Jake joined Deadline in 2019 from Business Insider, where he was the UK Executive Editor, overseeing a 60-strong London bureau and serving tens of millions of readers every month. He also wrote about media and tech, breaking scoops on companies including Facebook, Amazon and the BBC. Prior to his time at Business Insider, he spent six years at Broadcast, where he rose from reporter to news editor and launched the popular Talking TV podcast. Jake is also chair of the Broadcasting Press Guild, a 45-year-old association of the UK's top media journalists.
Comcast-owned Sky has commissioned Last Week Tonight With John Oliver producer Avalon to make a quick-turnaround coronavirus show hosted by British comedian Russell Howard.
Howard usually fronts Sky One show The Russell Howard Hour and had been on his third world tour before it was interrupted by the COVID-19…
The BBC has announced plans to host a coronavirus telethon on April 23, bringing together its two charity partners, Comic Relief and Children In Need, for the first time.
Produced by BBC Studios, The Big Night In will go live for three hours on BBC One and aims to cheer up the nation by spotlighting stories of…
The Edinburgh TV Festival is the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic after organizers announced that the event will move online.
The Edinburgh TV Festival was due to take place on August 26-28, but the physical conference will be “reimagined” as a digital event for the industry, with key sessions taking place…
Discovery has today launched the “biggest ever” rebrand of its six UK free-to-air channels: Quest, Quest Red, Really, HGTV, Food Network and DMAX.
The new-look showcases Discovery’s ad-funded streamer Dplay and was created by an in-house team at the company, based on a rebrand of Dplay Nordics by Red Bee…
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has announced that it has completed a full buyout of Israeli pay-TV operator and producer Ananey Communications Group after first investing in the company in 2017.Â
Ananey will be consolidated into ViacomCBS’s international business, with CEO Orly Atlas-Katz now reporting to…
Queen Elizabeth II’s rare address to the British public and the Commonwealth became one of the UK’s most-watched TV events of the past decade after 24M tuned in to watch Her Majesty.
In a nod to families and friends being kept apart by coronavirus, the Queen’s speech included the emotive line that “we will meet again,”…
ITV has announced plans to create a £500,000 ($615,000) development fund to support producers through the coronavirus-induced production shutdown.
ITV wants to increase investment in development so it can be quicker in greenlighting ideas once the COVID-19 lockdown is lifted and filming can get back underway on TV…
The BBC has outlined its plan of action for assisting the UK production community through the coronavirus pandemic, which has ripped through the industry halting filming on most major TV shows.
The BBC is in a unique position given that its funding is guaranteed by the licence fee, and it is keen to show that it is…
Channel 4’s top executives, including CEO Alex Mahon, are set to join other entertainment industry chiefs in taking a coronavirus pay cut as the advertising downturn begins to bite.
The Gogglebox and Great British Bake Off broadcaster, which is almost entirely funded by the ad market, is preparing to announce a range…
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to a hospital in London on Sunday evening after suffering with coronavirus for 10 days.
Johnson will be assessed by medics in what is being described as a “precautionary step” by 10 Downing Street, according to widespread reports. He is expected to kept in…
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is terminating all licensing arrangements it has in place with Kew Media Distribution, including for hit British drama Line Of Duty, after talks with the collapsed company’s administrator broke down.
Deadline understands that Netflix has the rights to stream a number of Kew Media Distribution titles…
