News about Elis James

BBC faces 'more commercialisation' as row over plans to run adverts on its podcasts continues - just weeks after latest licence fee hike

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 28, 2024
The commercial arm of the corporation is looking to generate sales in the UK by introducing ads to their podcasts on third-party websites such as Apple and Spotify . And earlier this month a coalition of more than 20 media companies fiercely criticised the corporation's proposals to monetise its podcasts - saying the move risks having a 'significant adverse impact on fair and effective competition'. Now the Head of Content for Salford-based creative audio company Audio Always has warned that it could be rolled out 'over the next couple of years'.

In a witty 'I am Ken' spoof performance that sees the comedian ridicule the England captain's trophy struggles at Bayern Munich, Matt Lucas mocked Harry Kane

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 15, 2024
Matt Lucas, Elis James, and Andrew Mensah have reimagined Ryan Gosling's 'I am Ken' Oscars performance in a parody version focusing on England and Bayern Munich's Harry Kane. In the summer, the England captain switched to Munich to win his first team championship, but the results haven't quite turned out.

According to a survey, half of Britons can only recall ONE cellphone number, and that it's their own

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 17, 2022
Some people over a certain age learned landline numbers as children, but did not bother to keep it up when cellphones became the norm. It could also be because our family and friends' contact information is now saved on our computers, so we don't have to dial up numbers like with landlines. Four out of every ten people can recall one or two numbers beside their own, while only 11% of the population knows 11 or more.

After a comedian mocked Steve Cooper's appearance, Sky apologised to Nottingham Forest

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 12, 2022
Exclusive BY MIKEEGAN: Since a 'comedy' sketch mocked Nottingham Forest's appearance, Sky Sports has apologised. The signing of Serge Aurier in the Forest dressing room brought viewers inside a skit on the broadcaster's Fantasy Football show. With one eye almost closed in the effort to raise a laugh, presenter Elis James seemed to have significantly altered his appearance in it.