Crowne Plaza® Hotel & Resorts and media technology company Oath today announce a collaboration to create ‘Downtime’, the ultimate hub for the modern business traveller. The business lifestyle channel launches today on HuffPost UK and hosts a mix of promotional features and editorial content, including an original scripted video series titled ‘Downtime’, created with BBC […]
[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/BBC_Microbit_30s_WIP.mp4[/KGVID] Schoolchildren give their unique take on where technology will go in the next thirty years in the new BBC Masterbrand campaign for BBC micro:bit. BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized, codeable computer that allows young people to get creative with technology, and it is being supplied to around one million Year Seven or […]
The BBC is launching a standalone smartphone and tablet app for its BBC Music brand, helping people listen and watch music clips from its radio and TV output. The app is being released as a free download today for Android and iOS devices, although it will only be available in the UK. Its content will include […]
The BBC is considering scrapping its decades-old channel and radio station-based structure in a radical shakeup which would see a cull of executive posts. The plans are being looked at as part of attempts to reduce management layers to help fund cuts of more than £550m a year due to decreases in licence fee income […]
Former BBC weatherman Michael Fish kicks up a storm with some fishy predictions for 2016 in a video released today. Fish tackles trend forecasting for the year ahead – confidently predicting that goose GIFs will be ‘huge’ next year, that beards are over and that ‘bald’ is the hot new hipster hair trend for 2016. The famous BBC […]
Jeremy Clarkson, the former BBC Top Gear presenter, has made light of his dramatic exit from the corporation earlier this year in a new ad for Amazon. Amazon’s new ad by Lucky Generals for the Fire TV Stick will air tomorrow during the Rugby World Cup Final. Clarkson, the former Top Gear presenter who famously […]
Apple has announced partnerships with 14 leading publishers as its news app launches in the UK. Apple News brings together content from titles including the BBC, Telegraph, Guardian, Sun and Sky News and present them in a single app that will replace the built-in newsstand app as part of the iOS 9.1 update. Other major […]
The BBC has secured the rights to Wimbledon until 2020 after penning a new deal with the All England Club. Keeping the tournament free to air, BBC director general Tony Hall said he was “delighted†with the deal as Wimbledon “unites the nation”. He concluded: “In what are difficult financial times, the deal represents the […]
The BBC has unveiled a digital out of home campaign to promote the Doctor Who 50th anniversary at rail stations across the UK. Produced by Grand Visual using creative assets provided by Red Bee, the campaign shows the Tardis magically appearing on screen with the call to action to “Show your support for the doctor”. […]