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 […]
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 […]
BT Sport has swept up the rights to the next Ashes series from under the nose of rival Sky. As competition between the Pay TV rivals intensifies, BT is primed to broadcast the Ashes from Australia for the first time, vastly upping its cricket output and diversifying its appeal beyond its strong football programming. On […]