Broadcasting

Three years after initial plans to cut BBC Parliament to a part-time service were made, the channel is now off-air for the summer.

Over 200,000 hours of programming will come together under one roof, including HBO, Warner Bros., Discovery, DC, CNN, WB Games, Turner Sports, Cartoon Network, HGTV, Food Network, TNT, TBS, Turner Classic Movies, Wizarding World, Adult Swim, Eurosport, Magnolia, TLC, Animal Planet and ID.

For cable and mobile customers, everything stays the same on paper, for now.The merger of Virgin Media UK and O2 UK was legally completed on 1st June. The new organisation is known – unsurprisingly – as Virgin Media O2.

GB News will launch on Sunday 13th June at 8:00pm with a special launch show, “Welcome to GB News” ahead of its regular weekday schedule launching the following day.

Sony’s UK channels will be rebranded within weeks, as the channels transfer to new owners.

It’s one of the main drawbacks of watching football via a live stream: cheering neighbours may give the game away long before you see the goal.

Live coverage of The British & Irish Lions will return to free-to-air television for…

Amazon, BT and Sky will continue to show their current quotas of Premier League games each season until summer 2025.

The BBC boosts athletics coverage and will continue to show live coverage of each summer’s series of events in a new four year deal.

The BBC has confirmed its plans for free-to-air Cricket coverage this season, beginning with daily highlights of England v New Zealand on 2nd June.