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Amazon Prime Video and British company BBC Studios on Thursday announced that BBC Player and BBC Kids will be available as a value-added channel on the streamer's platform. Prime Video subscribers will be able to access a curated line-up of popular British content spanning original British dramas, comedy, documentaries, factual shows, entertainment to lifestyle programming, and children's shows through the channel, a press release stated.Subscribers can purchase the annual add-on subscription of BBC Player on the Prime…

The British rock group took the stage ahead of the release of their new LP, The Ballad of Darren Blur performed an intimate concert for BBC Radio 2 yesterday at the New Broadcasting House in London. The 13-song performance is available in full to listen to on the BBC website and the British channel has also unveiled videos of several songs. In one clip, Blur showcase their 1994 hit single “Parklife,” which appeared on the rock band’s LP of the same name. The song has become of the…

Eminent BBC news anchor Huw Edwards, known for his unflappable and calm demeanor, has confirmed that he is at the center of a sexting scandal that has dominated headlines in recent days. FILE - Journalist Huw Edwards poses for photographers upon arrival at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards at the Grosvenor Hotel in London, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. London police say there's no evidence that a BBC presenter who allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos committed a crime. The Metropolitan…

The BBC has suspended one of its top male presenters after reports surfaced that he had allegedly asked a teenager for sexually explicit photos. The allegations were first reported in U.K. tabloid The Sun on Friday. The mother of the teenager explained her child used the money received from the presenter to fund an addiction to crack cocaine. “All I want is for this man to stop paying my child for sexual pictures and stop him funding my child’s drug habit,” she told the publication, adding that…

Almost two months after Meta said that it will end the availability of news on Facebook and Instagram opposing Canada's Online News Act, the government has announced that it will suspend advertising on the company's platform."We have decided to take the necessary step of suspending all Government of Canada advertising to Facebook. We cannot continue paying advertising dollars to Meta while they refuse to pay their fair share to Canadian news organisations," Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez said in a tweet.…

Nicolas Winding Refn, the maverick Danish director known for his dramatically stylish and visceral way with sex and violence, is to adapt Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books for the BBC.Refn, whose films include Drive, Only God Forgives, the Pusher trilogy, a biopic of Charles Bronson and The Neon Demon, a blackly comic look at necrophilia in LA’s fashion world, will act as creator and executive producer on the mini-series, which has begun shooting in the south-west.It is unclear which of Blyton’s 21 books will form the basis…

In January, it was first announced that the famous BBC spy-thriller The Night Manager was getting a Hindi remake and it would star the duo of Anil Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur. The first four episodes of the series were released on February 16, as Part 1 and it received appreciation from fans and critics alike. And now, after a long wait, Part 2 of the series will soon be here and you can enjoy the conclusion of the story. The show is a direct-to-OTT release, so you need to know The Night Manager Part 2 OTT release…

During The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show this morning it has been announced that Tears for Fears and Kylie Minogue will headline BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Leicester on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September 2023.Tears for Fears will be headlining the Saturday night with their only UK festival appearance this year, and Kylie Minogue will be headlining the Sunday night with her first live UK concert performance for four years. Also, for the first time, there will be a Radio 2 DJ stage where some of the station’s favourite…

BBC Radio 2 in the Park will this year take place at Victoria Park in Leicester on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September it has been announced.The news was revealed on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show this morning and it will be Radio 2’s biggest-ever live music event outside of London. The artist line-up will be revealed on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on Tuesday 13th June between 8am and 9.15am.Helen Thomas, Head of Radio 2, says: “I’m thrilled to officially announce today that Leicester will host this year’s Radio 2 in the…

BBC, British Airways and Nova Scotia's government have reportedly become victims of one of the biggest global supply chain-related hacking attacks in recent times. According to a report in Associated Press, the US and British cybersecurity officials have warned that a Russian cyber-extortion gang's hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations could have widespread global impact. The range of companies affected by this attack are believed to be from across sectors. These include health care, financial…