Mar 15 2016
The BBC has been awarded the rights to cover the 2018 Commonwealth Games, to be held on Australia’s Gold Coast. It will be the 17th consecutive Commonwealth Games to be covered live on the BBC. The live sporting action will take place nine hours ahead of the UK, with the BBC promising no less than […]
Mar 8 2016
Charlotte Moore, Controller, BBC TV Channels and iPlayer, has delivered a strong defence of the Corporation’s programme making and dismissed a suggestion by Culture, Media and Sport Secretary John Whittingdale that it had become less distinctive. Speaking at an event hosted by BBC Director-General Tony Hall and Charlotte Moore for writers, actors, industry and media, […]
Feb 19 2016
ITN and Pact have led a demand for the BBC to be more open and transparent about the way it commissions online content. As BBC3 switches to digital and iPlayer originals go from strength to strength, rival organisations have asked the BBC to review their online production quotas. The corporation is currently under a non-statutory […]
Feb 16 2016
BBC Three has made the switch from linear broadcast channel to online-first destination, broadcasting its final linear programme – an episode of popular comedy Gavin & Stacey – in the early hours of February 16. The reinvented BBC Three will offer TV shows to stream and download through new home The Best Of and BBC […]
Feb 3 2016
A long-term agreement with Discovery Communications has seen the BBC securing the sub-license and rights to air the Olympic Games in 2022 and 2024. In addition to this Discovery will sub-license exclusive pay-TV rights in the UK to the 2018 and 2022 games. The viewing rights include exclusive free-to-air audio-visual and non-exclusive radio rights. “The […]
Jan 29 2016
The BBC has chosen BT to provide its next-generation broadcast network, switching supplier from Vodafone-owned Atos. The BBC said that the new, IP-based network would enable it to add extra services and capacity easily for major events and at lower cost than the current network and would also make it easier for the BBC to […]
Dec 10 2015
The BBC has welcomed the EU’s new cross-border copyright proposals, and said that government plans to modernise the licence fee will make it possible to verify iPlayer users abroad. In a statement, the BBC said “we are interested in being able to allow UK licence-fee payers to access BBC iPlayer while they are on holiday […]
Oct 19 2015
BBC and ITV have acquired the UK television rights to the next two editions of the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020. Under the deal, all 51 matches from Euro 2016 and Euro 2020 will be broadcast live across the BBC and ITV, with coverage on respective online, digital and mobile services. The agreement […]
Oct 13 2015
BBC director of television Danny Cohen is leaving the BBC for a “new leadership challenge”. He will leave the BBC at the end of November, with Mark Linsey, controller of entertainment commissioning, taking on his duties in the interim as a successor is sought. Cohen joined the UK’s public broadcaster in 2007 as controller of BBC […]
Oct 6 2015
After bringing back the character in a Christmas special last year, BBC One has given the green-light to a new hour-long Professor Branestawm TV movie titled The Further Adventures Of Professor Branestawn. The Further Adventures Of Professor Branestawn is set in the quintessential English village of Great Pagwell and sees Branestawm face money troubles when […]
Oct 2 2015
The EBU has called on the UK government to guarantee the BBC’s independence and has expressed concern about recent discussion about the pubcaster’s future. In a letter to UK culture, media and sport secretary John Whittingdale, EBU secretary-general Ingrid Deltenre said that “the BBC continues to set the standard across Europe” for public broadcasting and […]
BBC to switch off all SD satellite channels
ITV2/3/4 HD FTA
Successful launch of EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F satellite
PBS America has launched on Freeview PlayITV will rebrand main channel as ITV1
Channel 4 HD coming to 104
ITV Hub will soon no longer be available on some Freesat devices
Freeview channel changes & closures
“Protect traditional TV & radio” say the British people as Broadcast 2040+ campaign launches
Freesports to leave Freeview
Mar 16 2016
CBeebies coming to MENA region
BBC Worldwide will expand the reach of CBeebies by launching the UK preschool channel in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) next month. The 24-hour linear channel will be available in English exclusively to subscribers of pay TV operator BeIN’s DTH service from April 1. It marks the first time CBeebies has entered the […]
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By Expat • BBC, International News • Tags: BBC, BBC Worldwide, CBeebies, MENA