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Press coverage, announcements, and media resources.

Press releases

Official announcements from BMT Studios, BMT Direct, BMT Pulse and BMT Core, most recent first.

  • Studios

    BMT Studios opens its first Lagos writers' room

    Twelve writers begin development on three scripted series for delivery across the next two commissioning windows.

  • Pulse

    BMT Pulse adds a Nairobi broadcast hub

    East African coverage joins the weeknight live schedule alongside London, Dubai and Atlanta.

  • Commissions

    BMT commissions Seerah in Forty

    A forty-part scholarly series filmed on location, subtitled in five languages at launch.

  • Direct

    BMT Direct confirms £1.99 monthly launch pricing

    A single ad-free tier with five household profiles, offline downloads and no contract.

  • Core

    BMT Core brings faith-aware personalisation to streaming

    The discovery engine ranks titles on language, region and faith-rating signals held on-device by default.

  • Company

    BMT.tv founded in London

    A studio, a streaming service and a live news arm built for Black Muslim audiences worldwide.

Media coverage

Selected reporting on the BMT slate, platform and commissioning model.

The Guardian

July 2026
BMT is the cultural home Black Muslim audiences have been waiting for.

Feature on the launch slate and the economics of a £1.99 streaming tier.

Read the piecein The Guardian

Variety

June 2026
A rights-owning studio with a distribution arm attached is a rare thing at this scale.

Analysis of the BMT Studios commissioning model.

Read the piecein Variety

Al Jazeera

June 2026
Pulse treats Muslim news audiences as a primary market, not an afterthought.

Interview with the BMT Pulse editorial leadership in Nairobi.

Read the piecein Al Jazeera

Wired

April 2026
Faith-aware recommendations, with the preference data kept on the device.

Technical profile of the BMT Core discovery engine.

Read the piecein Wired

Screen Daily

April 2026
Seerah in Forty may be the most ambitious factual commission of the year.

First look at the flagship documentary series.

Read the piecein Screen Daily

Financial Times

March 2026
A low price point aimed squarely at global households, not Western subscribers alone.

Report on BMT Direct pricing and international expansion.

Read the piecein Financial Times

Media assets

Logos, brand guidance, key art and leadership photography, cleared for editorial use with credit.

BMT logo pack

SVG, PNG · 4.2 MB

Primary, stacked and monochrome marks with clear-space guidance. Do not recolour or distort the wordmark.

Download BMT logo pack

Brand guidelines summary

PDF · 6.8 MB

Twelve-page condensed guide covering colour, typography, tone of voice and correct naming of the three BMT arms.

Download Brand guidelines summary

Originals key art

JPG, PNG · 48 MB

Posters and horizontal key art for the current originals slate, cleared for editorial use with credit.

Download Originals key art

Leadership photography

JPG · 22 MB

High-resolution founder and executive portraits with approved job titles and photographer credits.

Download Leadership photography

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