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BBC reveals coverage plans for COP26

The BBC has announced extensive coverage plans for the UN’s upcoming climate change conference in Glasgow, bringing audiences to the heart of November’s summit with special programming, news and digital coverage. Under the banner of ‘Our Planet Now’, the BBC will bring together its UK and global services to deliver comprehensive coverage of COP26, as […]

October 1, 2021

BBC opening digital archive for formal education

Next year, the entire digitised BBC broadcast archive is being made available to students in formal education in the UK. It includes millions of TV and Radio programmes, including interviews and features with almost every major cultural, artistic, political and sporting figure of the last 100 years, as well as iconic dramas and landmark comedy […]

September 22, 2021

Two new BBC Studios Natural History specials

BBC Studios Natural History Unit have revealed two wildlife spectacles for audiences to watch this festive season – Meerkat: A Dynasties Special and Penguins: Meet the Family. Julian Hector, Head of BBC Studios Natural History Unit, said: “We’re thrilled to be bringing these two brand new natural history specials to viewers. In a year of […]

November 26, 2020

Tata Sky brings CuriosityStream to India

CuriosityStream, the factual streaming services, and Tata Sky, one of India’s largest content distribution and pay-TV platform, have announced a new partnership to bring thousands of hours of documentary films and series to viewers across India. Tata Sky subscribers will now have access to CuriosityStream’s content via Tata Sky Binge which is available on the […]

November 17, 2020

Attenborough, Zimmer, Dave to front BBC history programme

BBC One is bringing together Sir David Attenborough, world-renowned composer Hans Zimmer and Brit and Mercury Prize-winning rapper Dave for Planet Earth: A Celebration The programme will take viewers on a journey to the wildest places on earth, using eight of the most extraordinary sequences from the Bafta award-winning Planet Earth II and Blue Planet […]

August 3, 2020

Study: Prime Video has best IMDb ratings

Research conducted by Cable.co.uk has found that Amazon Prime Video has the best original programming of the streaming services available in the UK, while Netflix has the better offering according to the audience ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. Using IMDb, the average series rating for Amazon Prime originals was found to be 7.49, whilst Netflix was […]

July 17, 2020

Record numbers for BBC Bitesize

Parents and children have come to the BBC in record numbers since the doors were opened to its virtual school earlier this year. The BBC’s biggest ever Education initiative, Bitesize Daily was launched on April 20th and committed to delivering 150 online lessons and 30 dedicated TV programmes each week to support children in their […]

July 17, 2020