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Channel 4 going live with Joe Lycett on Friday nights

Channel 4 has commissioned The Joe Lycett Live Show’(working title), a new weekly Friday night comedy show hosted by award-winning comedian Joe Lycett that will air live from Birmingham, with an audience and celebrity guests. Following the success of Channel 4’s Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party last year, for which Lycett is nominated for a […]

February 10, 2023

Stellify Media, Acclaimed Content announce first digital commission

Stellify Media, the Belfast-based indie, founded by Kieran Doherty and Matthew Worthy, and Birmingham based Acclaimed Content have announced their first commission from new digital-first brand Channel 4.0,Get in the Van. In each of 6 x 20 min episodes, we are in a different UK town, where two teams will compete to find three extraordinary strangers of diverse looks, […]

December 8, 2022

WWE Live returns to UK, NI, France in April 2023

In 2023, WWE Live will return to Birmingham (UK) on April 26th, Manchester (UK) on April 27th, Belfast (Northern Ireland) on April 28th and Paris (France) on April 29th. Fans attending WWE Live will see a number of top WWE Superstars in action including Bobby Lashley, Seth ‘Freakin; Rollins, Bianca Belair, Matt Riddle, Bayley, Kevin Owens, AJ Styles, […]

October 25, 2022By Nik Roseveare

AsiaSat, ABU, Telstra deliver Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to APAC

The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), in a collaboration with Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS), selected AsiaSat 5, AsiaSat’s prime occasional use (OU) platform, for live coverage of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Asia-Pacific. During the event coverage, ABU Sports team on the ground managed the production of live broadcast signals at the International Broadcast […]

August 25, 2022

Channel 4 commissions Troy Deeney – Where’s My History?

Birmingham City FC Captain Troy Deeney’s high profile campaign to make the teaching of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic histories and experiences mandatory in the school curriculum will be featured in a new sixty-minute documentary to be aired next month on Channel 4 and produced by SBX Studios. Frustrated by the lack of diversity taught […]

April 8, 2022

Sunset+Vine named Commonwealth Games host broadcaster

Birmingham 2022 and CGF Partnerships (CGFP) has appointed sports broadcast production company Sunset+Vine as Host Broadcaster, responsible for delivering coverage of the Commonwealth Games to a global audience of more than 1.5 billion. The contract, which includes the option to extend coverage to the 2026 and 2030 editions of the Games, was awarded to Sunset+Vine […]

July 13, 2020

StreamAMG & Birmingham FC extend contract

StreamAMG have agreed a new long-term contract extension with EFL Championship football side Birmingham City. The deal sees the two parties continue a relationship which has been in place since 2017. The Blues restarted their 2019-20 season with a draw at West Brom last weekend, with the game being broadcast to season ticket holders via […]

June 30, 2020