BBC Four has acquired crime series Trom from REinvent International Sales The six-part show based on Jógvan Isaksen crime novels and filmed in the Faroe Isles, follows journalist Hannis Martinsson (played by Ulrich Thomsen), who unexpectedly receives a message from Sonja, his estranged daughter, claiming that her life is in danger. Hannis reluctantly returns home […]
Discovery was the greatest global commissioner of TV shows in 2021, with a record-breaking 556 first-run TV titles commissioned in the year, according to Ampere Analysis. This extends Discovery’s lead of 46, recorded in 2020, to 153 titles by the end of 2021. ViacomCBS pipped Netflix for second place with 406 titles, compared to Netflix’s […]
Matches in the GAA Allianz leagues will be live streamed by the BBC for the first time this season. A game each weekend will be featured on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport NI website starting on January 29th with Down’s Division Two football match against Derry at Owenbeg. The football coverage continues with Galway’s […]
Quay Street Productions, the Manchester-based production company launched by prolific multi-award-winning producer Nicola Shindler OBE in 2021, has made five new hires across production, development and business affairs, ahead of its first raft of productions. Richard Fee, Davina Earl, Chris Leach, Athena Stavrakis and Kate Boyle join the growing team as Executive Producer, Head of […]
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, GWI, an audience insights company, surveyed a total of 10,266 consumers. Aged 16-64 across nine markets (UK, US, France, Germany, Italy, India, Brazil, Japan and China). The research, which used a mixture of GWI Zeitgeist from this month and GWI Sports datasets, revealed: Appetite for the Winter Olympics […]
The live signals from the ongoing matches at the Africa Cup of Nations are being compressed and transmitted from each venue using SAPEC contribution solutions. 5 cities, 6 stadiums, and 52 matches to know which of the 24 national teams will be the champion of the most important soccer tournament in the African continent. The […]
James Purnell, a former Director of Radio at the BBC, as well as its Director of Strategy and Digital, has suggested that the Corporation be funded by a household fee, also proposing that the BBC buy fellow public service broadcaster Chanel 4, whose future ownership is being considered by the Government. Writing in the Sunday […]
Only one in 20 of those aged 18-30 said that they watched any BBC television channels live every day, compared with close to half of the over-65s, according to a YouGov survey for the Sunday Times. The survey found that more than a third of under-30s said they “never” watched any BBC programming live, compared […]
BBC Sport NI has extended its broadcast deal with the fonaCAB and Nicholl Oils North West 200 by a further two years. Due to the pandemic the North West 200 hasn’t been staged since 2019, but the BBC has underlined its long-term commitment to Northern Ireland’s largest outside sporting event by renewing the deal until […]
The BBC has announced a brand-new Wallace & Gromit adventure. From the creative mind of Nick Park, and the first Wallace & Gromit film since the 2008 BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated A Matter of Loaf and Death, the as-yet-untitled new film focuses on Gromit’s concern that Wallace has become over-dependant on his inventions which proves justified […]