Advanced Television: BBC scraps premium-rate phone voting

Story from Advanced Television:

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

Story from Advanced Television:

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.

Deadline: Fans Take Aim At Channel 5’s New NFL Coverage: “Partridge Levels Of Cringe”; Ratings Revealed

Story from Deadline:

Paramount’s Channel 5 scored a coup with a deal to show NFL free-to-air in the UK on Sunday evenings this season, however the first reactions from fans on social media hasn’t been kind.

BBC News; Matt Tebbutt to replace Gregg Wallace on MasterChef: The Professionals

Story from BBC News:

Chef and television presenter Matt Tebbutt will replace Gregg Wallace as a judge on the next series of MasterChef: The Professionals, the BBC has confirmed.

BBC News: New faces join Channel 4's Gogglebox line-up

Story from BBC News:

Gogglebox will welcome a raft of new faces when it returns with an expanded cast of couch-based TV critics on Friday.

Variety: Piers Morgan Returns to TV for ‘Uncensored’ Highlights Show on Paramount U.K.’s Channel 5

Story from Variety:

Piers Morgan is bringing his “Uncensored” YouTube show to Paramount U.K.’s Channel 5 starting next week, the controversial TV personality announced on his X account on Friday.

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

Story from Advanced Television:

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.

Deadline: BBC Content Boss Lands National Film Television School Role

Story from Deadline:

BBC Chief Content Officer Kate Phillips has joined the board of governors of the National Film and Television School (NFTS).

GREAT! movies become a mystery on Virgin Media O2

The following changes has happen today on Virgin Media O2 (and other network):

• GREAT! romance has been rename as GREAT! christmas on Channel 424.
• GREAT! movies has been rename as GREAT! mystery on Channel 425.

Sky Sports now streaming live sports on their website

Sky Sports has added a live sports streaming section on their website.

Sky Media: Movies 24 channels will become Christmas 24 + in early October

Story from Sky Media:

In Q4, Movies 24 is re-branded to the extremely popular, original channel dedicated to all things festive; ‘Christmas 24’ which shows back to back Christmas films until early January!

The Scottish Sun: Shereen Nanjiani to be replaced by rising BBC star on long-running show after 17 years

Story from The Scottish Sun:

Amy Irons will replace Shereen Nanjiani after it was revealed a new BBC Radio Scotland show will air later this month.

Radio Today: talkSPORT secures three-year deal for expanded NFL coverage

Story from Radio Today:

talkSPORT has agreed a new three-year deal with the NFL to give more coverage of the sport than before.

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

Story from Advanced Television:

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

Story from Advanced Television:

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.

Deadline: BBC Hires Nick Lee As Head Of Acquisitions

Story from Deadline:

The BBC has hired Nick Lee as Head of Acquisitions.

Deadline: Farhana Bhula Takes Permanent Charge Of Film4 Following Ollie Madden Exit

Story from Deadline:

Farhana Bhula, who had taken interim charge of Film4 upon Ollie Madden’s exit, has landed the job permanently.

Virgin Media axe CSI New York

FAST Channel update on Virgin Media's TV360 and Stream boxes:

Advanced Television: Roku launching FAST channel offering in UK

Story from Advanced Television:

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

Sky News: BBC and Channel 4 should 'merge' to survive, Sir Phil Redmond says

Story from Sky News - Sky News did post this story on August 20th 2025 but was only found by Media Boy UK HQ on September 1st:

One of Britain's most legendary TV dramatists, Sir Phil Redmond, is no stranger to tackling difficult issues on screen.