Create & Craft Crisis: Media Boy UK HQ found new information about Hobby Craft TV

Media Boy UK HQ has just found on Company House that.

Advanced Television: BBC, S4C score rights for Japan v Wales rugby tour

Story from Advanced Television:

BBC Cymru Wales and S4C have announced a deal for the live free-to-air rights for the Wales men’s rugby team’s two-Test tour of Japan this July.

Create & Craft Crisis: Media Boy UK has seen some new information about Hobby Craft TV over on Digital Spy Forum

All of the text in this post is own by Digital Spy Forum poster ''SKYtvFREAK'':

'Hobbycraft TV has now been licenced. Likely to launch on Freeview but maybe on Sky too?'

Create & Craft Crisis: What has been reported on Create & Craft this week?

Create & Craft update

Information was first seen on June 26th:

India Today to start to stream on Freeview and Freely

OFCOM has given an new Streaming Licensee to ''India Today'' to launch as an streaming channel on both Freeview UK and Freely as soon as July 16th 2025.

That's Media axe Canis Media from OFCOM web site

Media Boy UK HQ has just found that Licensee for TV Warehouse is now called TV Warehouse Limited.

Advanced Television: Arqiva raising £500m

Story from Advanced Television:

UK transmission business Arqiva’s Broadcast Finance division plans to offer £500 million in fixed rate securities with a 5-year maturity and a 2-year non-call period, according to a pre-stabilisation notice.

EXCLUSIVE - Create & Craft Crisis: Media Boy UK found new unreported info on latest news from Create & Craft Administrators

ALL Information found on Company House: 

On June 24th 2025 Media Boy UK HQ found the following information posted by the Create & Craft Administrators on May 21st 2025.

Broadcast Sport: S4C unveils Women’s Euro and Lions Men’s Tour plans

Story from Broadcast Sport:

S4C will bring comprehensive coverage of the Wales team at the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 in Switzerland next month with live broadcasts of all the Wales matches on S4C.

Scottish Sun: BBC Scotland axes more than 50 jobs amid spending cuts

Story from The Scottish Sun:

BBC Scotland has axed more than 50 jobs over the past 12 months amid financial pressures.

Advanced Television: OUTtv launches FAST channel on Freeview UK

Story from Advanced Television:

OUTtv, the LGBTQ+ streaming service, is continuing to expand its UK footprint with the launch of its FAST channel, OUTflix Proud.

Advanced Television: The Filipino Channel launches on Channelbox via Freeview UK

Story from Advanced Television:

Global Distribution Services has announced the launch of The Filipino Channel (TFC) on Channelbox, now available to UK audiences on Freeview Channel 271.

RXTV: Freeview technical upgrade could make older screens go blank

Story from RXTV:

A small but significant change took place this week on Freeview.

Channel 4's 4Seven to move multiplex next week on Freeview

4Seven is set to move from COM5 to ITV and Channel 4 owned multiplex D3 & 4 as soon as June 18th.

Broadband TV News: UK Roku TVs to switch to Freely

Story from Broadband TV News:

New Roku TV devices released in the UK will now rely on Freely as the default way to watch free-to-air broadcasters.

UPDATE - Digital Spy Forum: That's TV 3 goes HD only ahead of 4Seven moves to multiplex

Reports on Digital Spy says at ''That's TV 3'' has switched from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 on June 9th (Viewers will no longer see this channel if they can't get BBC One HD on their TV Set or Boxes).

Advanced Television: High Street TV launches on Freeview

Story from Advanced Television:

Multi-channel retailer, High Street TV, has announced that its shopping channel is now available on Freeview.

Advanced Television: ITV Quiz channel goes live

Story from Advanced Television:

ITV has announced the launch of its new quiz channel – ITV Quiz – a dedicated destination bringing viewers non-stop brain-teasing entertainment from 9am to 1am every day.

Deadline: “Dramatic Shift In Commissioning” Could Be Problem For British TV Industry, Says Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy

Story from Deadline:

A “dramatic shift in TV commissioning” has seen the UK become a world leader in high-end drama while the value of smaller shows plummets, according to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy.

Advanced Television: High Street TV expands reach with ABS Broadcast

Story from Advanced Television:

ABS Broadcast has launched High Street TV onto Virgin Media and Freeview platforms, making the channel now available in over 28 million homes across the UK.

Broadband TV News: Ministers to begin search for new Ofcom chair

Story from Broadband TV News:

Veteran broadcast executive Lord Michael Grade is to step down from his position of chair Ofcom after a single term.