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The TV and TV Craft Awards themselves take place on June 6 and May 24 respectively, but BAFTA would not be drawn on plans for the ceremonies. The UK government is aiming to allow indoor events from May 17, meaning it should be possible to put bums on seats.
“We want to make them as interactive and inclusive as possible, whether people are in the studio or via Zoom,” said BAFTA Television Committee chair Hannah Wyatt, suggesting that BAFTA is not going to follow the Oscars in banning Zoom acceptance speeches.: Sports broadcasting could be set for a big shakeup in the UK after telecoms giant BT confirmed to shareholders that it is planning a partial sale of BT Sport, which holds rights to blue-chip sports events including the Premier League and Champions League. The company is in talks with a “number of select strategic partners,” including Amazon, Disney, sports streamer DAZN, and ITV, according to the Daily Telegraph. None were commenting when: Amazon, of course, already broadcasts a small number of Premier League games in the UK. It could certainly afford BT Sport, but it would be a big change of gear for a streamer that has so far only nibbled at the edges of sports rights in the UK. Disney would be more of a shock after its failed experiment with ESPN, which launched in the UK with Premier League rights in 2009, only for those rights to be snatched away three years later by, you guessed it, BT Sport. DAZN is seen as the most genuine contender for BT Sport. The streamer, which is bankrolled by billionaire Len Blavatnik and chaired by former Disney executive Kevin Mayer, has become a disruptive force in the sports arena and has done little to distance itself from the idea it would like Premier League rights.A sale of BT Sport will not be straightforward. There are questions over the value of sports rights amid the pandemic, while it remains a precarious business, with broadcasters at the mercy of rights holders. In a sign that the clamor for the Premier League is not what it once was, the league
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