Politicians and the press

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts high and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello this morning sir Keir starmer delivered his first speech to a packed in person labour conference political hacks are now as I speak frantically pending their hot takes Saturday we explore Keir starmer's current r…

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Broadcasters facing diverse talent drain

More people are leaving the TV and radio industries than joining, Ofcom has found, with broadcasters facing a worrying loss of diverse talent. So Ofcom is today calling on broadcasters collectively to place much greater focus on retaining and progressing senior, diverse talent. - www.ofcom.org.uk

www.ofcom.org.uk

BBC East regional channel to launch in HD in October

BBC One is set to launch a HD version of its regional BBC East channel in October 2021. Loading.... Get involved with the news in your community. - www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk

www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk

Toby Anstis celebrates 20 years at Heart

Thanks for the loading This podcast from Radio today. My name is Stuart Clarkson back for a special one-off edition as we celebrate a big milestone in our industry clocked up 20-years at the biggest commercial radio brand in the UK It's Toby Anstis from heart today program creators of The Bionic st…

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Britons getting less tolerant of racist language on TV, Ofcom finds

Britons are increasingly concerned by the use of racist and transphobic language on television but much more tolerant of swearing, according to the media regulator's latest investigation into changing social attitudes. Ofcom found that attitudes to racist language have hardened, with Britons wanting a very strong justification for its inclusion in programmes. - www.theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com

The Guardian view on the government and the BBC: an endless war of attrition

Sir Robbie Gibb, a BBC board member and former communications director to Theresa May, reportedly warned of negative political consequences should a former BBC staffer, Jess Brammar, be appointed as executive editor of news. In an industry where the spending power of digital giants such as Netflix and Amazon is driving severe inflationary pressures, successive Conservative governments continue to run the BBC down, both reputationally and economically. - www.theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com

Gary Lineker: presenter, influencer, campaigner

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts welcome to the media show and I'm delighted the same. I guess today is one of the best-known and most influential figures in the UK media production company and you game show on ITV over 8 million followers on Twitter role in one of the best-known advertising campaig…

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Helicopters move materials in to stricken Bilsdale mast

Arqiva has begun airlifting materials onto the Bilsdale site in North East England as part of urgent work to build an 80m-high temporary mast. Helicopters are moving around 200 x 750kg concrete blocks to the site that will anchor the temporary mast in place. - www.broadbandtvnews.com

www.broadbandtvnews.com

44 Best satellite dish for freesat in UK: After Researching 83 Options

The 11 Best Satellite dish for freesat in UK. Wait for a while and list down all the features you're looking for in a satellite dish for freesat. The Best satellite dish for freesat Brands in the UK. Like mentioned above, buying a branded satellite dish for freesat can save you from troubles in the future with high-quality customer support and could also fetch a better resale value. - www.pro-gamer.co.uk

www.pro-gamer.co.uk

BBC, ITV, C4 C5 prep UK streamer app to combat global SVODs --- TBI Vision

UK broadcasters are reportedly looking to create a single streaming app that would act as a gateway to their catch-up and on-demand services. BBC chief Tim Davie, ITV CEO Carolyn McCall and Channel 4's Alex Mahon all discussed how they were planning to entice viewers via their streaming services, with rumours that a joint streaming service could be in the works. - tbivision.com

tbivision.com

Bilsdale transmitter: Arqiva provide UPDATE on construction of new mast

SITE Operators of Bilsdale transmitter Arqiva have provided a second site update on the construction of the new 80-metre temporary mast. Once finished and operational, the 80-metre mast is expected to provide Freeview TV signals to an area covering over 90 per cent of households ordinarily served by the damaged Bilsdale mast. - www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

Ofcom is responsible for the demise of impartial news

It is being launched by a proper journalist it will have proper journalists, including Morgan, as stars it will feature proper news broadcasts and sport, entertainment and current affairs and it will be much more like normal, responsible television than the grotesque paranoid mess that is GB News. So I don't blame Murdoch or Farage or Legatum for the decline in the standard of news broadcasting to sub Fox News levels, but Ofcom, which cheerfully allows this bastardisation of journalism to fester and ferment. - www.independent.co.uk

www.independent.co.uk

News UK to launch new channel, talkTV

News UK is to launch a new channel, talkTV, in early 2022. News UK has invested in new TV studios in its HQ in the News Building in London Bridge. - www.news.co.uk

www.news.co.uk

'I was a minority of one': Andrew Neil reveals why he quit GB News

Rew Neil has said he stepped down as chairman of GB News after differences over the direction in which the channel was heading. The television space that GB news inhabits will soon find another occupant after Rupert Murdoch announced that Piers Morgan - often touted as a possible saviour of GB News - will front a a new channel called talktv. - www.theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com

Reporting Afghanistan

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello and welcome this week details of a power struggle within the Taliban have emerged as a crucial moment as we wait to see what kind of government it wants to create. What are this? Week's there's evidence the world's…

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'Cake' mentioned 10 times more than 'climate change' on UK TV

While terms describing the issue - climate change, climate emergency and climate crisis - had 14,540 mentions, those referring to tackling the problem - climate justice, climate action and climate solution - only had 296 mentions combined. The report analysed the subtitles from all shows in 2020 on the BBC, Sky, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and UKTV. It found climate change was mentioned 12,715 times while cake was mentioned 10 times more often, with 133,437 mentions. - www.theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com

The Yorkshire Dales village still without TV reception - BBC News

One month ago, the television screens of a million people went blank when a transmitter suffered catastrophic fire damage. People with no signal are now being offered a refund of their TV Licence fee, because they're paying for a service they can't get. - www.bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk

Andrew Neil resigns as lead presenter and chairman of GB News

Rew Neil has resigned as lead presenter and chairman of GB News after differences of opinion over the direction of the rightwing channel, raising questions over its future. Some joined due to Neil's repeated promises that GB News would be a mainstream news channel with a right-leaning slant rather than a British version of Fox News. - www.theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com

Is Podcasting the future of Local BBC Radio? - RadioToday

I'm a massive supporter of the Local BBC Radio network in the UK. I was Assistant Editor at what is now called BBC Radio London for two of the most enjoyable years of my career. I'm scratching the surface in terms of detail but a bold commitment to podcasting could mean Local BBC Radio reaching more local people than ever, including a younger audience, and carving out a distinctive and community-focused digital future. - radiotoday.co.uk

radiotoday.co.uk

"Unreserved apology" for those still without TV signal four weeks after Bilsdale transmitter fire

An unreserved apology has been offered to customers in our region who are still without TV signal, four weeks after a fire damaged a major transmitter. Some services have since been restored but many are still affected. - www.itv.com

www.itv.com

UK's Channel 4 planning global AVOD service - TBI Vision

UK broadcaster Channel 4 is planning to launch a new international AVOD streaming service. The as-yet-unnamed streamer would form part of the company's plans to expand its brand outside of the UK, with the new ad-supported service mirroring its existing All4 BVOD. It would offer content from Channel 4-backed drama brand Walter Presents, as well as current affairs series Dispatches and news programming. - tbivision.com

tbivision.com

Plusnet customers to lose certain YouView TV channels and services from 1 November

Plusnet's YouView service includes all of Freeview's free-to-air channels, plus 15 channels that don't come with Freeview as standard, including CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, Eurosport, MTV, and National Geographic. YouView also enables you to run apps, such as BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Netflix, and NOW TV, so long as you have accounts for these services set-up. - www.moneysavingexpert.com

www.moneysavingexpert.com

Bilsdale mast fire: Television services restored thanks to new transmitter

The company has used a combination of its existing sites and new, temporary structures to restore services and was today able to announce that an additional new transmitter site at Sutton Bank was now providing Freeview TV signals to over 100,000 households in areas including Harrogate, Knaresborough, Pickering, Ripon, Masham, Leyburn and northern parts of York. Within nine days of the fire Arqiva had returned some Freeview television services to around 250,000 households, and the following day that was extended to around 400,000. - www.gazetteherald.co.uk

www.gazetteherald.co.uk

'TV has failed disabled people. Utterly and totally'

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts welcome to the media show in a few minutes, we're going to talk about Channel 4. It's new is in Leeds open this week and the government's consultation on whether to privatise it finishes in days. Will it the case for privatisation from former Channel 5 CEO David elst…

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Radio's Trouble With The Internet - Matt Deegan Writes

Radio has always had a bit of trouble with the internet. The BBC's sites, particularly the national radio stations, had pretty robust teams and enhanced the radio output with lots of photos, catch-up and eventually video. - www.mattdeegan.com

www.mattdeegan.com

Bilsdale transmitter: Your reaction as viewers still left with no TV signal

Thousands of residents across the North East and North Yorkshire have been left with no TV signal after the Bilsdale transmitter fire on August 10. Reader Emma Timmons shared the heartbreaking reality of how the lack of signal is affecting older residents. - www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

More TV channels -- Harrogate Advertiser

Homes in Ripon and Masham may be able to receive more TV channels after work by engineers on the Bilsdale mast. The structure was badly damaged by fire in early August which caused transmission of Freeview services to stop and work has been ongoing to restore TV to viewers. - www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk

www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk

BBC to host virtual festival looking at media and sustainability

The BBC has announced a new virtual festival looking at media and its impact on climate change. The event will also include BBC Studios discussing the latest sustainable production practices and the BBC's RD consumer media technology team, The Blue Room, will present research on the carbon cost of television and associated technologies - revealing where the potential savings can be found. - www.tvbeurope.com

www.tvbeurope.com

Bilsdale transmitter problems: BBC say more people to receive signal today

IN a recent update on the problems with the Bilsdale transmitter from the BBC more viewers in the region should receive signal in the region as a Grinton Lodge Relay is now back online. Site operators are still unsure as to when the Bilsdale transmitter will be fixed and are still unsure as to when the 80-metre temporary mast will be constructed on the Bilsdale site. - www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

Making the news "less London"

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hi and hello to tell the story of the UK more fairly and equitably there needs to be more reporting voices outside London that seems to be the journalistic mood of the moment the BBC in March announced plans to shift Focus from the capital in a commitment to better r…

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Rare heather moorland holds up TV transmitter replacement

Plans to replace the fire-damaged Bilsdale transmitter and restore TV and radio signals for large swathes of the Harrogate district are being held up by the transmitter's location within a rare heather moorland. The transmitter's location within a government-protected area of 44,000 hectares of moorland continues to be a stumbling block. - thestrayferret.co.uk

thestrayferret.co.uk

27/08/2021 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts people like me working for the BBC that is people with degrees. I think it overlooked problem is the lack of BBC staff from a diverse range of disciplines and professions for example the BBC's most high-profile commentators on technology and Engineering issues have a…

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TBI Weekly: Six takeaways from Edinburgh TV Festival 2021 - TBI Vision

Among the most noteworthy commissions to be revealed was Nautilus for Disney, a 10-part live-action drama based on the classic Jules Verne novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea from Moonriver TV and Seven Stories. Here, TBI casts its eye over the week's news to pick out six key takeaways from this year's event. - tbivision.com

tbivision.com

Channel 4 launches real-time bidding on All 4 in UK broadcast industry first

Channel 4 is the first UK broadcaster to make its vast inventory available through automated real-time bidding - a method that enables ad space to be auctioned in milliseconds and the highest bidding advertiser's campaign served to its target audience. In 2015 Channel 4 was the first European broadcaster to offer advertisers a digital marketplace to buy advertising programmatically and All 4 Private Marketplace continues the broadcaster's programmatic evolution, demonstrating that it is still pioneering in digital programmatic advertising in the UK broadcast industry. - www.channel4.com

www.channel4.com

Ed TV Festival: Discovery+ shares content wish list UK minister defends C4 privatisation - TBI Vision

Holme's panel appearance came on the same day that Discovery announced it had inked a multi-year, multi-project deal with Talos Films, for the US-based firm to produce true crime content for the streamer. Following Channel 4 CCO Ian Katz's vocal opposition to privatisation plans for the government-owned UK commercial broadcaster earlier in the week, UK media minister John Whittingdale spoke yesterday in defence of idea, which he said would help Channel 4 to continue to thrive in an increasingly streamer-dominated industry. - tbivision.com

tbivision.com

CNN International to end Virgin, BT and Freesat distribution

CNN International plans to leave Virgin Media, BT TV and Freesat following the launch of its new streaming service last June. In means the broadcaster, once known as the Cable News Network, will no longer be available on UK cable. - www.broadbandtvnews.com

www.broadbandtvnews.com

SPECIAL: The “One Voice” Conference 2021

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#159B - SPECIAL: The “One Voice” Conference 2021

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 welcome back to the video podcast. I'm sorry man. It's been awhile apologies for the great but …

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Ed TV Festival: BBC talks linear; ITV defends Love Island Amazon on risk-taking - TBI Vision

The BBC talked up linear reach, ITV defended Love Island and Amazon spoke about the importance of taking risks, on day three of this year's Edinburgh TV Festival. Speaking at the festival yesterday, the BBC CCO, Charlotte Moore, defended the British pubcaster's decision to return BBC Three as a linear channel in January 2022. - tbivision.com

tbivision.com

Legal issues hamper new Bilsdale mast plans after fire

Engineers have run into legal issues which are hampering attempts to install a temporary mast at Bilsdale following the fire at the site. If doing an automatic retune does not restore any channels, unfortunately it is unlikely that you will be able to receive a signal until the new temporary Bilsdale transmitter is turned on. - www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk

www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk

The Great British Nostalgia Trip

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hi, I'm Julian worricker, and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello have you turn television recently and thought it all looked a little bit familiar Laurence llewelyn-bowen boisterously doing up people's living rooms Ruby Wax looking back at celebrity interv…

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Bilsdale transmitter fire: Temporary TV mast delayed - BBC News

Work to return services to TV viewers following a transmitter fire has been delayed by a legal wrangle. Services have resumed for many, but a 260ft temporary mast at the site on the North York Moors was anticipated to be working by 28 August to help those still without a signal. - www.bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk

20/08/2021 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts grief rage or were on display in the House of Commons Wednesday me and Pete said that the astonishing triumph of the Taliban in Afghanistan had led to the humiliation of the US and the UK there was certainly a major intelligence failure is the White House in Whitehal…

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How to earn a living on social media

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hi, I'm Julie America and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4. Hello, are you find a position to make some money out of social media the big-name companies do very nicely. Thank you. I thought you posted and what you share, but have the tables turned in favour of…

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Future of channels such as ITV2 and Dave secured as Freeview licences renewed for another decade - GOV.UK

We'd like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. - www.gov.uk

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Arqiva prepares UK tower sell off

Arqiva is looking to sell off its broadcasting and smart meter operations in a move that could raise 2.5 billion. Arqiva is owned by investors including Macquarie Group Ltd., IFM Investors Pty and a number of Australian funds. - www.broadbandtvnews.com

www.broadbandtvnews.com

ITV's SDN Freeview licence faces unexpected challenge

ITV acquired the Multiplex from S4C in November 2005 and has delivered he broadcaster with profits of 70 million per year. In all SDN carries around a quarter of the 100 available Freeview channels. - www.broadbandtvnews.com

www.broadbandtvnews.com

13/08/2021 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts on Radio 4 front row last few minutes, I hope this will turn out to be alright spoof may be featuring Jan ravens, but it wasn't was it seriously. What were you thinking the Mills and boon author whose two-thirds of an addition was none other than the first time adult…

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When could my TV signal return after the Bilsdale TV mast fire?

A FIRE at a Bilsdale TV mast has left up to a million people without TV and radio signal - but users are desperately to know when signals will return. The mast is primarily used for radio and television transmission and is among the most powerful in the UK. In a more recent statement, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire had been extinguished but a 300-metre exclusion zone remains around the mast. - www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

Reporting on the ground in China

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, I'm Julian worricker, and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello this we're asking how hard is it to report on the ground in China and tell the story of that country to the wider world journalists covering the recent fatal floods which included those te…

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