BBC Commercial increased EBITDA by 17% to £267 million ($357.1 million) in the 2025/26 financial year, returning £377 million ($504.2 million) to the BBC as direct-to-consumer services and products, led by “Bluey”, drove growth despite a challenging market. Revenue was flat at £2.2 billion ($2.94 billion), with growth in some areas offsetting declines in others.
Yemen’s Houthis said they launched missiles at Abha airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Monday in response to airstrikes on Sanaa airport, which they blamed on the kingdom. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, which backs the country’s internationally recognized government, said its air defenses “dealt with” the missiles and no casualties were reported. The Houthis,
It looks like there will be a shake-up in the structure of the men’s World Cups in both formats. There is a proposal on the table to reduce the Over-50s World Cup from 14 teams to 12 along with the addition of a ‘super seven’ stage. This could even be in place for the 2027
Ellen Burstyn, whose credits include “The Last Picture Show,” “The Exorcist” and “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” will receive the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. Film Festival, the festival said Tuesday. The festival’s artistic director, Alberto Barbera, described Burstyn as “an actress of rare intensity and truth,” adding
The chief executive of German car giant Volkswagen Group has confirmed that it intends to cut up to 100,000 jobs, double what was previously stated. The group, which includes Porsche, Audi, Seat and Skoda as well as the VW brand, had previously said it would cut around 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030. It suffered
Linnea Berthelsen, best known for playing Kali Prasad/008 in the second and final season of Netflix’s smash hit “Stranger Things”, will make her UK stage debut in “Darkling” at London’s Bush Theatre. The solo play is presented by Actors Touring Company and co-produced with Bush Theatre. Described as “an epic story of a life devastated
