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Edinburgh festivals join forces to replace TV industry summit set to quit city
Festival leaders have been in talks for months with Scottish Government agency Screen Scotland about the initiative, which will be supported using funding previously earmarked for the Edinburgh TV Festival. Delegates will be encouraged to attend…
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With 12-minute ad ceiling gone, TV faces test of value over volume
The government's decision to remove the 12-minute-per-hour advertising cap on television, announced by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on August 14, 2026, has allowed broadcasters more flexibility to decide how much advertising they want…
The Hisense U8QG is one of the smartest TV buys I can recommend
The Hisense U8QG is available from 55-inch to 100-inch, with most models currently on sale. It offers arresting HDR picture quality and brightness. However, this set lacks some premium features like four HDMI ports and an ultra-thin frame. Follow…
BBC 'seal deal' to show 38 live matches from European league on free-to-air TV
BBC will show Serie A matches this season after agreeing a deal to televise 38 matches from this weekend. BBC Scotland are set to lead the coverage but games are also set to be shown on iPlayer as the broadcast expands. One match from each gameweek…
BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent eyes up new TV role after Naga Munchetty exit
Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent has…
Not the Cannes Film Festival: Footy's TV directors must listen to the viewers
Shortly after last Saturday night's thrilling Hawthorn-Collingwood draw, AFL social media accounts ran some entertaining footage of the MCG crowd trying to work out what on earth had happened to Dylan Moore's post-siren kick to win the game for the…
Love Island presenter's new BBC competition hailed 'fantastic summer TV'
Love Island's Iain Stirling has stepped away from the villa and onto the sands of Scotland in a bold new series. Race Against the Tide, which has just launched on BBC Two, sees Stirling take centre stage as host of a distinctive sand sculpture…
Celebrity MasterChef star Shakira Khan's age and romance with TV star boyfriend
Shakira Khan is no stranger to the spotlight. The 23-year-old has become a familiar face to TV viewers after she shot to fame on the 2025 series of Love Island. At the time, she made a huge impact and quickly became one of the show's most…
Phyllida Law dies as tributes left for TV star with two famous daughters
Actress Phyllida Law, the mother of Dame Emma Thompson, has died aged 94. News of her death was confirmed by her granddaughter Gaia Wise, the daughter of Dame Emma and her husband Greg Wise. Wise shared a photo of Law on Instagram and wrote:…
Skip Binksy Will Now Compete With Sweetpea Golightly for Best TV Character Name in Industry's Fifth and Final Season
HBO announced new additions to the cast of Industry for the fifth and final season of its finance drama yesterday. I have not been able to dislodge one particular character name from my head when I first read the news: Skip Binksy. Stunning, no…
TV tonight: the jawdropping story of the mother who faked her son's illness
“He seemed to be allergic to the 21st century,” said journalist Paul Levie of Matthew Hayden-Johnson, a child from Torbay who, his mother, Lisa, claimed, was unable to walk, eat or breathe without medical assistance. However, as this…
Bill Rasmussen, sports TV visionary and founder of ESPN, dies at 93
Bill Rasmussen, whose vision and ambition fueled the 1979 launch of ESPN as the world's first 24-hour television network, died Tuesday. He was 93. Rasmussen died at his Florida home from the effects of Parkinson's disease. With son Scott, Rasmussen…
Why a Reunion Between the Two Rival TV Academies Is Long Overdue
Last month's news that the two rival TV academies are looking to reunite was welcome and overdue — but it won't be as easy as flipping a switch. The Los Angeles-based Television Academy and the New York located National Academy of Television…
I Was Wrong: RGB LED Is Not the Future of TVs
Last year, I sang the praises of RGB LED TVs. My first exposure to it, the $30,000 Hisense 116UX, blew me away with its blindingly bright picture and the widest color range I'd ever seen. I was thoroughly impressed and excited to see what the…
New Fire TV devices with Android 16 could be coming very soon
New Fire TV hardware running Android 16-based Fire OS 16 appears to be getting close, with developers now being asked to prepare their apps for upcoming devices. Vega OS won't completely replace Android across the Fire TV lineup. Future Fire TV…
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