Station was crown jewel of Jeremy Hunt’s strategy to populate the UK with dozens of local TV stations At midnight on Sunday, London Live, the capital’s dedicated TV channel and crown jewel of Jeremy Hunt’s strategy to populate the UK...
Report cites low pay and overwork, and employees complain of receiving no warning before working on disturbing scenes “Illegal or barely legal” working practices are rife in the UK’s TV industry, new research has revealed. Workers in...
Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries Arts and the creative industries will be a key part of the UK government’s drive for economic growth, the culture...
The presenter of Premier League games for Sky since 2017 will join Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan from next season Kelly Cates always gets asked the same questions. What was it like having a footballing legend for a father? And how does it...
Complaints accuse TV stations and networks of promotion of 2020 election falsehoods, bias and ‘news distortion’ The outgoing chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered it to reject four complaints and petitions...
Producer who adapted the books of the Rev Wilbert Awdry to create the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Britt Allcroft, who has died aged 81, brought the Rev Wilbert Awdry ’s adventures in his Railway Series of books to...
Sara Putt cites lack of access and retention in an increasingly precarious industry There is still a “long way to go” to achieve gender parity in the film and television industry, Sara Putt, the chair of Bafta has said, before the...
Gillian Aldam, who is still working at 83, among top names in rare first edition of 1973 register being given to library Gillian Aldam began her career as a stunt professional at the age of 22. It was the 1960s, and she had just spent a...
Analysis shows rise from £89.23 a month to £140.21 between 2019-2020 and 2024-2025 seasons Football superfans are paying almost 60% more than they were five years ago to watch the 15 most popular tournaments and leagues, as the number of...
Partnership ‘a long time coming’ and is latest expansion of Australian-made animated series The global hit children’s TV show Bluey is to make its Lego debut with the first sets due to hit shelves later this year. The world of Bluey,...
Pioneering director of commercials for ITV who introduced Arthur, the Kattomeat cat, and Captain Birds Eye When ITV was launched in 1955, many people seized the opportunity to make programmes for the new television channel. But Roger...
UK culture minister says government wants to ‘open a dialogue’, but will intervene if platforms do not comply The UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has written to video-sharing platforms, such as YouTube and TikTok, urging them to...
Media mogul launched Home Box Office in 1972 and started the US’s first 24-hour cable local news channel in New York Charles F Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent US media companies including Home Box Office Inc and Cablevision...
Two years after Netflix introduced ads, streaming advertising is 30% of the size of traditional TV ad market A little more than two years after Netflix moved to further disrupt the TV industry by introducing commercials , galvanising...
Sportscaster dies from cancer at age 78, family says Gumbel led NFL, MLB, Final Four and Olympic coverage Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by CBS on Friday. He...
Italians are taking to the court with factors including the pandemic and broadcasting also said to be fuelling enthusiasm At the age of 47, diehard AC Milan fan Ninni Licata has hung up his football boots in exchange for a tennis racket....
Producer says ‘courage has gone out of broadcasting’ and audiences want to see grittier issues The creator of some of Britain’s best-loved soaps has said the “courage has gone out of broadcasting” and suggested that television bosses...
An average of 12.3 million viewers tuned in live to last episode of long-running BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey has won the festive TV ratings battle, with the show’s final farewell becoming the most watched Christmas Day programme in 16...
Bond worked on avant garde films with Jane Arden in the 1960s and 70s and went on to work with 80s pop stars from Neil Tennant to Adam Ant Jack Bond, a British film-maker who worked on a string of avant garde films in the 1960s and 70s...
Comedian and Strictly Come Dancing winner will appeal for an end to discrimination against disabled people This year’s alternative Christmas message on Channel 4 will be an impassioned appeal by the comedian Chris McCausland calling for...
2020-09-22T00:00:00 This month, we hosted our first ever online panel event for our charity partners and key stakeholders in which we explored how children and young people’s experiences over the last few months in lockdown will...
Over half (51%) of 6 - 15 year olds don’t talk to their parents about choosing what content to watch Four in ten (42%) parents say they’re concerned about what effect upsetting or disturbing content might have on their...
Both film and online BBFC classifications grow in the last year 462% rise in classifications given to online content from from just five years ago 99% rise in film classifications in a decade 15 the most popular age rating for both...
Trolls (U) tops the polls of feel good films of lockdown, picked by children themselves Playing outdoors has been kids favourite positive lockdown activity Full list of films published on CBBFC, along with fun, free activities for...
The BBFC is pleased to announce that Dr Linda Papadopoulos, Catherine Doran, James Lockwood, Catherine McAllister and Dr Helen Molden have been named as the newest members of the BBFC’s Advisory Panel on Children’s Viewing....
47% of teens say they have seen content online they wish they hadn’t seen while in lockdown, and one in seven (13%) see harmful videos everyday. 14 year olds see the most harmful content, with a quarter saying they see...
Find out all about the rise of film releases heading to streaming services early due to COVID-19 The episode marks the first time that the BBFC podcast has been recorded remotely Listen on Soundcloud, Spotify or iTunes...
Free educational resources available on the BBFC website to help parents with homeschooling Initiative supported by Government and leading charities, including Barnardo’s, PSHE Association and Childnet Check the age rating and...
We know that coronavirus is currently posing challenges for many content distribution models, especially with regard to theatrical and packaged media releases. With this in mind, some of you may be wondering how best to get content ready...