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It is reported below that Amazon is set to shut down its Freevee streaming service. This follows the introduction of ads to the basic tier of Amazon Prime, with both services offering a similar viewer experience.

www.adweek.com 

It’s been confirmed that LeAnn Rimes will be joining the show, alongside the first ever ‘double chair’ which will see McFly members Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones join the show.

Will.i.am and Tom Jones will return, as will Emma Willis.

The show is filming this month in Manchester so will no doubt be on the shelf for months until it finds its way to air when ITV waves the white flag against Strictly and the two air at the same time.

newsroom.bt.com 

I'm enjoying the irony of the developer being called MCR.

As the press release notes, Tower is home to Media and Broadcast, their switching centre and Outside Broadcast room. They still occasionally use the top floor (above the hospitality floors) as an ad hoc RF receive point, but presumably most of the fibre routes go via the Museum telephone exchange next door, so won't need moving too far.

As well as The Edit and Seven Days. A shame in some ways, but probably inevitable at the same time. Pres-wise it’s always been really nice, but it’s never managed to really set the agenda and the time slot is probably just too competitive.

A half hour bulletin at 7pm is to replace it, will be interesting to see how it’s branded.

(Hope this is OK to post as its own thread).

Link: www.bbc.co.uk 

Abu Dhabi-backed RedBirdIMI, whose boss is former CNN boss Jeff Zucker, is set to buy All3Media.

All3Media is behind many major production companies such as North One and Studio Lambert and many major programmes such as The Traitors, Gogglebox, Call The Midwife and Midsomer Murders.

Quite the development to have such a big player in TV production go to the hands of a foreign government. As noted below, the same company are set to take cintrol of The Telegraph, with Abu Dhabi one of many nation states wading into sport by being the majority owners of Manchester City.

www.theguardian.com 

Rumors are swirling that CBS's Paramount+ and NBC's Peacock could merge in order to compete with Disney+ and Max. Details about the talks here:


cordcuttersnews.com 

It looks like The Apprentice is in trouble as one contestant has made antisemitic remarks online

They will still appear on the show but have been edited out of “You’re Fired”

How exactly you edit out the fired candidate from show entirely based around the fired candidate remains to be seen



www.bbc.co.uk 

All of the remaining SD channels broadcasting on Spain's Terrestrial TV service will complete their HD switchover from later today.

advanced-television.com 

Here is the official website explaining the switchover to Spanish viewers.

If you are using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. You can click translate to your local language in the browser's address bar.

televisiondigital.mineco.gob.es 

There are also 2 UHD channels testing on this service for the past while. They run at an average bitrate of between 10 to 15Mbps.

www.digitalbitrate.com 

Oh my, this is a shock. Absolutely loved his show as a kid, hadn't really listened for years but caught him just on Saturday doing Pick of the Pops and thought how good he sounded

www.bbc.co.uk 

Deadline are reporting that pre-production is underway for another special of Gabin & Stacey, after the massive success if the last one-off revival in 2019.

Personally, I thought the last one would have been a great place to end, but can understand why everyone involved would be keen for it to be revived. James Corden is now no longer busy in the US, so would be more available for projects like this back in the UK.

Presumably, another show for Christmas Day on BBC One. A big shake-up for that day's schedule with TWO new additions to last year likely, with Wallace and Gromit also set to return this Christmas. One would think that something will have to be kicked out of the schedule to fit this extra 90 minutes if content in. Call The Midwife possibly the mosg likely candidate as that is around 90 minutes in duration?

deadline.com