Sunday, 27 April 2025

Media Boy UK Views: What happen on May 21st on Freeview

All of the following is just a Views of Media Boy UK so the following may not happen:

Has That's Media lost it Melody?

ALL Information on this post is NOT of Media Boy UK HQ:

''Popeye'' is reporting a following:

Friday, 25 April 2025

Broadcast Sport: S4C to show all Wales’ Women’s Euro matches

Story from Broadcast Sport:

S4C will broadcast live coverage of all three of Wales’ group stage fixtures in the forthcoming UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 competition.

Broadcast Sport: Warner Bros. Discovery & Salomon relaunch Golden Trail World Series with Olympic ambition

Story from Broadcast Sport:

Warner Bros. Discovery and Salomon have relaunched the Golden Trail World Series, with the first event taking place in Kobe, Japan, last week.

Media Boy UK Investigation: That's Media now own just under 64% of COMUX

An Media Boy UK Investigation have been doing some maths and Media Boy UK HQ think That's Media now own 63.8% of COMUX.

Due to That's Media's That's TV Channels Limited buying both NVTV and Sheffield Live.

Thursday, 24 April 2025

C21 Media: Ofcom urged to consider exemption from outdated language rules for ‘classic comedy’

Story from C21 Media:

UK media regulator Ofcom has been urged by free-to-air channel Rewind TV to treat classic TV comedies from the 1970s like vintage cars and exempt them from “suffocating” broadcast rules around outdated language.

Broadband TV News: GB News renews Arqiva distribution agreement

Story from Broadband TV News:

GB News has extended its distribution agreement with Arqiva in an agreement spanning satellite, terrestrial and radio.

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Media Guardian: Club World Cup to be broadcast live on Channel 5 in UK after DAZN deal

Story from Media Guardian:

The Club World Cup will be televised live on Channel 5 (also known as 5) this summer after the free-to-air broadcaster reached a sublicensing agreement for the UK with the global rights holder, DAZN.

Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Deadline: Gary Lineker Suggests BBC Wanted Him To Leave ‘Match Of The Day’

Story from Deadline:

Gary Lineker, who is soon to hang up his Match of the Day boots after 25 years, has said he felt the BBC wanted him to leave the weekly highlights show.

Thursday, 17 April 2025

Advanced Television: Sunset+Vine producing snooker for BBC, 5

Story from Advanced Television:

Sunset+Vine’s Scotland and London teams will cross paths in Sheffield as they produce elite snooker for two British broadcasters, BBC Sport and Channel 5.

Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Advanced Television: Evans preferred S4C Chair candidate

Story from Advanced Television:

Delyth Evans is the Government’s preferred candidate for the S4C Chair, the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has announced.

Advanced Television: ITV retiring ITVBe; launching ITV Quiz

Story from Advanced Television:

ITV2 is set to become the linear home of all of ITV’s most popular reality series as they move from the retiring ITVBe brand to the digital channel in June.

Seen on TV has been removed from OFCOM's web site

OFCOM has today remove Seen on TV from their Freeview channel licence page.

Seen on TV was only broadcasting for around TWO weeks last June.

Advanced Television: Freely adding streamed channels

Story from Advanced Television:

Everyone TV – the organisation leading the evolution of free TV in the UK – has confirmed that a collection of streamed channels are coming to Freely, the live and on demand streaming platform backed by the PSBs BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5.

Tuesday, 15 April 2025

Advanced Television: Channel 4 scores England U21 rights

Story from Advanced Television:

England’s campaign to retain their title as UEFA European Under-21 Champions will be shown live and exclusive on Channel 4 this summer.

Is Freeview & Freely going to the High Street?

OFCOM has today given an broadcasting License to High Street TV (Group) Limited for ''High Street TV'' to launch as a Linear channel on Freeview and Freely.

April's Changes day is set to be April 30th.

Sunday, 13 April 2025

CityAM: ITV’s deal with ‘Traitors’ producer sparks fears for local news

Story from CityAM:

ITV’s early stage discussions with Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI to spin off its production arm into a seperate £3bn entity have sparked growing concern over the future of its commitment to local and regional news.

Friday, 11 April 2025

Reports: Jeremy Hunt who idea it to launch Local TV again in 2010 is set to get knighthood

Jeremy Hunt who idea it was to launch Local TV again the UK and Northern Ireland back in 2010 is set to get knighthood soon.

Advanced Television: BBC journalists warn of cuts risk

Story from Advanced Television:

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK House of Commons has published written evidence by a group of BBC World Service journalists, on the impact of cuts to the World Service.

Thursday, 10 April 2025

Advanced Television: 5 renews World Seniors Snooker Championship deal

Story from Advanced Television:

5 has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for the World Seniors Snooker Championship for the second year in a row.

Monday, 7 April 2025

OFCOM gives new broadcasting License to Synapse TV Limited for ''Nolly Africa'' to launch on Freeview and Freely.

OFCOM has today given an broadcasting License to Synapse TV Limited for ''Nolly Africa'' to launch as a streaming channel on Freeview and Freely.

Sunday, 6 April 2025

Media Guardian: BBC and ITV opt against bids to televise Fifa Club World Cup in summer

Story from Media Guardian:

The BBC and ITV have declined to pursue the chance to televise this summer’s Club World Cup, leaving Fifa increasingly concerned about the visibility of its flagship new tournament in a key market.

Friday, 4 April 2025

OFCOM give an licence to Must Have Ideas to launch on Freeview

OFCOM can updated their licence page on OFCOM web site for March 2025:

Thursday, 3 April 2025

NVTV sold to That's Media

Story from NVTV:

Northern Visions Announces Strategic Agreement with That’s TV to Secure Future of Local Broadcasting in Belfast 

Wednesday, 2 April 2025

BizAsia: BBC Asian Network re-affirms plans to cut news & current affairs

Story from BizAsia:

The BBC Asian Network has reaffirmed its plans to reduce the amount of news and current affairs content it broadcasts.

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Rumour: Is That's Media set to give their Music channels to more viewers on Freeview by June 2025?

An new source has reveal to Media Boy UK HQ that some changes MAY happen before June 2025 on Local Mux.