the deep […]

LG Ad Solutions has released a report titled Season’s Streamings: Holiday Shopping & TV Viewing Trends in 2024, which reveals that over a third (37 per cent) of CTV users plan to start their holiday shopping in October or earlier this year – with 60 per cent stating they’ll start before Thanksgiving. In addition, 40 […]

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Slade’s Christmas hit single Merry Xmas Everybody, first topping the UK charts on December 15th 1973, PRS for Music reveals the legendary band’s seasonal classic continues to be a firm favourite around the world, notching up plays in 139 countries. Merry Xmas Everybody is most popular in its home […]

Streaming service Prime Video has delved into the heart of holiday traditions, uncovering the perfect blend of cocktails, snacks, and iconic movie meals that create the perfect holiday streaming experience. A US survey found that 70 per cent of Americans agree that a festive cocktail or adult beverage takes a holiday movie marathon to a […]