LONDON — The BBC hopes to extend its hold on free-to-air digital TV by backing a non-pay satellite option to cover the million or so homes that cannot receive digital terrestrial services. In its ...

The BBC is launching four new digital-only music stations that delve deeper into specific genres and music periods supported by material from the broadcaster’s deep archives. The new channels are an ...

Amid the rise of connected TV (CTV), traditional linear channels are in decline, forcing players within the space to find creative solutions to maintain their audiences. For the BBC, iPlayer has ...

BBC executives are expected to outline what its options are to fill its £2 billion spending gap caused by the lower-than-expected licence fee settlement. Reports suggest that the BBC's director ...

The BBC is talking to Google and other major names in new media as the corporation looks into possibilities for the future. Press reports suggest this could lead to BBC content becoming available on ...

Members of the Communications and Digital Committee of the UK House of Lords, Parliament’s upper legislative chamber, have suggested that some form of public funding will remain necessary beyond the ...

U.K. culture minister Lisa Nandy has committed to continuing the BBC‘s licence fee model until at least 2027. However she has said she is going to consider all funding options for the broadcaster’s ...

The U.K. public broadcaster's stand-alone film unit aims to bring the drama about a U.K. divorcee and an American novelist to the big screen. By Stuart Kemp LONDON – BBC Films, the U.K. public ...

The BBC has said it is considering its options over spoof website news-bbc.net, which has carried stories such as ‘Gordon Brown admits having affair with Ann Widdecombe’. The spoof website is set out ...