Jake Bickerton

London

Editorial Director at Broadcast Magazine

Editorial Director at Broadcast Sport

Editorial Director at Broadcast Tech Magazine

Editorial director of @Broadcast_Sport & @Broadcast_Tech, tech editor of @Broadcastnow. Also write about & make music.

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Articles

Jill Scott and Karen Carney launch Long Story Short podcast

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

It will be available on all streaming platforms from Wednesday 11 JuneFormer Lionesses Jill Scott and Karen Carney are launching their own podcast called Long Story Short. It will be made by Crowd Network and will be a platform to tell stories from throughout Jill and Karen’s decades-long friendship. With over 300 England caps between them, the pair will podcast together every week, bringing listeners stories from both on and off the pitch.
SailGP to launch long-form docuseries Uncharted

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

The 3x30-minute series has been produced in partnership with production house Ten100SailGP is to launch its first long-form docuseries, Uncharted, next month. The 3x30-minute series take viewers behind the scenes at SailGP. It has been produced in partnership with production house Ten100. Uncharted features RedBull Italy SailGP Team CEO Jimmy Spithill, showcasing his journey through the Championship.
5 to air four live international T20 matches a year

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

5 has signed a four-year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to air four live international T20 cricket fixtures a year. This will consist of two international England Men’s fixtures and two international England Women’s fixtures across the Spring and Summer months. The matches will be simulcast with Sky Sports. 5 will also stream highlights from county cricket’s T20 Vitality Blast competition across the season.
Disney+ picks up UEFA Women’s Champions League rights

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

The streamer will show every match live across Europe from 2025/26 to 2029/30Disney+ has agreed a five-year deal to secure the live rights to the UEFA Women’s Champions League across Europe from next season. Fans will be able to watch every match live. The deal is from the 2025/26 season through to 2029/30. The 2024/25 UEFA Women’s Champions League was previously available live and free-to-air on DAZN and YouTube.
EBU secures free-to-air coverage for European Gymnastics

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

The agreement covers men’s and women’s competitions across the Artistic Gymnastics European Championships and Rhythmic Gymnastics European ChampionshipsThe European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has extended its worldwide media rights agreement with European Gymnastics for another four years (from 2025 to 2028), ensuring gymnastics coverage stays free-to-air. Gymnastics audiences in Europe and beyond will continue to be able to watch major competitions for free.
BBC launches campaign to highlight summer of women’s sport

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

The ‘Names Will Be Made’ campaign spotlights female athletes and gives them a platform on the BBCThe BBC is giving women’s sport the spotlight this summer, with a lineup of major sporting events live on the BBC across TV, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app, as well as on BBC radio and BBC Sounds. To mark the start of this sporting summer, the broadcaster is launching ‘Names Will Be Made’, a campaign that spotlights female athletes and gives them a platform.
Andy Beale joins The Premier League as director of technology

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

His appointment comes as Premier League Productions begins the process of building facilities to take the production of Premier League matches in-houseAndy Beale has been announced as director of technology at The Premier League. In a post on LinkedIn this morning, Beale said simply, “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Director of Technology at The Premier League.
GlobalData unveils free-to-attend sports streaming seminar

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

The discussion, ‘Battle for Live Sports: Sports Viewing in the Streaming Age’, is free-to-attend and takes place on Zoom on Thursday (22 May)GlobalData (Broadcast Sport’s parent company) is running a free-to-attend online event, Battle for Live Sports: Sports Viewing in the Streaming Age, on Thursday 22 May. The seminar is focused on the recent move by streamers to include more live events and sports coverage into their product offering.
ScreenSkills launches ‘Post Production Explained’ e-learning series

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

The free series of 15-25 minute modules covers aspect ratios, resolution, colour spaces and moreScreenSkills has launched an e-learning series called Post Production Explained, which provides an overview of the technical processes in film and television post-production. The course is a series of online learning modules (which are typically between 15-25 minutes each) that have been created by industry experts and designed for people working in the industry at all levels.
Aurora to produce ITV’s LIV Golf highlights

2 weeks ago | broadcastnow.co.uk | Jake Bickerton

It’s creating a series of one-hour highlights shows covering each of the 14 LIV Golf events this seasonAurora is producing ITV highlights programming for the 2025 LIV Golf season. It is creating a series of one-hour highlights shows covering each of the 14 LIV Golf events this season. The highlights are airing on ITVX, which struck a broadcast deal with LIV earlier this year. Every tournament is also being shown live in full on ITVX, giving UK audiences free-to-air access to the entire season.