EXCLUSIVE: Ofcom has delayed publishing research on politicians presenting news shows until the UK media regulator has reached crucial rulings on GB News. Ofcom committed to publishing the audience study last year but the regulator has told Deadline that it will now hold back the findings until…

Like it or loath it, GB News is a trailblazer.  The news station, backed by Brexit-supporting billionaire Paul Marshall, crash-landed on British screens in June 2021, but overcame tech and studio fails to establish itself as a genuine force, with a loyal following of around 3M viewers a month and an…

Audiences didn't have a lot of new choices, nor a mega late-December blockbuster to ring in the first weekend of the new year at the movies, but the studio titles on offer are still drawing crowds and seeing strong holds, particularly with ongoing holidays in many international box office markets…

Channel 4 is compiling a plan to enact its biggest round of layoffs for more than 15 years, with up to 200 staff potentially in line to be made redundant. The figure would represent around 17% of the network’s overall headcount. According to The Guardian, which broke the news, Channel 4 head honchos…

The 2024 awards season is officially underway as Universal Pictures’ Oppenheimer won Best Motion Picture Drama the 81st annual Golden Globes tonight, leading all films and TV shows with five trophies. Check out the winners in all 27 categories below, see the wins by distributor and TV network/platform here…

After winning best screenplay at Sunday night’s Golden Globes, Anatomy of a Fall director and co-writer Justine Triet talked about how the screenplay came to be and was grateful that things did not turn out like they did in the film. “Looking back to when I started writing this project, we were in…

A bubbling conflict from the last series of the UK's Strictly Come Dancing – the original show of the global Dancing with the Stars franchise – has broken through the surface with a celebrity contestant reportedly demanding she receive footage of her dance rehearsals to assist in a possible legal…

Five female BBC news presenters have been off the air, on full pay, since March 2023, when BBC News Channel merged with BBC World News and dozens of roles were axed. Since then, the broadcaster has struggled to find new roles for the five, while the axing of the presenters, all female and experienced, has…

The makers of an access-all-areas documentary about Andrew Tate have revealed that the controversial influencer imposed only one condition on their filming. Dan Reed, who produced I Am Andrew Tate, which airs Sunday evening in the UK, wrote in The Guardian newspaper that Tate told his team: "You can…

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) of the UK has issued a statement, following the huge public reaction to the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which aired last week. The four-part drama depicted the injustice suffered by hundreds of innocent British postmasters, who were convicted of theft…

Clare Foy is satisfied that her battle over pay for The Crown has paid off for other female actors.  The British star of the first two series of the Netflix big-budget drama was famously enraged on the discovery that, despite holding the crown of the title in her lead role of a young Elizabeth II…

British former footballer turned former manager Joey Barton has escalated his battles regarding female commentators in sport, after he was slammed by broadcaster ITV for making "vindictive" remarks about two of their pundits. Barton, used to causing controversy with his outspoken attitude, launched…