Daily Mail: Martin Frizell steps down as editor of This Morning after 10 years

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Martin Frizell is stepping down as editor of ITV's This Morning after ten years in charge, it emerged today.

F1 drivers will go on strike from December 13th to play some Darts

My V6 box has confirmed that Sky Sports Darts HD will appear on Sky Sports F1 HD from December 13th at 6am.

Advanced Television: ITV, Formula E sign new broadcast deal

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Formula E and ITV have announced a new free-to-air broadcast deal for the UK and Ireland, with all 16 E-Prix and Qualifying sessions for Season 11 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to be shown live on ITV4 and ITVX.

Variety: BBC Licence Fee Confirmed Until at Least 2027 as U.K. Culture Minister Considers Funding Options for Broadcaster

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U.K. culture minister Lisa Nandy has committed to continuing the BBC‘s licence fee model until at least 2027.

Advanced Television: SAP, AWS move BBC’s IT systems to cloud

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The BBC has continued its relationship with SAP to transform its IT systems, including finance, HR and procurement.

Paramount Global for sale latest - Deadline: Paramount Committed To Channel 5 Amid Skydance Sale Process, Says UK Chief Sarah Rose

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Channel 5 remains part of the Paramount “ecosystem” as the Skydance sale progresses and the network’s American owners are even “envious” of its model, according to UK chief Sarah Rose.

Sky Sports + app launches on Virgin Media's V6 Boxes

The Sky Sports + app has now launch on Virgin Media's V6 Boxes via the Red Button on the Sky Sports + Channels. Information was first reported by UK Cable TV Changes.

Advanced Television: STV “in line” despite ad slump

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STV Group, in a trading update, has reported that performance remains “in line with market expectations, despite ongoing weakness in the linear TV advertising and commissioning markets”.

Advanced Television: The Smurfs returning to S4C

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International children’s television favourite, The Smurfs, are set to return to S4C – under their Welsh name, Y Smyrffs – for the first time in 40 years.

Has Virgin Media UK signed an new deal with Sky UK?

UK Cable TV Changes is tonight reporting that Virgin Media UK has updated their list of FAST Channels that is maybe coming soon to Virgin:

Advanced Television: RSC Chair to lead Creative Industries Council

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Baroness Shriti Vadera has been appointed by the Culture Secretary as the new co-chair of the Creative Industries Council – a key forum that brings together government and the businesses and public bodies of the UK’s creative industries.

Radio Today: NUJ urges reversal of BBC digital radio station plans

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The National Union of Journalists has reiterated its concern over the BBC’s proposals to launch two new digital radio stations including an extension to BBC Radio 2.

Advanced Television: Dagnell named ITV’s Director of News

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ITV has announced that Editor of ITV Network News, Andrew Dagnell, has been promoted to lead news and current affairs content across the whole of ITV, reporting to Kevin Lygo.

Broadband TV News: Renewal for Sky’s Day of the Jackal

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An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, (Eddie Redmayne) makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.

Sky News: ITV back in spotlight as suitors screen potential bids

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Potential suitors have again begun circling ITV, Britain’s biggest terrestrial commercial broadcaster, after a prolonged period of share price weakness and renewed questions about its long-term strategic destiny.

Advanced Television: WWE Network shutting in UK ahead of Netflix move

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From January 6th 2025, WWE’s flagship weekly programming – Raw, SmackDown and NXT – will stream on Netflix alongside all previous and future Premium Live Events.

Advanced Television: TNT Sports acquires UK rights to SailGP

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SailGP has announced that TNT Sports will be the new, exclusive broadcaster of the global racing championship in the UK and Ireland for the upcoming 2025 Season – which starts on November 23rd in Dubai.

Variety; ‘Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking’ Lands on Prime Video in the U.K.

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“Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking” has been acquired by Prime Video for the U.K and Ireland.

BBC News: Gary Lineker steps down as Sports Personality host

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Gary Lineker has stepped down as co-presenter of the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year, following the news that he will leave Match of the Day, the corporation has confirmed.

Advanced Television: S4C, Media Cymru announce digital future project

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Welsh-language public service broadcaster S4C and Welsh media consortium Media Cymru have announced that they have called “the most ambitious research and development project in S4C’s history”.