The BBC has set out a plan that it says will ensure “its social, cultural and economic benefits are felt in every community across the UK”. The broadcaster has been working with The Purpose Coalition chaired by Justine Greening and, in a new report, the BBC sets out how it will reach all corners of […]
Wasserman Music has completed an acquisition of Paradigm Music UK’s live music representation business. The addition of the London-based team to Wasserman Music reunites the British team with their longtime colleagues in North America, and grows the agency’s global reach as it continues to build and develop its roster of artists. As part of the […]
DLT Entertainment, the production and distribution company, has announced it has made an investment in Hannah Layton Management, as it continues to expand into talent representation. Founded in 2015, Hannah Layton Management is home to a boutique roster of both emerging and established comedic Writer-Performers. The company is dedicated to building unique, dynamic and long-term […]
The English voice cast of hugely popular anime My Hero Academia will be present at the London MCM Comic Con event on May 27 to 29th 2022 at the ExCeL Arena. MCM Comic Con has revealed that Justin Briner (voice of Izuku Midoriya), Clifford Chapin (Katsugi Bakugo), Kristen McGuire (Tatami Nakagame), Trina Nishimura (Kyoka Jiro), […]
Hyperoptic, the UK’s exclusively full fibre Internet Service Provider, will be investing £200 million in 2022 building out its full fibre network. This investment will see Hyperoptic connecting all types of buildings, including terraced houses, maisonettes, converted houses and detached properties. Hyperoptic’s full fibre network now passes over 825,000 homes and businesses, and serves over […]
London-based Avanti Communications has recapitalised and cut its debt burden in the process. Avanti has been under extreme financial stress for some time and entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy reconstruction in 2018. The company, which supplies Ka-band satellite capacity over Europe, the MENA region and Africa, has faced recent pressure because of the risk of a […]
M2A Media, a specialist in cloud-based live video solutions, has announced its collaboration with BT Media & Broadcast to bring orchestrated cloud connectivity to BT Tower. M2A Media and BT Media & Broadcast worked together to explore the best method to introduce flexible cloud connectivity into the BT Tower Broadcast Switch in London. In a […]
Sky has announced a new goal to tackle digital inequality and provide support to a quarter of a million digitally excluded people through a new £10 million (€11.9m) fund. The new programme – Sky Up – aims to support people to succeed in a digital age, ensuring that those who are most at risk of […]
Virgin Media O2 has launched a multi-million pound integrated brand campaign to drive awareness for its joint proposition, Volt. Running throughout the UK for the next five weeks across multiple touchpoints, the campaign aims to demonstrate how Virgin Media and O2 are ‘Better, connected’ by giving customers more and supercharging the nation’s connectivity. ‘Volt,’ the […]
Amazon Studios has announced that Academy Award- and Emmy-winner Whoopi Goldberg has been cast as Bird Woman in the series adaptation of Anansi Boys, based on Neil Gaiman’s internationally beloved novel. The six-episode series stars Malachi Kirby in the leading roles of brothers Fat Charlie and Spider. Anansi Boys is set throughout contemporary London and […]