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Jul 19 2017
BBC Worldwide today announced its financial results for 2016/17, showing an increase in both headline sales and headline profits, and sustaining cash returns to the BBC above £200m for a third successive year. Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Worldwide and Director, Global, said: “By concentrating our efforts around core areas of growth and being bold […]
Jul 12 2017
Freesat viewers with the latest set-top-boxes won’t miss a moment of their favourite BBC shows thanks to a new ‘Watch from Start’ feature in the TV guide. Available from today, ‘Watch from Start’ allows you to restart live programmes on all BBC channels without waiting for the programme to end. Freesat is the first TV […]
Jul 12 2017
Research conducted by Broadband Genie has found more than half (60 per cent) of the public believe the TV licence doesn’t offer good value for money. Additionally, it seems many believe the current system is outdated, as 68 per cent say it’s unfair for users to have to pay for a licence if they’re just […]
Jul 4 2017
BBC Director-General Tony Hall has announced that the Corporation will spend an additional £34 million (€38.7m) on content and services for children over the next three years, describing it as its biggest investment in children’s services in a generation, enabling the Corporation to deliver an enhanced online offer for its youngest audiences. This new investment […]
Jun 30 2017
The BBC is closing down the standard definition feed of BBC World News on the Astra 1 satellite position at 19.2° East. This will affect viewers in those parts of Europe where the Astra 1 satellites are used for TV reception, notably Austria, France, Germany and Spain, and Belgium. Since 1st April 2015, the HD […]
Jun 30 2017
The BBC and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have agreed a new five-year, strategic partnership that brings live cricket back to BBC TV for the first time in 21 years. The deal, which runs from 2020 to 2024, sees the BBC become the exclusive, free-to-air home for cricket. Cricket will take centre stage […]
Jun 29 2017
Radio 1 will launch a pop-up sister station later this year as part of its 50th birthday celebrations. Radio 1 Vintage will broadcast on DAB and iPlayer for three days from 30 September. Tony Blackburn, who was the first voice ever heard on the station, will team up with current breakfast show host Nick Grimshaw […]
Jun 23 2017
The BBC is to make two major changes to radio broadcasting in Wales. The broadcaster has confirmed its plans to launch a new digital-only peak time service called BBC Radio Cymru 2, providing additional choice to Welsh speakers on DAB, iPlayer Radio and on digital TV platforms. Discussions regarding carriage agreements are ongoing with various […]
Jun 22 2017
Andy Quested, the BBC’s HD & UHD Head of Technology, told delegates at the SES Ultra-HD conference in London that the broadcaster was fully behind UHD and the ‘Rec 2020’ standard which allows for High Dynamic Range images. “Everything we do today has to stand the test of time. Planet Earth 1, made some 11 […]
Jun 21 2017
The BBC has begun to make signing-in to use the iPlayer mandatory, removing the option to skip sign-in for some. In a phased approach, the BBC is now forcing the first batch of users to sign up for a BBC account to continue using the popular catch-up and on-demand service. Users who are still being […]
Jun 1 2017
BBC Worldwide’s premium drama channel extended by 200,000 subscribers BBC Worldwide today announced that BBC First will launch on Caiway in the Netherlands and will be available to their 200,000 subscribers from 15 June 2017. The fully localised channel is the home of the very best of British drama specifically tailored for Dutch audiences. BBC […]
Jul 19 2017
BBC annual report
Today the BBC has published its Annual Report for 2016/17. The report shows that despite increased competition and changes in technology the BBC continues to reach 95% of the UK adults each week. It was an outstanding year on air with programmes such as The Night Manager, Planet Earth II, Taboo, Happy Valley, My Life, […]
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By Expat • BBC • • Tags: BBC Annual Report, BBC iPlayer, BBC Worldwide, Planet Earth II