Daily Mail: Matt Le Tissier reveals full reasons he believes he was sacked by Sky

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Matt Le Tissier has revealed the reasons he believes he was sacked by Sky Sports, admitting he became 'unpopular' with bosses at the broadcasting giant.

Advanced Television: ITV promotes Tatlow to Head of Diversity

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ITV has announced that Creative Diversity Partner Sam Tatlow MBE has been promoted to take on the newly created role of Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, as Ade Rawcliffe takes up her expanded role as ITV’s Chief People Officer.

Sky Sports beat Netflix to 'sign £125M TV rights deal with the PDC'

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Sky Sports have reportedly signed an exclusive broadcasting deal with the PDC, beating out competition from streaming giant Netflix in the process.

Deadline; ‘The Traitors’: BBC & Studio Lambert Accused Of Being Misleading About Hit Show’s Scottish Roots

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The Traitors is all about backstabbing and accusations, but accusations of deception have now extended to the behind-the-scenes production of the hit show.

Daily Mail: BBC appoints 'impartiality champions' to bolster 'trust'

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The BBC has appointed ‘impartiality champions’ amid criticism of allegedly biased coverage.

Advanced Television: Record audiences for Premiership Rugby festive fixtures

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Over the Christmas period, 2.6 million fans tuned in to Gallagher Premiership Rugby, eclipsing last season’s Festive Fixtures then-record total of 1.8 million, according to Barb figures.

Deadline; Revealed: BBC Boss Tim Davie Held Crunch Talks With Top Producers Over UK Scripted Funding Crisis

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The BBC assembled some of the UK’s finest drama and comedy producers to discuss the scripted funding crisis currently gripping the industry, we can reveal.

Advanced Television: CBeebies unveils Wonderblocks pre-coding series

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BBC Children’s and Education, Alphablocks Ltd and Blue Zoo Animation Studio have announced a new educational series following the success of Numberblocks, Alphablocks and Colourblocks.

Variety: Piers Morgan Takes Ownership of ‘Uncensored’ Brand From Rupert Murdoch’s News UK

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Piers Morgan is exiting Rupert Murdoch‘s media empire following a lucrative three-year deal and taking ownership of his “Piers Morgan Uncensored” show and business.

Advanced Television: UKTV, BBC Studios appoint Judge as Global Acquisitions Manager

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UKTV and BBC Studios have appointed Sophie Judge to the role of Global Acquisitions Manager.

Deadline; Britain’s TV Chiefs Are The Longest Serving In History: Is There Strength In Stability Or Has The Industry Gone Stale?

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On stage at British television’s biggest annual gathering in 2023, Paramount UK content chief Ben Frow recounted the story of his resignation with signature flamboyance.

BritAsia TV to move online only next week

RXTV is reporting that BritAsia TV will close it linear channel on Sky and will start being an streaming only channel from January 15th.

Sky News: Montgomery-backed Local TV swoops on Lebedev's London Live licence

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A television network majority-owned by David Montgomery, the media entrepreneur, is to snap up the licence to operate a London-focused TV station from Lord Lebedev, owner of the capital's weekly Standard newspaper.

Advanced Television; Sky Sports: Peak 3.1m watch Littler win darts final

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Figures from Sky Sports indicate an average audience of 2.7 million for the World Darts Championship Final on January 3rd, with a peak of around 3.1 million.

Advanced Television: MPs to question new BBC Scotland Director

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The Scottish Affairs Committee of the UK House of Commons will question the new Director of BBC Scotland, Hayley Valentine, and other senior executives in a one-off session on BBC Scotland’s work.

Cruise1st TV cruise onto Virgin Media UK

Virgin Media UK has today launch Holiday Channel ''Cruise1st TV'' on Virgin UK Channel 758.

Advanced Television: BBC acquires The Americas docuseries

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The BBC has acquired The Americas – a ten-part special event nature series narrated by Hollywood actor Tom Hanks with music by Hans Zimmer – for BBC One and iPlayer from NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.

Hollywood Reporter: King Charles III Knights Stephen Fry, Carey Mulligan Also Stars on U.K. New Year’s Honors List

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King Charles III‘s New Year’s honors list has been unveiled, with Stephen Fry set to be knighted, and Carey Mulligan (Maestro), Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire, Bad Sisters star Anne-Marie Duff and veteran actor Eddie Marsan (Supacell) also among the A-listers receiving honors.

Media Guardian: Lisa Nandy urges YouTube and TikTok to promote better content for children

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The UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has written to video-sharing platforms, such as YouTube and TikTok, urging them to promote higher quality educational content to children.

Narrative Entertainment closes channels web sites

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Media Boy UK on X follower ''Popeye'' has found that Narrative Entertainment has now closed their channels website: