Sep 12, 2024 · Indie Vibrant Television has appointed former BBC Studios executive Bernard Markey to the newly-created position of Head of Development. Vibrant Television launched in 2023 and focuses on producing premium entertainment and factual entertainment programming, as well as scripted comedy.

Jul 31, 2024 · For the first time, less than half of 16-24-year-olds are now watching broadcast TV in an average week, according to Ofcom’s annual Media Nations Report.

Oct 4, 2024 · The Wildscreen Festival 2024 (14th – 18th October) has just announced its full programme. Headline Sponsored by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the biennial event is set to gather the wildlife and natural history storytelling community for a series of cutting-edge discussions and events about the state of the industry, and the planet.

Aug 12, 2024 · Channel 5 has commissioned BBC Studios to make a two-part documentary To The Glory of God: Building Britain’s Cathedrals, tracing the history of Britain’s most outstanding cathedrals.

Jun 24, 2024 · Everyone TV has announced multiple new smart TV brands that are joining the Freely line-up with Toshiba, Sharp, Panasonic and Metz all confirmed to offer the new streaming service backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

Sep 11, 2024 · Community Interest Company, The TV Collective, is to launch its new Content Fund managed by BeeSMART, and new accelerator scheme: TV Collective Develops at its TV Collective Live Festival in September. The BeeSMART fund will provide a monthly £25k charity payout from October 2024 but the TV Collective’s first content fund will be given at the end of TV Collective Live festival in September ...

Aug 10, 2024 · Following a competitive tender process, BBC Studios has retained the contract to produce the Eurovision TV coverage for the BBC. The contract is for two years starting in May 2026 and is to produce the live UK coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest which is traditionally 2 x 120’ episodes (Semi-Finals) and 1 x 220’ episode (the Grand Final).

Jul 23, 2024 · Factual entertainment and non-scripted indie, Phoenix Television, has announced the launch of two long-form true-crime formats developed from its short-form shows Cut to the Crime and Ex-Con Carpenters.. Both new formats are original ideas evolved from digital commissions from A+E Networks EMEA.

Aug 22, 2024 · Sky Arts has announced five new Sky Originals with iconic women artists are at the heart of the slate. There are new films on literary virtuoso Edna O’Brien, art activists The Guerrilla Girls, Turner Prize-winner Lubaina Himid, tour-de-force Maggi Hambling, 2-Tone legend Pauline Black and The Brontës.

Jul 25, 2024 · The festival opens with a state-of-the-nation debate Back From The Brink: Reimagining The Future Of Television led by BBC’s ‘Explainer in Chief’ Ros Atkins, which dives headfirst into the storm rocking the UK television industry and tries to chart a way forward. The panel tackles questions about survival, job security, and the fate of traditional revenue models.