Comcast-owned Sky is nearing a £1.6 billion deal for ITV’s broadcast and streaming arm, setting up a major UK media shake-up as local TV players try to bulk up against Netflix, YouTube and Disney.

It was supposed to be ITV's answer to EastEnders and deliver a knockout blow in the TV ratings battle. Instead, it became one of the most expensive failures of the 1980s. In February 1985, the BBC had ...

An announcement is expected imminently on Sky buying ITV's TV and streaming channels.

While Coronation Street has had its fair share of specials and anniversary episodes over the decades, one of its most unusual offshoots quietly slipped into the schedules back in the mid-1980s. Based ...