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Saturday 30 March 2019, PM

Podcasting's Netflix moment: the global battle for domination

The battle to be a big player in podcasting distribution, led globally by Apple, is intensifying with Google last June launching its own service and the BBC, one of the biggest producers in the world, launching the BBC Sounds platform. In 2015, the year after the first series of Serial launched - the first global hit that put podcasting on the digital media map - worldwide ad revenues from podcasts totalled just 171m. - www.theguardian.com

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Friday 29 March 2019, PM

Investigating Extremism on Radio 4

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts show the BBC time to the far right I was horrified that someone well known for Neo Nazi symbolism and indus intimidation was being given a platform and feedback this week. I'll be talking to those responsible for the controversial Radio 4 documentary in the right al…

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Friday 29 March 2019, AM

Media Business Podcast #3: Broadcast Indie Survey

Hello and welcome to the media business podcast brought to you by Media business insight the publishing screen international and brought. I'm Chris Curtis editor-in-chief broadcast and this month we're checking the health of the interceptor as we reveal the results of our 2019 indie survey. You'…

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Media Business Podcast #3: Broadcast Indie Survey

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 flow and welcome to the media business podcast by Media business insight the publisher of screen internati…

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Thursday 28 March 2019, PM

ITV boss defends “different and distinctive” BritBox UK plans – TBI Vision

Unveiled a month ago by McCall, BritBox UK is intended to be the British equivalent of the eponymous two-year-old US SVOD, offering both archive content and originals. The business confirmed previously that BritBox US SVP of creative and editorial Reemah Sakaan will oversee the British service. - tbivision.com

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BBC impartiality has taken hit, director general admits

The BBC's director general has admitted that the corporation's reputation as a provider of impartial news has taken a hit in recent years, while insisting the corporation is committed to giving coverage to all sides of controversial debates. The BBC is also diverting funds from traditional radio output to expand BBC Sounds, its bid to reinvent the corporation's radio output for a younger audience, which it claims is used by 1 million people a week but which has been hit with complaints over its interface. - www.theguardian.com

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Media Masters - Richard Sambrook

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media Masters series of one-to-one interviews with people at the top of the media games on by Professor Richard sambrook director of the center for journalism at Cardiff University during his 30 years with the BBC he was instrumental in establishing its…

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Wednesday 27 March 2019, PM

Attenborough's Netflix adventure

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 in the era of Steve Jobs Apple revolutionize computers with the mac music players with the iPod and basically the hold of modern history with the iPhone this week's job successor Tim Cook and as a supercharged effort to re…

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Wednesday 27 March 2019, AM

Rhod Sharp's 25 years Up All Night on 5 Live

The radio Today programme with broadcast bionics innovative solutions for creative radio people welcome to the weekly potrika me up this week. I've been chatting to Rhod sharp to Mark the 25th anniversary of 5 Live this week has been on up all night since the first night the station launched as yo…

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Tuesday 26 March 2019, AM

Apple TV+: less a rival to Netflix, more a smug religious cult

The boring, sprawling 100-minute broadcast ended with Apple CEO Tim Cook tearing up as he delivered a namaste to Oprah Winfrey, the last of a string of A-list contributors, also including Steven Spielberg and Jennifer Aniston, who, live on the stage of the Steve Jobs Theatre in Cupertino, previewed shows they are making for the new Apple TV app. Equally revealingly, ahead of announcing the starry original shows, the launch lauded the use of the Apple TV app for navigating and curating content from theoretically rival streamers, including Amazon Prime, HBO, Showtime, and, strikingly for UK viewers, BritBox, the planned new BBC/ITV product. - www.theguardian.com

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Monday 25 March 2019, AM

The end of open: BBC blocks its podcasts on Google

March 25, 2019 By James Cridland 3.6 minutes to read. Some time on March 19th, the BBC started blocking all access to its podcasts on Google search, Google Assistant, and Google Podcasts. No new podcasts have appeared within Google Podcasts since March 19th, and many podcasts have already been removed altogether from the service. - podnews.net

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Friday 22 March 2019, PM

Should the BBC have called the Christchurch shooting a 'terror attack'?

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts BBC Radio budgets are fighting and the controller videos please decision to catch the much admired late Junction down for three Editions a week to one longer edition has caused house of pain from fans of experimental music. I think they do for you should be building…

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Thursday 21 March 2019, PM

Premier League streams: Three men jailed over illegal videos

Three men who sold illegal Premier League streams to more than 1,000 pubs, clubs and homes have been jailed. The three men sold the illegal streams to venues and homes in England and Wales over a period of ten years. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Thursday 21 March 2019, AM

Media Masters - Tina Brown

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 today. I'm here in New York and John by ward winning editor journalist and author Tina Brown as the editor of The newly resurrected Vanity Fair in 1984 by the end…

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Wednesday 20 March 2019, PM

HuffPost's Lydia Polgreen

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 often say this is the show where the biggest beasts in the media Jungle come out to play and today is no exception let me introduce you to our guests Lydia polgreen is here the editor-in-chief of huffpost Lydia welcome to the show what brings you to…

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Wednesday 20 March 2019, AM

Capital Breakfast’s Roman, Vick Sonny

On this edition of the weekly podcast from Radio today will hear from Roman Vic and sunny from the Capital Breakfast Show as they prepare to go national across the capital brand in England Scotland Wales James cridland takes a look at a US station that's playing podcasts on the air and as always a…

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Monday 18 March 2019, AM

BBC chair: UK media regulation is no longer fit for modern age

The BBC chair is to suggest that the system of media regulation is no longer fit for the modern age, after the corporation was forced to delay plans to make more programmes available for up to a year on iPlayer. The BBC director general, Tony Hall, has also had to make the case that the BBC provides value for money, while also trying to avoid appearing triumphant in pointing out that the BBC can still reach enormous audiences. - www.theguardian.com

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Friday 15 March 2019, PM

Reinventing Local Radio

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts, what does it mean to reinvent local radio to be honest, I don't really know but that is what the BBC claims it is doing in Leeds so in this week's feedback will be going there to discover the reality behind the slogan go outside walk into your city into your town. …

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Taking On Big Tech, Disney Closes In On Fox, Global Cuts

Hello and welcome to the media podcast by Molly men on today's show big interests take on big tech how an unlikely Alliance is for me to try and change the way Google Facebook is dominate the media market was on the programme new research showing the divide between podcast audiences in the US and …

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Taking On Big Tech, Disney Closes In On Fox, Global Cuts

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 show description to support now. Hello and welcome to the media podcast. I'm only man on today's show big interest take on big tech h…

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Thursday 14 March 2019, AM

Media Masters - Ken Hertz

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 tell me when Los Angeles and John by Hollywood dealmaker can hurt a senior partner in century City Law Firm of hurts, Liechtenstein and young is firm represents Tal…

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Who cares what the papers say?

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 who cares what the papers say I was because the Herald the Scottish broadsheet one of the world's longest running newspapers has terminated its daily leader column the editor believes that the modern reader can make up the…

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Why does the London Underground still not have Wi-Fi in tunnels?

Advertisement But why does London have much worse connectivity than most other public transport systems below ground And why is there zero phone connectivity Take Moscow's Metro, where both Wi-Fi and mobile phone network have been available since 2014. These signals work in line of sight, and that's doable because tunnels in Moscow are wider and straighter than those in London. - www.wired.co.uk

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Wednesday 13 March 2019, PM

New inquiry: Public service broadcasting and video on demand

The Communications Committee launches its new inquiry which will investigate whether there is a future for public service broadcasting in the context of the rising popularity of video on demand services. Does public service broadcasting do enough to reflect and serve the demographics of the UK Have public service broadcasters responded adequately to market changes - www.parliament.uk

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Wednesday 13 March 2019, AM

Scottish commercial radio with Colin Kelly and Adam Findlay

Coming up this week will focus on commercial radio in Scotland and dissect the latest on local nurse with Colin Kelly and Adam Finlake also James cridland has his latest thoughts on the future development of the industry are there more radio moments with David Lloyd radio today's Roy Martin is her…

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Friday 08 March 2019, PM

08/03/2019 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts wrong all these years hello I'm on the Today programme now and I'm going to talk a little bit like this and project my voice and I realised it's much more interesting to listen to people who have a conversation more being themselves. Well. I try and feedback this we…

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Thursday 07 March 2019, PM

Terms of reference: Review of BBC news and current affairs

We are conducting a review of the BBC's news and current affairs output across television, radio and online. We expect to publish our findings in autumn 2019 and any relevant findings will inform our future regulation of the BBC. Review of BBC news and current affairs Terms of reference. - www.ofcom.org.uk

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Media Masters - Martin Brunt

Media matters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media Masters a series of one-to-one interviews with people at the top of the media game Down by Martin Brunt crime correspondent for Sky News then the chief reporter for the Sunday Mirror he joined. The channel is part of their launch lineup in 1989 si…

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Thursday 07 March 2019, AM

The future of video viewing: forecasts to 2028 | Mar 2019 | Enders Analysis

Linear TV is still a mass market medium, watched by 90% of the UK population each week. However, our latest viewing forecasts predict broadcasters will account for two-thirds of all video viewing in 2028, down from c. 80% today, due to the relentless rise of online video services Total viewing will continue to increase as more short-form content is squeezed into people's days, particularly on portable devices, but the key battleground for eyeballs will remain the TV screen The online shift has already had a huge impact among younger age groups, with only 55% of under-35s' current viewing to broadcasters. Older audiences are slowly starting to follow suit, but have a long way to go - www.endersanalysis.com

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Wednesday 06 March 2019, PM

BBC must prepare for a digital future, says director general

The BBC must plan for a future where a large proportion of its audience never watch its traditional television channels, its director general will say, as he calls for the iPlayer catch-up service to become a rival to Netflix. The BBC director general will attempt to emphasise the scale of the challenge as the BBC juggles this transition with running its existing outlets. - www.theguardian.com

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Investigating Michael Jackson

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 what is the king of pop a paedophile to have been mini disgusting statement made recently concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part these statements about me are totally fast in life. He denied it. He beat multiple criminal charges, but …

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Britbox set for rights battle | News | Broadcast

"Over time, there will be real tension around rights negotiations," said one senior indie figure. "The challenge for the PSBs is that they are nowhere near fully funding shows – so the idea that the likes of Amazon, Disney and Netflix will allow them to carve out exclusive UK SVoD rights is ludicrous. "The US giants will start to consider UK programming as a low-level investment because if a show isn’t driving real value [in its home market] then there is no point in them putting proper money in." - www.broadcastnow.co.uk

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Wednesday 06 March 2019, AM

Roundtable #24 including Scala Radio launch

The radio Today programme with broadcast bionics solutions for creative radio people in the weekly podcast from Stuart Clarkson and we start with a thank you for your lovely comments about last week's radio Today programme with Dirk Anthony and Matthew Wright lots of you been listening to it as on…

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Monday 04 March 2019, PM

Simon Mayo launches Scala Radio on DAB digital radio – RadioToday

Bauer's latest radio service, Scala Radio, launched as planned at 10am on Monday 4th March 2019. Scala Radio is available across most of the country on DAB digital radio in stereo. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Saturday 02 March 2019, PM

TalkTalk customers in threat to WalkWalk amid new £4 monthly charge for TV service

TalkTalk customers in threat to WalkWalk amid new 4 monthly charge for TV serviceFee was introduced last month and automatically added to bills. E-mail... Many disgruntled TalkTalk customers are refusing to pay a new 4 monthly charge the telecoms provider has introduced for its TV service. - www.thisismoney.co.uk

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Friday 01 March 2019, PM

Explaining Brexit

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello is turning into a seemingly endless journey, how hard can it be to cover it simple up to a point broadcasters have been telling their hair out feeling they have to cover the subject but desperate to find new and interesting ways of doing so BBC News editorial …

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Media Business Podcast #2: Broadcast Gamechangers - Baz and Lambert in conversation

Hello welcome to the media business podcast which brought you buy Media business insight the publisher of screen international and broadcast I'm Chris Curtis the editor of broadcast and this month will take care of the feet with the first part of our 60th anniversary celebrations supported by plan…

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Media Business Podcast #2: Broadcast Gamechangers - Baz and Lambert in conversation

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 show description to support now. Hello and welcome to the media business podcast by Media business insight the publisher of internati…

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Friday 01 March 2019, AM

Viewers tune out for new Scottish TV news hour The Nine but BBC hails 'encouraging start'

BBC Scotland launched as a brand new channel on Sunday, with The Nine's first live airing at 9pm on Monday meeting with praise from critics. Scottish viewers can still access the BBC's network news on the News at Six or Ten on BBC One each night, followed by Reporting Scotland covering news and weather across the nation. - www.pressgazette.co.uk

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Thursday 28 February 2019, PM

Media Masters - James Wildman

Media matters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media matters series of one-to-one interviews with people at the top of the media game after being headhunted from trinity mirror is also held senior positions at Yahoo and Virgin Media first UK is the publishers most important market outside the US and…

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Wednesday 27 February 2019, PM

Commercial radio tunes out of local

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 now Once upon a time you turn on the radio in the morning and you find a station that sounded a bit like this. Maybe this effort that used to be 100 of commercial radio stations around the country, but over the years they …

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BBC and ITV team up to launch Netflix rival BritBox

The BBC and ITV have confirmed plans to join forces and launch a paid-for streaming service called BritBox by the end of this year, in an attempt to head off Netflix. BritBox will not have the latest BBC and ITV shows, which will remain available through the catch-up BBC iPlayer and ITV Hub services. - www.theguardian.com

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Wednesday 27 February 2019, AM

Dirk Anthony on the changes at Global and talkRADIO’s Matthew Wright

Give me up this week big news from global as it prepares for National breakfast shows on Capital heart and smooth to be talking to talk radio Matthew Wright 6 months into his job present in the afternoon, Show James cridland. That's why Australian commercial radio wants to stop people sharing his …

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Friday 22 February 2019, PM

The End of Political TV? What Andrew Neil's departure means for BBC News

Hello and welcome to the media podcast I'm a man on today. Show are the BBC's political programme still cutting the mustard can Snapchat be Netflix and their own game the government backed plan to save local newspapers and the secret group of journalists stoking online harassment in the media quiz…

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The End of Political TV? What Andrew Neil's departure means for BBC News

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. I'm on today's show are the BBC's political programme still cutti…

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Job Vacancy: Radio 4 Controller

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts interesting job vacancies have Arisen hear the BBC the deputy director-general is leaving as eventually is today's John Humphrys closer to home the controller Radio 4 is retiring will be hearing some advice for applicants per job from her predecessor markdown Azam t…

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is DAB the long-term solution? – RadioToday

Simon Mason, Head of Broadcast Radio Technology at Arqiva, writes about the rise in demand for digital radio and driverless cars, for RadioToday. Meanwhile you still have the safety and legal implications around using mobile phones in vehicles to consider, adding further justification for the use of in-built DAB over mobile connected radio. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Thursday 21 February 2019, AM

How can I legally avoid paying a TV licence fee?

You don't need a TV licence to watch movies and TV programmes on DVD or Blu-ray, or streamed from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Now TV, YouTube and similar services unless they stream live TV. You don't need a TV licence to watch programmes on catch-up TV services, with the exception of the BBC's iPlayer. Once you had a TV licence registered to your home address, it covered numerous people watching live TV on numerous TV sets. - www.theguardian.com

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Media Masters - Darren Childs

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 global managing director of the BBC worldwide and European senior vice president for Sony Pictures I also spent 8 years in Asia working for star TV since getting …

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Wednesday 20 February 2019, PM

How to combat fake news?

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 it's another big week in media news last week. We had the 10th cross report into the future of journalism this week. We've got the culture select committees final report into fake news and disinformation accept really it's about something much much …

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