Beyond Rights’ lifestyle format Love It or List It continues its expansion with new versions now underway in Finland and France. In addition, close to 1000 hours from the long-running franchise have been placed with broadcasters worldwide in the past few months. In Finland, Beyond Rights has licensed the format to Rabbit Films (Who Wants […]
UK fans of all-electric single seater racing series the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will have even more ways to watch the forthcoming 2021 Heineken London E-Prix thanks to the addition of live, free-to-air coverage on commercial PSB Channel 4. Fronted by Vernon Kay, both London races will be shown live on Channel 4, […]
Channel 4 and Snap have announced a new two-year deal to bring more than 1,000 episodes of the broadcaster’s shows to the social media platform. The deal extends last year’s partnership which saw over 300 short form edits of Channel 4 content air on Snapchat’s Discover platform; Channel 4’s portfolio of shows reached 44 million […]
BritBox, the ITV & BBC Studios owned joint streaming venture, has announced that Diederick Santer has been appointed to the new role of BritBox International Chief Creative Officer. Santer will join BritBox in September and will oversee all aspects of programming on the SVoD service globally, including commissioning and acquisition across all genres and for […]
IMDb, the online source for movie, TV and celebrity content, has unveiled the Top 10 New Television Shows of 2021 (so far), based on IMDb user ratings. In addition to the popular
Channel 4 will soon launch a new destination for real crime fans, True Crime on Channel 4, bringing together 100s of hours of handpicked content from the All 4 catalogue. Set to launch this autumn across All 4 and the Channel 4 network, True Crime on Channel 4 will be headlined by all new 24 […]
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have brought together Digital UK , which facilitates the provision of Freeview, and Freesat, which offers access to the UK’s subscription-free satellite television service. The coming together of Digital UK and Freesat aims to help ensure viewers continue to have access to a range of free-to-view TV services in […]
The BBC has appointed Jon Petrie as Director of Comedy. Petrie will lead the BBC’s generator of original scripted comedy responsible for multi-awarding winning comedies including The Young Offenders, Inside No. 9, This Country, Ghosts, Man Like Mobeen, Motherland and In My Skin. Petrie started his career at Talkback Productions, before moving to Roughcut Television […]
The UK government has launched a public consultation on the future ownership of Channel 4, as part of its review of public service broadcasting. The consultation will consider both the ownership and remit of Channel 4. The government says the current strength and variety of the UK’s TV production sector is in part thanks to […]
Channel 4 daytime has commissioned a new quiz show Moneybags from Youngest Media, hosted by Craig Charles, where bag loads of cash will be, literally, up for grabs every afternoon. In this high-stakes quiz that puts mental speed to the test, contestants face a series of questions with the answers on moneybags that pass along […]