For the first time in Rugby League World Cup history, all 61 games from the men’s, women’s and wheelchair tournaments will be broadcast live on free-to-air UK television on the BBC. The tournament, which takes palce in England, kicks off with England taking on Samoa on BBC One on October 15th. The finals will take […]

The BBC will be offering a dedicated live stream of The Queen’s lying-in-state for those who want to pay their respects, but aren’t able to get to London. The service will be available in the UK on the BBC home page, the BBC News website and app, BBC iPlayer, BBC Parliament and the red-button. It […]

The final series of Peaky Blinders, The Split, and Killing Eve, live events including Glastonbury, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and the Eurovision Song Contest, and new drama Sherwood helped bring record numbers of viewers to BBC iPlayer in the second quarter of 2022. The latest BBC iPlayer data shows: Programmes were streamed over 1.6 billion […]

Sir David Attenborough will present Wild Isles (working title), a new five part natural history series from Silverback Films for BBC One and iPlayer. Co-produced by The Open University, the RSPB and WWF, and filmed over three years, the series uses the latest technology to capture dramatic new behaviour, from battling butterflies to hunting sea […]

BBC Sport’s coverage of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games was streamed a record-breaking 57.1 million times during the 11-day event. This was over six times the amount of streams seen in previous years, with a total of 9 million for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and 8.2 million for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. […]

Jonathan Rothery has been named Head of Pop Music, TV at the BBC. Under the leadership of Lorna Clarke, BBC Director of Music, Rothery’s remit will solely focus on pop music commissions across TV, iPlayer and Digital, whilst collaborating with radio and BBC Sounds to deliver across the portfolio. He will start in his new […]

BBC News has revealed details of its new TV news channel which will launch next year, replacing its two existing separate news channels for UK and global audiences. The channel, which will simply be called BBC News, will tentatively launch in April 2023. This forms part of the plan the broadcaster announced earlier this year […]

Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer has announced that Lindsay Salt has been appointed as the Director of BBC Drama. Salt will be responsible for leading the drama genre and delivering distinctive content on iPlayer and across the BBC’s portfolio of channels. Moore commented: “Lindsay’s appointment heralds an exciting new era for BBC Drama. She has […]

The BBC’s Annual Report reveals the broadcaster reaches 90 per cent of UK adults on average each week, rising to 97 per cent over a month. The BBC says it is the nation’s number one media brand having “increased value for money and become leaner”, while at the same time BBC Studios has broken all […]

The BBC’s coverage of the 2022 Wimbledon tennis tournament has beaten the 30.5 million stream record set in 2021, making it the most streamed Wimbledon ever. In addition, the volume of hours consumed by audiences on TV was the highest since the 2016 Championships when Andy Murray lifted the Men’s singles title. On BBC One, […]