Deadline: The BBC’s ‘Question Time’ Discussion Show Forced To Correct Itself Live On Air

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The BBC has in recent years promoted its “Verify” service in which a special unit acts speedily to support or debunk claims made by guests, often political, on live TV and radio.

Advanced Television: Free kids channels on Virgin TV this October

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Throughout October, all Virgin TV customers will be given access to additional kids TV channels free of charge including Sky Kids, Cartoon Network, Boomerang HD, Cartoonito HD, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Nick Jr Too and Nicktoons.

Virgin Media will remove Netflix from TiVo boxes in November

Netflix will no longer be available via Virgin TiVo box from November 2024

The Sun: Darts could be set for major broadcasting change with Luke Littler and Co moving from Sky Sports

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Darts could be set for a major broadcasting change with stars such as Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen moving away from Sky Sports.

Advanced Television: ITVX adds Home of the Huns rail

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ITV’s research titled Hey Hunni: the ultimate guide to Hun Culture has explored the phenomenon of Hun Culture using semiotic, qualitative and comms planning techniques and identifies the audience opportunities for brands.

Two new HD channels appear on Virgin Media

The following changes has happen today on Virgin Media to Warner Bros. Discovery.

Variety: Disgraced Morning Show Anchor Phillip Schofield Plots Comeback With Channel 5 Special ‘Cast Away’

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Disgraced Morning Show Anchor Phillip Schofield Plots Comeback With Channel 5 Special ‘Cast Away’o an affair with a PA, is planning a return to television.

Advanced Television: ITV extends Matchroom deal

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ITV will continue to televise major snooker and darts events following the signing of a one-year extension with Matchroom.

Advanced Television: Sky extends UKTV carriage deal

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Sky and UKTV have announced a multi-year extension to their long-standing partnership.

Virgin Media updates it Virgin TV Go app

Story from Virgin Media web site:

Find yourself locked in an eternal struggle to seize control of the precious TV remote? There is another way to enjoy the telly you love…

Broadband TV News: ITV is to launch two new TV ads created using Generative AI

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This Monday ITV viewers will see two new-to-TV brands take launch advertising campaigns using commercials crated through the use of GenAI.

Deadline: BBC Creates Mental Health & Wellbeing Team Led By Former Adviser To Reality TV Inquiry

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The BBC is placing renewed focus on improving staff mental health by creating a small wellbeing team led by a psychotherapist who contributed to the parliamentary inquiry into reality TV.

Sky News: Ofcom will not investigate after Yvette Cooper interviewed by husband Ed Balls on ITV's Good Morning Britain

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Media regulator Ofcom has confirmed it will not launch an investigation after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper was interviewed by her husband Ed Balls live on TV.

Advanced Television: Channel 4 streaming minutes up 25% in 2024

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Channel 4’s streaming growth continues, with minutes viewed up 25 per cent (to 42 billion) between January and August 2024.

Deadline: More Layoffs Hit BBC Kids Department As CBBC Production Revamped

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Another round of layoffs has hit the BBC Children’s & Education department after a revamp to production of the CBBC Studio.

Advanced Television: BBFC, Prime Video new self-rating partnership

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The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has announced a new self-rating agreement with Prime Video, building on the existing relationship between the two organisations, which dates back to 2015.

Cable Forum: Virgin Media added 'DAZN' app to TV360 and Virgin Media stream boxes

Cable Forum is reporting that Virgin Media O2 has added 'DAZN app' to TV360 boxes.

Deadline: Former BBC Chair Richard Sharp Urges Tim Davie To Make “Tough” Decisions In Order To Spend More On Content

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Former BBC Chair Richard Sharp, who resigned in disgrace over his role in the Boris Johnson loan affair, has urged Director General Tim Davie to make tough decisions in order to give his content department more money.

Hollywood Reporter; ITV CEO on Planned U.K. Ban on Junk Food TV Ads for Children: “We’re Going to Have to Mitigate It”

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U.K. TV giant ITV got only 45 percent of its total revenue from non-advertising sources in 2016, while this year it will get 60 percent from production and digital businesses, CEO Carolyn McCall told an industry conference in London on Tuesday.

Deadline; Alex Mahon: Channel 4 Is Starting To “Buy Bigger Again” After “Horrendous” Time For UK Producers

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Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon has said that the UK broadcaster is back in the market for big ideas after acknowledging that cuts have been “horrendous” for producers.

Deadline; “The Era Of Government Stoking Culture Wars Is Over”: New UK Culture Secretary Promises End To “Divisive Decade”

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“The era of government stoking culture wars is over,” promised new UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy this afternoon as she delivered her first keynote in the role.

Variety; BBC Boss Tim Davie Says Huw Edwards Won’t Work for Broadcaster Again: ‘He’s Been Convicted of Appalling Crimes’

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BBC boss Tim Davie has said he can’t ever see disgraced ex anchor Huw Edwards working for the BBC again.

Hollywood Reporter: Warner Bros. Discovery Exec Looks to 2026 Max Launch in UK

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Everyone agrees: the U.K. is and will remain a production hotspot.

Advanced Television: Rawcliffe named ITV Chief People Officer

Story from Advanced Television:

Ade Rawcliffe has been named ITV Chief People Officer effective from January 2025.

Broadband TV News: BBC iPlayer is fastest growing VOD platform in the UK

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BBC iPlayer has pilled ahead of its competitors with growth that is twice that of Netflix, three times ITVX and four times that of Channel 4.

Advanced Television: New 10-year PSB licences for ITV, Channel 5

Story from Advanced Television:

UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has published the renewed broadcast licences for Channel 3 (ITV/STV) and Channel 5, securing public service broadcasting on these channels for a further ten years.

Deadline: UK TV Diversity Monitoring Project To Introduce Questions On Jewish & Muslim Identity For First Time

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The UK TV diversity monitoring project is to introduce questions around Jewish and Muslim identity for the first time, as Diamond‘s seventh report reveals minor diversity gains.

Global Radio rebrand GOLD

Virgin Media has rebranded Global Radio's ''Gold'' as ''Gold Radio.'' on Virgin UK Channel 923.

Advanced Television: Channel 4 Paralympics watched by 20m

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Channel 4 has reported that its coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games reached 20 million viewers across linear and streaming – one third (33 per cent) of the total TV population – and helped the channel to its biggest audience share in 12 years.

Advanced Television: ITV captioning services partnership with AI-Media

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AI-Media, a specialist in AI-powered captioning and translation services, has announced a partnership with ITV.

Broadband TV News: Pluto TV ads suite of FAST news channels

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Pluto TV is launching a collection of FAST channel focusing on global and local news coverage.

Deadline: UK Broadcasting Chiefs Branded “Callous” & “Cloth-Eared” By Pact Boss For Publicly Proclaiming Death Of Mid-Budget Shows

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UK broadcasting bosses have been branded “callous” and “cloth-eared” by the head of Pact for the way in which they publicly proclaimed the death of the mid-budget programing market.

Deadline: Tim Davie Questions Whether BBC Could Have Been More “Muscular” On Huw Edwards $260,000 Payment

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Huw Edwards‘ sentencing hearing is less than a week away and BBC boss Tim Davie has been questioning whether the corporation did the right thing in paying him nearly £200,000 ($260,000) between his arrest in November 2023 and his leaving several months later.

Deadline; ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show’: Coroner Rules ITV Show Cannot Be Blamed For Suicide Of Guest

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The Jeremy Kyle Show should not be blamed for the death of one of its guests, a coroner has ruled.

Virgin UK Changes: PBS goes HD and Virgin got CNN back

Virgin Media UK has today done a following changes:

EXCLUSIVE: Christmas 24 to launch next month

Our Breaking news page on X has broke that Media Boy UK has found out that Sky UK is set to rebrand Movies 24 and Movies 24+ as Christmas 24 and Christmas 24 + from October 1st 2024 and will run until January 6th 2025.

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Advanced Television: Channel 4 to air Trump vs Harris debate

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Channel 4 will be the only UK broadcaster to air live coverage of the first US Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, in partnership with ABC.

Advanced Television: FIFA+ on Pluto TV

Story from Advanced Television:

FAST service Pluto TV has announced the international launch of FIFA+ on its platform across multiple markets, including the UK.

Advanced Television: Channel 4 Paralympics coverage reaches 17m+ in first week

Story from Advanced Television:

With the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games now into its second week, data shows Channel 4’s coverage has reached 17.4 million viewers across linear and streaming – more than one quarter of the total TV population – up +4 per cent on the same stage of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Broadband TV News: Rakuten TV app added to Virgin TV in the UK

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Rakuten TV has been added to the Virgin TV app line-up with over 8,000 titles available on demand.

Daily Mail: BBC cuts over 100 jobs while bosses pledge £80m on diversity drive

Story from Daily Mail:

The BBC has announced plans to cut more than 100 jobs, despite pledging to spend tens of millions on a diversity drive.

Broadcast Sport: ITV scores last minute Scotland & Northern Ireland Nations League deal

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ITV has secured the rights to Scotland and Northern Ireland’s Nations League fixtures this month.

Broadcast Sport: Prime unveils first UEFA Champions League fixtures

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Amazon has announced the first five games it will cover in the UK and Ireland.

Deadline: Sky Behind Feature Doc On Iconic British Director David Lean; Embankment Launching Sales At TIFF

Story from Deadline:

Iconic British director David Lean, whose credits included Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, is being given the feature documentary treatment by Sky, with Embankment Films launching sales at TIFF.

Reports: CNN HD set to launch on Virgin Media UK

Virgin Media are testing CNN HD ahead of it relaunch on Virgin Media.

CNN did close on Virgin Media in September 2021.

When launch it Virgin UK Channel will be 626.

X EXCLUSIVE: Rakuten TV launches on Virgin Media UK's V6 Boxes

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CNN is back on Virgin Media UK but viewers will need to watch via Rakuten TV via Virgin on Demand on V6 Boxes.

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Daily Mail: ITV open talks with Viaplay over deal for Scotland matches

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ITV have opened discussions over a deal to show Scotland’s Nations League qualifying campaign free-to-air.

Advanced Television: STV H1 revenue up 20%

Story from Advanced Television:

STV, the Scottish media group, has reported that total revenue rose by 20 per cent to £90.4 million in H1 2024 (compared to H1 2023) and adjusted operating profit increased by 33 per cent to £10.6 million.

Daily Record: Scotland games will be free to air as BBC seek deal with Premier Sports for Nations League clashes

Story from Daily Record:

Scotland matches are set to be on council telly once more after the BBC launched a joint bid with Premier Sports.

Broadband TV News: BBC launches Generative AI tool to add subtitles to BBC Sounds

Story from Broadband TV News:

The BBC has launched a new trial that uses a Generative AI tool to help us add subtitles and transcripts to content on BBC Sounds.

Broadband TV News: BBFC and Netflix sign new deal to extend collaboration

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The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has renewed its existing rating agreement with Netflix.

Broadband TV News: Viaplay subscription channel to launch in the UK on Prime Video

Story from Broadband TV News:

UK Prime Video customers will have access to premium Nordic and European series and films through a new add-on subscription to the Viaplay channel.

Daily Express: BBC faces £85m black hole as bosses launch drastic bid to save corporation

 Story from Daily Express:

The BBC could face a £85m financial shortfall, prompting discussions on radical measures to secure its future as it contends with declining licence fee revenues.