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BBC, Sky extend strategic partnership

The BBC and Sky have renewed and expanded their long-term strategic partnership to further showcase the BBC’s brands and services on Sky’s TV products. The agreement will ensure that the BBC content is more prominent on Sky platforms by making it easier for Sky customers to find programmes on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. It […]

September 14, 2021

UK consults on VoD audience protection

The UK government is considering how better to level the regulatory playing field between mainstream VoD services and traditional broadcasters and is seeking views on the matter in a consultation. This could mean aligning the content standards rules for on-demand TV services with those for traditional linear TV such as BBC 1 and Sky. Now […]

September 1, 2021By Colin Mann

BBC celebrates 30th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind

This September, BBC Music will celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the most influential albums of all time – Nirvana’s second studio album, Nevermind – with a range of programming across BBC TV and radio, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Programming will explore the music of the album in depth, as well as taking […]

September 1, 2021By Nik Roseveare

84% of UK watched sport on BBC this summer

From the FA Cup final in May to the inaugural men’s and women’s Hundred cricket finals in August, millions of viewers across the UK have tuned into the BBC to enjoy a busy summer of sport in 2021. The total television reach during this period was 50.8 million, meaning 84 per cent of the UK’s […]

August 26, 2021

Tokyo 2020 smashes BBC Sport online viewing record

With more viewers seeking out live and on-demand digital content than ever before, the number of online viewing requests for this year’s Games has beaten the 74.4 million record set during the Olympic Games in Rio. In addition to the 24/7 live and on demand content available on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website, […]

August 10, 2021

iPlayer sees record-breaking H1

Drama and sport fans helped BBC iPlayer to achieve a record-breaking first half of the year in 2021. Programmes were streamed over 3.3 billion times between January and June this year, up 8 per cent on the same period last year, and up a massive 59 per cent on the same period in 2019 following […]

July 29, 2021

BBC Three orders Kurupting The Industry: The People Just Do Nothing Story

As the Kurupt FM crew prepare to release their first feature film – People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan – the team behind the cult BBC Three mockumentary series reflect on their journey from the small screen to the big screen in Kurupting The Industry: The People Just Do Nothing Story (1×45’). Created by […]

July 20, 2021

BBC extends Wimbledon rights

The BBC and the All England Club have announced a three-year extension to their broadcast partnership, giving the BBC the domestic rights to broadcast the tennis tournament up to and including 2027. The new agreement guarantees that Wimbledon will remain free to air for UK fans for a further three years from the conclusion of […]

July 9, 2021

BBC: “We’re most used media brand in UK”

In its annual report, the BBC has said is the most used media brand in the UK, revealing it is used by 90 per cent of adults on average per week, with the public choosing BBC programming and services around 250 million times a day. Despite the challenges of lockdown (for the period the annual […]

July 6, 2021

England QF most-watched live TV event of 2021

England’s Euro 2020 quarter-final win over Ukraine on July 3rd was watched by an audience of 20.9 million people on the BBC, slightly up on the 20.6 million who watched the win over Germany in the previous round. The peak audience figure made it the most-watched live TV event of 2021 in the UK. A […]

July 5, 2021By Nik Roseveare