Tuesday 08 March 2022, AM
'Cable cutters' wonder whether cheaper alternative is over as Netflix raises price
The cost of streaming is rising Subscribing to the standard plans of Disney, Hulu, Netflix and HBO Max can cost over 50 - about the same price as some basic cable plans. Cost-savvy Netflix subscribers may be tempted to turn to cheaper streaming services like Peacock or Paramount, whose most expensive plans cost 10 a month, but analysts say the prices subscribers see now are likely to only increase over time. - www.theguardian.com
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ITV, BBC agree to continue funding YouView until 2024
ITV, the BBC, BT, Channel 4, TalkTalk and Channel 5 have agreed to keep YouView running until March 2024, after the shareholders reached an agreement on the service's governance and funding arrangements. Both ITV and the BBC have each committed to contribute 750,000 to YouView each financial year from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2024. - www.tvbeurope.com
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Reach Future leading the pack, Need to Know, RIP ITV Hub
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The Information War in Ukraine
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BBC's grip on news programming shaky as commercial outlets pick off journalists
Combined with an industry-wide skills shortage, this has made it easy for commercial outlets to pick off experienced BBC journalists who can put together shows that appeal to the high-end wealthy listeners beloved by advertisers. BBC staff can get substantial pay rises and faster career progression by applying for jobs at the likes of Rupert Murdoch's TimesRadio or the forthcoming Piers Morgan-fronted talkTV. Commercial radio is also less concerned by impartiality - which led to Maitlis being ticked off repeatedly by the BBC over her social media posts. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 25 February 2022, PM
Deloitte: terrestrial TV will be here in 15 years
The opportunity for the BBC to be funded via subscription appears to be at least 15 years away, after Deloitte's Paul Lee set out his minimum expectations for terrestrial TV's lifespan. The prediction, set out as part of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee's first public session as part of an inquiry into BBC future funding, is significant because the government would only be able to fund a universal BBC via subscription following terrestrial switch-off. - www.broadcastnow.co.uk
www.broadcastnow.co.ukFriday 25 February 2022, AM
Global swoop again, Tik Tok explodes... and a farewell to Jamal
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The Tricky Question of Press Freedom
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The Price of BBC Cuts Tortoise Turning 3
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John Witherow, Editor of The Times
Hello, if you really want to know how much power are newspapers. Have you need to go to the top and on today's Media show where were the man who's been at the heart of Fleet Street for decades John witherow is one of the longest serving national newspaper editors first at the Sunday Times and now t…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transriptFriday 11 February 2022, AM
Media planners question whether media habits between generations are converging
Senior media planners do not believe that younger and older demographics are easier to reach on the same platform despite a new report that suggests their media habits are starting to converge. The IPA's report may indicate that media consumption habits by device are converging between generations, but how advertisers can effectively reach different demographics is becoming increasingly nuanced and complex. - www.campaignlive.co.ukwww.campaignlive.co.uk
Ofcom sets out initial views on the future of mobile markets and spectrum
Ofcom has today set out our initial thinking on how mobile markets might develop and how networks might need to evolve to meet future demand. So we are considering possible future demand for mobile services and implications for spectrum. - www.ofcom.org.uk
www.ofcom.org.ukThe Streamers Housing Crisis Albert Certification
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How digital sleuths changed journalism
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Trouble at CNN, Rogan Woes Wordle Mania
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Spotify's $100 million problem
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A huge and probably futile gamble: the strange TV return of BBC Three
The first three series of Eating With My Ex were branded as BBC Three content but could only be streamed via iPlayer, as the youth-oriented service, which launched in 2003, was dropped from the airwaves in 2016 when the BBC was looking for budget cuts. The regulator Ofcom and BBC bosses hope the return of a linear BBC Three will help to restore the BBC habit to the absconding demographic. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 31 January 2022, PM
Podcast Moderation - adambowie.com
Spotify has finally responded by finally publishing it's relatively inadequate rules for what they allow on the platform and a promise to include a Covid advisory on relevant podcasts - because everyone reads the show-notes of a podcast. Apple can choose not to include a podcast in its directory - they have rules that in the past has seen them, for example, remove Alex Jones' podcast for hate speech. - www.adambowie.com
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Mixes and podcasts help drive record quarter on BBC Sounds - RadioToday
BBC Sounds has recorded its most popular quarter yet with a total of 364 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes. The Christmas Sounds series proved hugely popular last quarter, contributing to a record 5.2 million plays of all music mixes on BBC Sounds between October and December 2021. - radiotoday.co.uk
radiotoday.co.ukPrivatising Channel 4 will harm UK 'levelling-up' plan, warn TV bosses
Privatising Channel 4 would sabotage Boris Johnson's efforts to boost the British economy and cut future tax revenues by hundreds of millions of pounds, senior cabinet ministers have been warned. In their letters to the three ministers, which have been seen by the Guardian, the executives argue that Channel 4 plays an essential role in supporting and nurturing British broadcasting talent, making UK-wide programmes, in Glasgow, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff and Leeds. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 31 January 2022, AM
BBC Three hopes to bring viewers to BBC amid licence fee plans
It's in this uncertain climate that BBC Three is set to make its return as an official channel, which viewers will be able to tune into via Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat, and live on BBC iPlayer from Tuesday 1st February, with Drag Race UK Versus the World part of the relaunch. During a chat with RadioTimes.com and other press, BBC Three boss Fiona Campbell spoke about how the channel plans to increase the BBC's under-35s audience, who may be more open to a Netflix-style subscription for the broadcaster instead of paying a licence fee. - www.radiotimes.comwww.radiotimes.comFriday 28 January 2022, AM
Ofcom to investigate Channel 4 over subtitle problems
Although subtitling services were restored on these platforms on 22 October 2021, services were not fully restored on the Freesat platform until 19 November 2021. The investigation will consider the extent to which Channel 4 met the legislative quotas, which are set out in more detail in our Code on Television Access Services. - www.ofcom.org.ukwww.ofcom.org.ukWednesday 26 January 2022, PM
Face to face with the ISIS "Beatles"
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Adam Boulton: Sky News faces 'existential' crisis as TV habits change
An estimated 8 million Britons a month watch Sky News but most only watch briefly, meaning typical viewing figures during the daytime are nearer 100,000 people. Boulton said he remained a believer in TV news but that the format needed to change, with audiences for traditional news bulletins continuing to fall. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 24 January 2022, PM
TBI Tech Analysis: No renaissance for traditional TV as online video reigns -- TBI Vision
Recent advances by the online video sector have seen it catch up with and overtake pay-TV. At the end of 2021, online video had around 1.26 billion global subscriptions, while pay-TV had 1.07 billion. With online video subscriptions available at a fraction of the price of classic pay-TV subscriptions, why isn't the paid-for category as a whole growing at the expense of the non-pay sector Omdia believes the attractive free-to-view viewing options available satisfy the viewing demands of a significant segment of the population. - tbivision.com
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David Dimbleby suggests BBC licence fee could be linked to council tax
The veteran TV presenter David Dimbleby has suggested the BBC licence fee could be linked to council tax to make it fairer as the government questions future funding of the broadcaster. The simple way of doing it would be to attach an element of the licence fee to the council tax band. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
The BBC's fight against stupid
Sadly, stupid Andrew Rosindell, the Member of Parliament for Romford, doesn't realise that BBC Radio 4 ends every day's programming by, um, playing the National Anthem. Stupid Andrew Rosindell doesn't listen to BBC Radio 4, that much is clear, but he was asking the question to stupid Nadine Dorries, the UK Culture Secretary, who apparently replied that it was a good question. - james.crid.land
james.crid.landFriday 21 January 2022, AM
Media Podcast Predictions 2022
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The latest skirmish between the BBC and the government is part of a running debate over who the BBC serves, which dates back to the organisation's earliest days. The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, announced that the government would be freezing the BBC licence fee for the next two years, forcing the BBC to make deep cuts to its programming. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 19 January 2022, PM
"Operation Red Meat"
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Bilsdale transmitter: New temporary mast to be switched on in February - BBC News
Properties in Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire have been reliant on an interim transmitter since the Bilsdale mast caught fire in August. Arqiva hopes all properties affected will have their aerials redirected before the new interim mast is switched on. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukMonday 17 January 2022, PM
TBI Tech Analysis: Why language puts US and France ahead on channel choice TBI Vision
The high channel availability in the US and France can be explained in part by the number of foreign-language channels available to consumers in these territories. While some channels or equivalents are available in other territories, they are not as widespread as in the US. The analysis above was taken from Omdia's Channel Distribution Report - December 2021 - written by Edmund Ludlow, senior data analyst, and Tim Westcott, senior principal analyst, for digital content channels. - tbivision.comtbivision.comWednesday 12 January 2022, PM
The Editor Planning to Shake Up News
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Text appeal: Ceefax recreated by 20-year-old Northern Irish man
The BBC closed the original Ceefax service as part of the transition to digital television broadcasts, with Northern Ireland being the last region of the UK to lose access. Dane, who runs his Ceefax server from his home, said his service was remarkably stable. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
Did the storming of the Capitol damage US media?
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Don't surrender BBC in face of political attacks, Melvyn Bragg urges
The government's politically motivated attacks on the BBC are part of a general abasement of British institutions in recent years, the broadcaster Melvyn Bragg has warned, as he called for the corporation to be protected. A former adviser to Theresa May reportedly warned of negative political consequences for the BBC should the appointment go ahead.And the prime minister used a minor row over whether Rule, Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory should be played as instrumental pieces only at the annual Proms to portray the BBC as unpatriotic. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 29 December 2021, PM
The Secret Life of the Continuity Announcer
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26/12/2021 Radio 4 Feedback
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Meet the Covid Influencers
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ITV can toast a bumper year - yet investors remain reluctant
When McCall left easyJet to take the reins from Adam Crozier, now installed as BT's new chairman as the telecoms giant becomes a takeover target for billionaire investor Patrick Drahi, investors valued ITV at 7.25bn.The broadcaster's market capitalisation has remained stubbornly well below that level ever since, with a current valuation at 4.3bn. Despite that reduced price and the rush of foreign private equity firms snapping up UK firms this year, there is no sign of any takeover suitor as yet. Its portfolio of channels accounts for about 40 of the UK's 3.7bn traditional TV ad market, with more good news expected next year with sectors including travel, cars and high street retail forecast to return along with the advertising gold of the next football World Cup.McCall's focus is to get investors to reassess ITV beyond the narrow focus on TV advertising - 60 of the broadcaster's total revenues come from non-advertising sources - by beating the drum for its digital and media content businesses. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comMonday 20 December 2021, PM
Channel 5 joins Digital UK
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have entered into a new Digital UK members' agreement, marking the first time that the venture has been wholly owned by all four PSBs. ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 joins Digital UK with immediate effect. Earlier this year Digital UK merged with Freesat Ltd, bringing the two free-to-air organisations together and aligning technical developents across the two platforms. - www.broadbandtvnews.com
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17/12/2021 Radio 4 Feedback
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BBC could make fewer dramas and show more repeats as budget cuts bite
The BBC could be forced to replace expensive high-end dramas and natural history shows with cheaper programmes owing to government-imposed funding cuts. In the future, channels such as BBC Two and BBC Four will operate on substantially reduced budgets, often showing repeats, with money diverted to shows for BBC One and BBC Three. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
Biggest BBC Cuts Yet To Come, British Journalism Awards Guardian hits 1m
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Jon Snow: A Lifetime in News
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10/12/2021 Radio 4 Feedback
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello what the BBC is facing increased competition and falling audiences among some networks abroad its booming we nearly at unbelievably heading towards half a billion people around the world on feedback this week. I'll be talking to The Departed controller BBC Worl…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transriptThe great subtitles fiasco: Channel 4 must be punished for failing deaf viewers
Damage to hard drives caused by the triggering of the fire suppression system at the London base of Red Bee Media - which provides access services to large broadcasters - left Channel 4 viewers without subtitles for weeks, with casualties including the latest series of The Great British Bake Off.Accidents happen, and sometimes there's no one to blame. Eventually, captions will come back to All 4, but the trust Channel 4 has built up with deaf and disabled subtitles users will take much longer to rebuild. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
A tribute to John Evington
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Channel 4 adds bouquet of channels to Freesat
Channel 4 HD is the key addition to Freesat as a bouquet of new channels is added to the free-to-air satellite platform. In addition to Channel 4 HD, music channels Box Hits, Box Christmas, Kiss, Magic and Kerrang are all joining the platform from December 9. - www.broadbandtvnews.comwww.broadbandtvnews.comWednesday 08 December 2021, PM
Inside the No 10 Christmas party scoops
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