Advanced Television: ITV Studios content on Spotify

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Zoo 55, part of ITV Studios, and Spotify, the digital music, podcast and video service, have announced a partnership which will see ITV Studios content available to Spotify users for the first time.

Advanced Television: MPs to quiz BBC on licence fee

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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the UK House of Commons is to hold an Evidence Session with senior BBC representatives, including its Director General Tim Davie.

Advanced Television: BBC confirms West Midlands expansion

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The BBC has signed a second memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and Create Central, as part of its Across the UK strategy.

Advanced Television: Prime Video UK announces 20 additional primetime NBA games

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Prime Video has announced an additional 20 regular-season games for the 2025-26 NBA on Prime schedule, tipping-off at primetime for viewers in the UK & Ireland.

Advanced Television; Barb: 20.6m UK SVoD homes in Q2 2025

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Barb, the audience measurement and television ratings organisation, has released data from its Establishment Survey showing that 20.6 million UK homes (69.7%) had access to a SVoD service in Q2 2025.

Advanced Television: Sky calls for tax relief on production of women’s sport

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Girls in the UK are missing out on 280 million hours of sport every year – a gap that, if closed, could unlock £6.5 billion in economic and health benefits by 2035, according to a report from Public First, commissioned by Sky.

Advanced Television: TNT Sports to air Asia Cup cricket in UK & Ireland

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Every match of the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 broadcast live and exclusively on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the UK and Ireland this September.

Advanced Television: BBC scraps premium-rate phone voting

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The BBC has called time on letting its viewers vote via premium-rate phone numbers when interacting with shows such as Strictly Come Dancing and BBC Sports Personality of the Year – with voting instead moving exclusively online.

Advanced Television: Channel 4 Sales expands advertising emissions measurement tool

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Channel 4 Sales has announced the launch of a new tool that allows advertisers to measure the emissions of their campaigns running on linear TV, building upon its existing emissions measurement offering.

Advanced Television; Forecast: UK SVoD revenues to overtake pay-TV by 2029

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The UK video entertainment market is holding its course, with total consumer spend expected to rise 2% in 2025 to £11.4 billion according to Futuresource Consulting’s latest Video Insights UK report, which highlights SVoD as the powerhouse of growth, alongside a stronger year for box office and signs of stabilisation in transactional video.

Advanced Television: Sky Sports kicks off WSL 2025/26 with Multiview, Sunday show

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Sky Sports’ coverage of the Barclays Women’s Super League (WSL) will feature a range of enhanced viewing experiences and new studio content when the 2025/26 season kicks off on September 5th with champions Chelsea Women taking on Manchester City Women.

Advanced Television: The Hundred hits record breaking engagement on BBC

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The Hundred 2025 cricket tournament has attracted significant audiences across the UK, driving record-breaking engagement on BBC Sport’s social media channels and strong growth across digital and broadcast platforms.

Advanced Television: Roku launching FAST channel offering in UK

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Roku is launching its first FAST channels on the Roku platform in the UK. Rolling out in October.

Advanced Television: Sky Sports extends NFL rights

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Sky Sports has announced a new three-year deal with the NFL, extending its long-standing partnership with the league to over 30 years.

Advanced Television: Channel 4 revives Brookside for Hollyoaks crossover

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Channel 4’s iconic first soap Brookside is set to return to screens – as part of a crossover with current soap Hollyoaks.

Advanced Television: Sky Sports extends US Open golf rights

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Sky and the United States Golf Association (USGA) have announced a five-year broadcast extension that will see Sky Sports and NOW remain the exclusive home of the US Open Championship in the UK and Ireland until the end of 2030.

Advanced Television: ITV to broadcast Lloyds Tour of Britain Men

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Cycling fans can watch free-to-air live coverage of Britain’s biggest professional cycle race, the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men, on ITV.

Advanced Television: TNT Sports UK seals deal for 2025 World Athletics Championships

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The best track and field athletes on the planet will compete for the right to be crowned World Champion this September with TNT Sports UK set to screen the action through a new broadcast partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Advanced Television: Sky Sports launching Multiview for supersized Super Sundays

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At a press event at its Osterley HQ, Sky Sports has showcased how football fans will be able to follow this season’s Premier League action in new ways, with “supersized” Super Sunday coverage and innovations across TV, apps and social.

Advanced Television: Premier Sports renews La Liga deal

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Sports broadcaster and streaming service Premier Sports has announced the renewal of its deal with Lla Liga to air live coverage of the top-flight Spanish football league for the next three seasons.