Diversity and equal opportunities in television UK television industry charts and tables Produced by: Ofcom Fieldwork: M

Diversity and equal opportunities in television UK television industry charts and tables Produced by Ofcom Fieldwork May-July 2019 PROMOTING CHOICE SECURING STANDARDS PREVENTING HARM Diversity and equal opportunities in television This year, to accompany the 2019 Monitoring report on the UK-based television industry, Ofcom has decided to provide a new Freelancer report, as well as an expanded In-focus report, which now covers ten major broadcasters. Together with the charts and tables that follow, these provide industry data for television broadcasters' UK-based employees, for the period April 2018 to March 2019. - www.ofcom.org.uk

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BBC to switch off Red Button information service in 2020

The BBC is to switch off its Red Button teletext service from the start of next year, the broadcaster has confirmed. Ceefax, the BBC's analogue teletext service, finished in October 2012 with the switchover to digital. - www.theguardian.com

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HbbTV and ATSC 3.0 sees broadcasters striking back

Where would IBC be without a panel looking at 'Next Generation TV' and the threat to conventional broadcasting IBC 2019 is no different, and this year's session compared and contrasted HbbTV and the USA's ATSC 3.0. Richard Friedel, EVP/Technology Strategy at 21st Century Fox, told delegates that Fox felt it was time broadcasters struck back. - www.ibc.org

www.ibc.org

Why Britain is hooked on supermarket TV

- www.newstatesman.com

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Where has the Good Food TV channel gone?

The channel has indeed been taken off the air - as it's merged with Food Network UK. The merger has happened as a result of Discovery Networks acquiring the channel, along with two others, Really and Home, as part of a deal with BBC Studios over UKTV. As a result they've decided to combine the two channels - with Good Food Channel announcing the news on Twitter this morning. 'So ketchup on all your favourite delicious British food shows on the only channel for good food favourites, Food Network. - metro.co.uk

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Why we're all watching Britain's nerdiest channel

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, I'm Andrea catherwood, and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 it might be Britain's channel, but suddenly it's compulsive viewing 2.6 million people watch BBC Parliament last week record ratings for a channel usually only watched by a few thousand die-ha…

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Gary Davies

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BBC iPlayer Competition Assessment: statement on Ofcom's final determination

The BBC has proposed to change BBC iPlayer from a service where programmes are available to 'catch-up' for 30 days after broadcast, to one where programmes are available for 12 months as standard, with some available for longer. Our conditions will ensure that the new BBC iPlayer delivers future public value, and will mitigate risks to fair and effective competition. - www.ofcom.org.uk

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Media Masters - Fraser Nelson

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media Masters series of one-to-one interviews with people at the media game magazine under his 10-year editorship is reached the print circulation of a 70000 the highest in its 100-year history BBC political editor and associate editor is Rose elsewhere…

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The era of binge-watching TV shows could be coming to an end

While releasing shows episode by episode, week by week, is quite normal for traditional TV channels, it's not what we've come to expect from streaming services - and particularly from Netflix, where whole seasons of popular shows are dropped on the platform at once for viewers to inhale in one sitting. Advertisement 44 of the best Netflix series to binge watch right now Mihir Haria-Shah, head of broadcast at Total Media, predicts that as more streaming services become available, offering consumers more choice, they will have to work harder to keep subscribers interested. - www.wired.co.uk

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8K FAQ: Our top questions about 8K answered by Samsung

Recently we were invited to the Samsung QA Labs in New Jersey, to get a closer look at its new Q950R 8K QLED TV and get an in-depth explanation of how exactly how it uses an AI-based quantum processor to upscale content to 8K. The visit, while certainly educational, raised a number of questions about how many people actually want to buy 8K TVs. So, in the midst of metaphorically dissecting their TVs to help us understand what makes them tick, Samsung's engineers also gave us the rundown on why they believe the TV market is ready for an 8K explosion and how 8K might fit together with other new screen technology. Panasonic first built an 8K TV back in 2012, and recently joined the 8K Association with Samsung to set guidelines for 8K hardware and content so it's safe to say it will be hopping back into the 8K fray soon. - www.techradar.com

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5G Is Forcing Hundreds of TV Channels to Change How They Broadcast

- gizmodo.com

gizmodo.com

BBC iPlayer for Radio app to close this month – RadioToday

The BBC will withdraw the iPlayer for Radio app this month in a bid to move users over to the newer BBC Sounds platform. The latest app update for BBC Sounds means it now matches the major features and functionality of iPlayer Radio, and with nearly 1.9 million weekly signed in users, BBC Sounds is used by more people than the old iPlayer Radio app. - radiotoday.co.uk

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How to cover chaos

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, I'm Andrea catherwood, and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 how to cover chaos the Politics of gone up in smoke and momentous political events are happening. It seems every hour so Hardy journalist and TV producers who are Accord loving it all makes se…

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RadioToday Roundtable September 2019

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Media Masters - Adrian Lovett

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to medium Masters series of one-to-one interviews with people at the Komedia game president and chief executive of the World Wide Web Foundation his 20-year career in international development and advocacy focus on delivering policy change on complex globa…

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Media Business Podcast #7: Edinburgh TV Festival 2019

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Media Business Podcast #7: Edinburgh TV Festival 2019

Love This podcast support this show through the a car support a feature. It's up to you. How much you give and there's no regular commitment just hit the link in the description to support now welcome to media business podcast by Media business insight for publisher of broadcast and screen internat…

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"Hey Media Show, tell me about smart speakers"

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, I'm madhumita, murgia. Usually the Financial Times European technology corresponding this week. I'm here to look at the rise of so-called smart speakers Alexa how many teaspoons in a tablespoon that you can talk to to access the internet using your voice alon…

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Radiodays Asia 2019

This is the weekly podcast from Radio today. Can we have this time James Ross is talking to speakers at radiodays Asia in Kuala Lumpur from the CEO of commercial radio show my cast from Virgin Radio UK the boss of UK radio player Chris Stevens from Chris country midnight and the big boxes of two m…

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5G: Rural areas could see bigger and taller masts

Bigger and taller mobile phone masts could be built without councils' permission across the countryside, under a proposed overhaul of planning rules in England. 5G networks require more transmitter masts than previous technologies. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Media Masters - Christopher Hope

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to the series of one-to-one interviews with the media game of the parliamentary lobby of the Telegraph choppers brexit podcast which features interviews with top politicians and commentators and analysis from their Westminster team is also a trustee of a c…

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Complaints Welcome - YouTube

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Boris Johnson Tells BBC To 'Cough Up' To Fund All TV Licences For Pensioners

Speaking to reporters at the G7 summit, Johnson was asked if the Tories would honour their 2017 manifesto pledge to protect pensioners' benefits from TV licences to winter fuel. The BBC has argued that it has been forced to charge older viewers and listeners because of the squeeze imposed on its finances by David Cameron's government. - www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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The Political Legacy of Entertainment TV

According to our data, in 1985 Mediaset operated 1,710 transmitters and could reach about one-half of the population with a high-quality signal two years later, the number of transmitters had reached 3,800 and Mediaset signal reached about 87percent of the population. Mediaset Signal Strength and Hypothetical Signal Strength in the Free Space in 1985 Notes Panel A shows Mediaset actual signal strength, in decibels, across municipalities in 1985. - pubs.aeaweb.org

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#119 - Edinburgh TV Festival Special 2019

Hello and welcome to the media podcast Edinburgh TV festival special, I'm Boyd Hilton entertainment director of heat deputy editor of pilot TV Magazine podcast and host the footballer stickley Arsenal on today. Show will be talking about the BBC iPlayer extension the athletics mission to rewrite f…

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#119 - Edinburgh TV Festival Special 2019

Love This podcast support this show through the a car support a feature. It's up to you. How much you give and there's no regular commitment just hit the link in the description to support now. Hello and welcome to the media podcast Edinburgh TV festival special, I'm Boyd Hilton entertainment direc…

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Channel 4 News boss says media have right to call politicians 'liars'

Channel 4's head of news has defended the right of journalists to call out politicians for telling lies. Byrne lamented the time given over to journalistic scrutiny by the present prime minister, former PM Theresa May and leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Channel 4 is battling 'Netflix and porn', says its chief executive

Channel 4 is attempting to improve the popularity of its All 4 catch-up service and the number of hours watched by viewers, rather than traditional live viewing figures. He insisted his channel was fighting back, with shows such as a rebooted Top Gear attracting a consolidated audience of more than a million viewers in the 16-34 age bracket. - www.theguardian.com

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Why advertisers are blacklisting news

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello welcome to the media show today, where is safe to advertise why some companies are running keyword lists to avoid their digital advertising sitting alongside news stories. They believe are controversial the future funding of Public Service Broadcasting is a mo…

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Podcast Movement and RadioMoments

The radiated a program with broadcast bionics discover the world leading brands at radio hello, I'm Stuart Clarkson selling very Gravelly voice this week. I'm afraid I've been on a trip to the Far East and that's Cambridge by the way and I returned with a bunged up nose sore throat and riddled wit…

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BBC using strong-arm tactics over iPlayer, say independent producers

The BBC has been accused of trying to strong-arm independent TV producers into extending the availability of their shows on the iPlayer from 30 days to one year without paying millions in additional licensing fees. Pact, the body representing the multibillion-pound UK independent TV production industry, says it has been repeatedly contacted by members reporting that the BBC is trying to get them to sign off on using their shows for longer on the iPlayer without paying more. - www.theguardian.com

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16/08/2019 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello there is heartbreak in ambridge crafted for every brick in the house and now it will never be ours in feedback. I'll ask a leading Archers academic if the fictional crisis in Emma and EDS life reflects fact and the state of the nation being able to get togethe…

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Exclusive: ITV kickstarts internal trials of BritBox ahead of launch – TBI Vision

ITV has begun beta-testing BritBox among staff ahead of its launch later this year. An editorial team is now in place, led by Reemah Sakan, group director of ITV SVOD, who is responsible for making editorial decisions that align with ITV and the BBC's branding and editorial policies. - tbivision.com

tbivision.com

Inside Sky's pitch for addressable TV budgets

Scale is set to become a focal point of the telco firm's pitch for addressable TV now that its Adsmart platform can target Virgin Media's TV viewers. At the same time, Sky will create a network of connected TVs that Adsmart advertisers can target alongside the customers of the Youview and NowTV on-demand services. - digiday.com

digiday.com

Taking care of reality TV guests

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ARIAS 2020

This is the radio Today programme coming up this time the Arias at being relaunched and moving from Leeds to London head of the entries opening in a few weeks time will took this week to the chair of the Awards Sam Bailey find everything you need to know if you're playing on entrance is that James…

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09/08/2019 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts James Taylor sang when you're down and troubled and you need some loving care or to put it another way when you're fed up with the BBC what can you do well you got a friend in us of course listening John Broadbridge from Devon certainly thinks so I've always thought…

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Media Masters - Dave Lee

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media Masters series of one-to-one interviews with people at the top of the media game I'm here in San Francisco on by Dave Lee Silicon Valley reporter for BBC News with more than a decade experience of The Corporation he is covered sports and breakin…

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Media Masters - Kate Ward

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media Masters a series of one-to-one interviews with people at the top of the media game international president of refinery29 head of commercial production company Shine TV she started her career at the digital media business in 2015 as senior vice p…

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Who will regulate digital political ads?

The Advertising Standards Authority said it doesn't do political ads. They say all digital campaign material should have an imprint saying who is behind the campaign that spending on election or referendum campaigns by foreign organisations or individuals should be prohibited that fines should be bigger, and that their powers to obtain information outside a formal investigation should be strengthened. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Hunting spies and exposing lies

BBC sounds music radio podcast the media show BBC Radio 4 Media circles about reinventing journalism researcher on this program, too well as yesterday. He's done more of that than most but you probably never heard of him and while most during this will take that as an insult Eliot Higgins might th…

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5G: how the airwaves became an 'electromagnetic cash cow'

Other governments see spectrum - the airwaves used to carry mobile phone signals - as an electromagnetic cash cow. Spectrum has not always been viewed as a potential cash cow by governments. - www.ft.com

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Ofcom Media nations: UK 2019

The report reviews key trends in the television and video sector as well as the radio and audio sector. In these reports we provide data and analysis on traditional broadcast television and radio services, and look at the take-up and impact of other types of video and audio that people can choose from. The Media Nations report is a reference publication for industry, stakeholders, academics and consumers. It provides context to the work Ofcom undertakes in looking after the interests of people in the markets we regulate. - www.ofcom.org.uk

www.ofcom.org.uk

talkSPORT and PopMaster

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More Bodyguards and Love Islands needed as UK viewers desert TV

The scale of the challenge UK broadcasters face in the streaming era has been thrown into stark relief by a new report, which estimates that 34 extra series of the BBC hit Bodyguard - or 14 more Love Islands - would have needed to air last year to make up for the drop in traditional TV viewing as audiences flock to rivals including Netflix, Amazon and YouTube. The report, by the media regulator Ofcom, highlights the huge growth in popularity of streaming services in the UK. The number of subscribers to the three most popular - Netflix, Amazon and Sky's Now TV - leapt by almost a quarter last year to 19.1m. Nearly half of UK homes now have a subscription streaming service, a significant increase on the 39 that did in 2017, with many households paying for two or more. - www.theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com

Report: Arqiva could be broken up

The backers of Arqiva, which runs Britain's largest tower business, are mulling a possible break-up of the business. Arqiva is the sole provider of transmission facilities for DTT platform Freeview. - www.broadbandtvnews.com

www.broadbandtvnews.com

From Trinny and Susannah to Donald Trump, reality TV has ushered in an age of spite

Ps on the Digital, Culture, Media and sport select committee are asking how reality TV became so spiteful that two Love Island contestants, and one participant of the cancelled Jeremy Kyle Show, are dead. Of course it is too late to mourn the death of courtesy – and empathy – in public discourse; this is, in every sense, a post-mortem. Those same MPs may walk a gauntlet of screams as they go to work. Disagreement without rancour has become archaic, even semi-mythical. The MPs heard a submission called Belligerent Broadcasting from the academics Angela Smith and Michael Higgins (who I name to be polite). They named Trinny Woodhall and Susannah Constantine, two semi-parodic Sloane Rangers who... - www.telegraph.co.uk

www.telegraph.co.uk

02/08/2019 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts is your wireless doomed shortly to be made redundant by an online world where everyone seem to have a podcast for you to download and when music of every description is screaming All Around You list of Susanne Christian certainly helps not to download for the train …

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Alexa tempts radio listeners to leave BBC for commercial stations

Britons increasingly prefer commercial radio stations to the BBC, according to the latest figures from Rajar, which also reveal how Amazon's Alexa is changing listening habits. The BBC has insisted it was no longer chasing traditional radio listening figures and was instead prioritising investment in podcasts via its BBC Sounds app to appeal to younger listeners. - www.theguardian.com

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