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As most TV viewers tune in via broadband, will 2034 signal the death of Freeview?

The aerial-accessed service has a fast-dwindling audience but when exactly to switch the platform off is proving highly divisive

The Guardian - UK

YouTube criticised after pulling out of UK TV audience measurement

Owner Google moves to block Barb data access months after allowing 200 channels to be monitored

The Guardian - UK

How The Traitors became the most-watched programme on UK television

An average audience of 14.9 million saw the final of The Celebrity Traitors in November 2025.

Evening Standard

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YouTube may have surpassed the BBC in viewer share, but that’s not the whole picture – a media expert explains

News this week from the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) that YouTube has surpassed the BBC in viewing share has been widely framed as a tipping point. Some read it as a final nail in the future of public service broadcasting in a platform-led age.

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BBC officially surpassed in viewership milestone

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The Independent UK

An opportunity or a threat? How YouTube rose and rose to overtake the BBC

YouTube has officially dethroned the BBC with its enormous British viewing figures, after surpassing ITV last summer

The Independent UK

Celebrity Traitors is set for a record audience. How high could the ratings go?

The Celebrity Traitors has become the most-watched TV show of the year in the UK, even prior to its final episode. The first four episodes of the BBC One game show averaged 12.6 million viewers, based on official seven-day consolidated figures from Barb. The show's audience has shown a consistent…

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Celebrity Traitors final: How high could the ratings go?

Seven-day consolidated ratings of 14 or even 15 million is not impossible.

Evening Standard

The MindsEye fallout continues as axed staff allege crunch, mismanagement, and a total lack of direction: 'Leslie [Benzies] never decided what game he wanted to make'

"And it does mess with you. You really do start to see the morale go down, the little arguments starting to happen."

PC Gamer

MindsEye devs drop a massive patch amid ‘relaunch’ efforts, but I feel no amount of updates will save this sinking ship

It's time we all moved on from this wreck.

Destructoid

MindsEye devs’ CEO blames ‘sabotage’, vows to relaunch 2025’s worst game to date

The GTA killer's creator thinks it was unjustly killed itself, but that just seems like a copout.

Destructoid

MindsEye review: "An uninspired and forgettable sci-fi action adventure that feels like a Netflix movie you watch while on your phone"

GamesRadar

MindsEye is set to launch next week, so it's probably not great that the studio's chief financial officer and chief legal officer have both resigned

The MindsEye saga gets weirder.

PC Gamer

The Guide #192: How reality TV and streaming has shaped 21st-century TV

In the second of our new miniseries looking back at the last quarter-century of pop culture, we chart the transformation of television since 2000

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The Independent UK

Gavin and Stacey festive special among most watched shows this century

The final episode aired on Christmas Day.

Evening Standard

History-making events top chart of decade’s biggest TV audiences so far

The highest-rated broadcast on a single channel is England’s Euro 2020 semi-final victory over Denmark.

Broadcasting & Cable

Apple TV Plus Ponders Ad Support, Meets With U.K. Ratings Body

Talks come just weeks after Apple poached NBCU ad executive Joseph Cady

Tom’s Guide

It looks like ads on Apple TV Plus is a done deal

Apple's having meetings that makes an ad-supported Apple TV Plus tier sound even more likely.

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TechRadar

Apple TV Plus rumored to be planning a major update that’ll make it cheaper but you’ll have to put up with ads

Apple's streaming service looks like it'll follow its rivals with an ad-supported tier as fresh rumors surface but it might not be as bad as Netflix.

iMore

Could Apple TV Plus be about to get cheaper? Only if you're happy watching ads

Apple executives held talks with ratings body Barb that hint at the future of Apple TV Plus including adverts in the UK.

TV Tech

Barb Taps MetaBroadcast and Nielsen's Gracenote for TV Measurement in UK

Gracenote’s program metadata and content IDs delivered through MetaBroadcast’s active data platform will broaden Barb's coverage, speed ratings reporting

Wales Online

King's Coronation watched by almost 19million people in the UK

An average of 18.8 million people watched across 11 channels and services

The Independent UK

King’s coronation service watched by almost 19 million viewers in UK

The figure is not quite as high as the ratings for the funeral service of the late Queen last September, which was seen by 26.5 million people.

Daily Mirror

Match Of The Day viewing figures up half a million with no hosts after Gary Lineker crisis

Match Of The Day viewing figures were up to 2.58million from last Saturday's figure of 2.09million, according to BARB overnights

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry's interview trounced in ratings by BBC's Happy Valley

Overnight figures from BARB show that BBC’s drama Happy Vally starring Sarah Lancashire was watched by 5.25million viewers compared to Harry: The Interview’s 4.10million

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