Twenty Twelve


London Live to launch in UK

A new channel is launching on digital free-TV in the UK today. London Live will occupy the Freeview channel 8 slot, along with BSkyB channel 117, Virgin Media channel 159 and YouView channel 8. The network is one of the stations launching throughout the UK in a government-lead drive to launch channels that offer local […]

BBC lines up Twenty Twelve successor

The UK’s BBC has commissioned W1A, a spiritual successor to its London Olympic Games satire Twenty Twelve satire set inside the UK pubcaster. The BBC Two series will follow the hapless Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) as he takes up a new job as the BBC’s head of values, a fictional position. The character was first […]

BBC Worldwide to supply raft of content to Hulu Plus

BBC Worldwide North America and Hulu announced today a multi-year agreement to offer a raft of BBC Worldwide content on the U.S. Hulu Plus subscription service. BBC Worldwide has struck a wide ranging deal to provide BBC content to Hulu Plus, the premium arm of the US internet broadcaster. The non-exclusive deal means that Hulu […]