Tag Archives: BBC

Danish coming-of-age thriller ‘What about Monica’ to premiere on NENT Group’s Viaplay in 2021

​​​​​​’What about Monica’ is created by Julie Budtz Sørensen and based on her award-winning Danish podcast: `Det med Liv’ (PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 12-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Nordic region’s leading media and entertainment provider Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) announces new … Read the full press release

Award-winning box Sky Q gets smarter with new features to be rolled out in the coming weeks

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 8-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s leading media and entertainment company Sky, part of Comcast group, has announced it will roll out new smart features to its award-winning box Sky Q, the biggest change since its launch. The … Read the full press release

Newcastle University honorary degree awardee Martin Luther King shortlisted in BBC’s Icons history programme

(PRESS RELEASE) NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, 10-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Civil rights leader Martin Luther King and famed diplomat and archaeologist Gertrude Bell are featured in a new BBC series where members of the public vote for the 20th century’s greatest icon. … Read the full press release

University of Warwick Professor Carol Rutter appeared on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time discussing Shakespeare’s best known play Hamlet

Coventry, UK, 08-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Carol Rutter, Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick, has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time discuss Shakespeare’s best known, most quoted … Read the full press release

BBC Names Glasgow Lecturer a New Generation Thinker

GLASGOW, 20-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Glasgow academic Dr Alistair Fraser has today been named as a New Generation Thinker by the BBC. Dr Fraser, a criminologist at the University of Glasgow, whose expertise focuses on youth culture and street … Read the full press release

BBC’s Living Life Longer series to feature Newcastle University research on best ways to age well

Experts at Newcastle University will feature in a BBC Look North news series which explores the best ways to age well. NEWCASTLE, 24-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — All this week, the BBC’s Living Life Longer series will focus on the University’s key … Read the full press release

Ericsson signed a seven-year playout services contract with the BBC

Seven year deal includes playout and media management services for the BBC’s portfolio of channels in the UK and BBC World News STOCKHOLM, 5-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced that it has signed a seven-year playout services … Read the full press release

University of Birmingham to welcome BBC, The Guardian and Sky News to campus for a series of General Election events and debates

BIRMINGHAM, 22-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — With the General Election is fast approaching, the University of Birmingham is welcoming the BBC, The Guardian and Sky News to campus for a series of events and debates to help students, staff and local residents get … Read the full press release

Selex ES provides thermal imaging cameras for BBC’s new television series ‘The Great British Year’

Basildon, UK, 08-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, has provided the BBC with thermal imaging (TI) technology which was used to film its new television series ‘The Great British Year’ and will show previously unseen footage of nocturnal animal … Read the full press release

The BBC and BT Sport announce they signed with The Football Association for the FA Cup rights 2014-18

23-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The BBC and BT Sport have secured a four year shared rights deal that will see both broadcasters become home to The FA Cup from 2014. The Football Association, marking its 150th anniversary this year, confirmed the … Read the full press release