Jake Bickerton
Jake is editorial director of the Broadcast Tech & Sport Group
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- 0208 1020894
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- jake.bickerton@globaldata.com
NewsWorld Aquatics Championships 2025 goes free-to-air
It will be broadcast on Eurovision Sport, the EBU’s free-to-air digital platform
NewsOnSight bolsters leadership team
The company has promoted Tony Maher to the role of business development director and Rik Tester to operations director
NewsFake Liquid Death ad reveals new capabilities of GenAI
The film cost around US$800 in Veo 3 credits and took two weeks to make. It demonstrates the progress GenAI has made in creating content
NewsExtreme H goes free-to-air with ITV
ITV will broadcast the motorsport free-to-air and live across ITV4 and ITVX
NewsSupertri and WBD agree continued rights deal
It will continue to be shown live across Europe on Eurosport and on TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland, and be available on HBO Max and discovery+
NewsSky Sports and Audi launch podcast series The Pursuit
The series, hosted by Sky Sports’ Kelly Cates, explores the mindset behind elite performance
NewsTwickenham Film Studios recruits Jay Makwana as head of post
He joins from Halo, and previously worked at Storm and Lion Television
NewsExtreme H races onto Eurosport, HBO Max, Discovery+ and TNT Sports
Programming will include live race action, highlights shows and on-demand access, delivered in local languages
NewsWBD reveals Tour de France plans
TNT Sports and Discovery+ will show every minute of the event live in the UK and Ireland, including a new quad screen experience
NewsFan engagement: Premier League overhauls app and website
It is working with Microsoft to offer what it calls “personalised and engaging experience for fans around the world”
NewsBroadcast Sport Summit 2025 - Super Early Bird tickets now on sale
The full day event takes place on 12 November 2025 at The Emirates Stadium, London. A limited number of Super Early Bird tickets are now available
NewsCVP launches CVP Auctions
The platform provides access to new, ex-demo, and approved used cameras and lenses, lighting and accessories
NewsSunset+Vine launches Sunset Vinyl YouTube channel
It includes restored rare and unseen interviews from 80s & 90s artists first shown on 24-hour music channel Music Box
NewsSony offers free replacement of Burano infrared cut filter
The adaptation improves colour reproduction under strong lighting conditions
NewsHalo opens third Soho facility
The building includes 14 offline suites, production offices and a range of finishing suites
NewsRWS acquires IP for Papercup AI dubbing technology
Content solutions company RWS has acquired the intellectual property behind Papercup’s AI dubbing technology.
NewsPinewood submits planning application for data centre
The application includes a 55,030 square metre state-of-the-art data centre, with the expansion costing £1billion
NewsThe MBS Group takes on operations of Elstree Studios
It will operate and service the studio complex, which has nine sound stages
NewsJellyfish comes back to life
Troubadour Studios has acquired the trademark and branding rights for a new VFX house from Jellyfish
NewsEVS opens Denver office
It will function as a customer service center and will also feature a training facility