Wednesday 21 July 2021, AM
The BBC faces major challenges from the government to its independence
According to the FT, Sir Robbie Gibb, a long-time BBC producer who left the corporation to become Theresa May's head of communications in No 10, and has more recently joined the BBC board of directors, warned Fran Unsworth, the head of news at the BBC, about the appointment of a journalist he deemed hostile to the government. In fact the well-trodden path from the BBC to Conservative party is far more marked than the traffic between the Labour party and the BBC. Three consecutive Conservative prime ministers have drawn their communications advice from former BBC staffers just as Sir Robbie Gibb served Theresa May, David Cameron's former head of communications Sir Craig Oliver was once controller of BBC News's English-language global services, and Boris Johnson's recent press secretary Allegra Stratton was a former political editor of Newsnight. - www.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.comChannel 4 chair criticises government's 'harmful' privatisation plan
In a potential blow to the independent television production companies that currently make all of the broadcaster's output, ministers have set out that Channel 4 could be allowed to make its own programmes if it was privatised. Channel 4 has maintained that it does not need external funding to compete with streaming services and has a strategy to move away from its reliance on television advertising. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
ASA Ruling on Hutchison 3G UK Ltd t/a Three
It was the only UK mobile network that could provide a full 5G service in accordance with international technical standards which would inevitably make Three's network significantly faster than their competitors. Three said their data centres, which hosted the network which processed their data, were distributed around the UK which brought the network closer to customers and reduced latency and allowed for some local content storage which supported delivery of a faster service. - www.asa.org.uk
www.asa.org.ukSunday 18 July 2021, PM
Netflix to court older viewers as flow of young fans slows down
Netflix is set to report the smallest growth in subscribers in a decade next week, as the flow of young fans who have fuelled its meteoric rise slows down, leading it to target tech-wary over-55s.The streaming giant expects to have added just 1 million new subscribers globally when it reports its second quarter results on Tuesday, the lowest number of new signups since 2011, when the business suffered the growing pains of splitting its DVD-by-post and streaming operations. It is no surprise that as Netflix has grown older - the former upstart launched its streaming service 14 years ago - it is experiencing demographic and geographic change as it looks to new regions such as Asia and Latin America as well as older users in mature markets. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 16 July 2021, PM
16/07/2021 Radio 4 Feedback
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Why can't social media companies stop online abuse?
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts torrents of racial abuse England footballers faced on social media following that penalty shootout you might Wonder Why any footballer would want to use social media at all do the benefits like direct access to fans the ability to tell your own unedited story still o…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transriptFriday 09 July 2021, PM
09/07/2021 Radio 4 Feedback
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts not a lot of weeks ago by elections a ministerial resignation heatons in Canada rapidly rising covid cases in England football team reaching a final for the first time in 55 years LOL of course, but in The Beatles some listeners channelling Eric Morecambe North neces…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transriptThursday 08 July 2021, PM
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 announce the completion of Digital UK and Freesat's integration
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 announce the completion of Digital UK and Freesat's integration. Today the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 can announce that they have brought together Digital UK Ltd, which facilitates the provision of Freeview, and Freesat Ltd, which offers access to the UK's subscription-free satellite television service. - www.itv.com
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How the BBC let climate deniers walk all over it
Only in 2018, a mere 36 years after Exxon came to the same conclusion, did the BBC decide that climate science is solid, and there is no justification for both-sidesing it. Last week, a group of us revealed what the BBC has been teaching children about climate breakdown. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 07 July 2021, PM
The unstoppable rise of TikTok
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One year of Times Radio
The radiator day programme with broadcast bionics creators of The Bionic studio listening watching reacting to and learning from every spoken adcola sweet and SMS for a mix unlock and understand your content to the bionic studio transformed everything about radio except the way you make him welcome…Download MP3
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Channel 4 privatisation consultation formally launched by UK govt - TBI Vision
The UK government has officially opened a consultation on the potential privatisation of public broadcaster Channel 4. While it prefers a change in ownership, the government said that it wants to keep Channel 4 as a public service broadcaster. - tbivision.com
tbivision.comMonday 05 July 2021, PM
Filey TV Signal: Residents entitled to free TV fix during mobile network upgrade
Interference could include intermittent sound, 'blocky' or pixellated images, or loss of TV signal, as some of the frequencies now used for mobile services were previously used for free to view TV. If viewers do experience interference caused by mobile network upgrades, free support is available from Restore TV - an independent programme that resolves TV interference caused by the upgrade of mobile signals. Residents are more likely to be affected if they live in an area with weak digital television reception, have a TV signal booster and whose TV aerial is close to a mobile mast. - www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk
www.thescarboroughnews.co.ukSaturday 03 July 2021, AM
Are there too many TV channels in today's online age?
The concept of having too many TV channels would have seemed ridiculous twenty years ago, but we're now saturated with broadcasting content. The consequences of too many TV channels extend beyond confusing electronic programme guides. - broadbanddeals.co.uk
broadbanddeals.co.ukFriday 02 July 2021, PM
BBC over-75s free TV licence transition period to end in July - BBC News
The BBC will end its licence fee grace period for over-75s on 31 July, with 260,000 pensioners still yet to pay. The following month, the BBC said no enforcement action had been taken against anyone who previously held a free over-75s TV licence. - www.bbc.co.ukwww.bbc.co.ukWednesday 30 June 2021, PM
The tabloids claim a scalp
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, I'm Clive myrie, and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello few Wallace coaching program. We have for you today a real scoop BBC bags top newspaper execs to discuss all things tabloid and mass-market the headline have are red tops. Got their Mojo's back…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transriptTuesday 29 June 2021, PM
Digital Radio UK starts to promote DAB+ radio upgrade – RadioToday
Currently, although the majority of new digital radios available at retail are DAB compatible, industry estimates that only 30-40 of DAB digital radios in homes will receive DAB stations, highlighting the need to communicate that there are now many stations available that can only be heard with a DAB compatible radio, or by listening online or on a smart speaker. Digital Radio UK's summer communications programme also features new creative supporting in-car digital radio upgrade. - radiotoday.co.uk
radiotoday.co.ukFriday 25 June 2021, AM
#159 - C4 4 The Chopping Block? UK TV IN EU; Sony Buys Somethin Else
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#159 - C4 4 The Chopping Block? UK TV IN EU; Sony Buys Somethin Else
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, this is the media show on BBC Radio no, sorry hello and welcome to the media podcast. I'm onl…Download MP3feedproxy.google.com Read transriptThursday 24 June 2021, AM
UK to ban junk food advertising online and before 9pm on TV from 2023
The government is poised to announce a ban on junk food advertising online and before 9pm on TV from 2023, as Boris Johnson looks to deliver on his pledge to tackle the UK's growing obesity crisis. The 9pm pre-watershed ban on advertising TV products deemed to be high in fat, salt and sugar could cost TV broadcasters such as ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky more than 200m a year in revenue. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 23 June 2021, PM
Channel 4 facing privatisation?
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, I'm a man and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello from Countdown you Big Brother to It's a Sin Channel 4 has long been a fixture on the Gogglebox but could the channel the whole generation has grown up with be about to change this morning the governm…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transript
A bonanza of f**k-ups and trolling: What I learnt from being glued to GB News for a week
A major difference from Fox News though is the lack of that zealous, tribal devotion for their affiliated political party - Republicans for Fox, Conservatives for GB News.1./50.World news in pictures. Why was furlough not being extended What's being done about flood defences Are lockdown restrictions just a way for the Tories to push their radical new green agenda Despite being in the same culture war trench as Downing Street, Team GB News simply can't help getting in a pub fight with absolutely everyone, Tories included. - www.independent.co.uk
www.independent.co.ukWednesday 23 June 2021, AM
UK government to hold formal Channel 4 privatisation review - TBI Vision
The UK government is to hold a formal review into selling Channel 4, the British broadcaster behind hits such as It's A Sin, following month's of speculation about the service's future. Channel 4 has been owned by the UK government since its launch in 1982, but ministers have argued that the rise of streaming services has changed the landscape to such an extent that the broadcaster may be better placed in private ownership. - tbivision.comtbivision.comFriday 18 June 2021, PM
Tim Davie on the future of the BBC | FT
The director-general of the BBC discusses with Alex Barker just who a public service broadcaster should be serving in an age of streaming and culture wars, and how? - - www.youtube.com
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Consultation: The Future of Media Plurality in the UK
Ofcom has today launched a programme of work to help inform our next steps on media plurality in the UK and ensuring that the regulatory framework for media plurality remains fit for the online world. Please submit responses using the consultation response form. - www.ofcom.org.uk
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BBC delves into data for new Programme Index
New database can be used to browse nearly 10 million network and regional BBC radio and TV listings, and more than 200,000 programmes available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Programme Index builds on the corporation's BBC Genome project, and can be used to browse nearly 10 million network and regional BBC radio and TV listings, including scans of the earliest Radio Times magazines, and search more than 200,000 programmes available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. - www.tvbeurope.comwww.tvbeurope.com
Government commits to PSB prominence legislation
The Government will combine the views expressed in the committee's report, its own review and Ofcom's Small Screen Big Debate and set out its position and next steps later in the year. On the TV licence, the report stressed that the Government was considering decriminalisation amongst other possible reforms to the licence fee system. - dtg.org.ukdtg.org.ukWednesday 16 June 2021, PM
Reporting when there's no journalist in the room
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hi I'm dancing and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello G7 summit the NATO summit Putin and Biden the world's biggest leaders have been face to face in a series of meetings this week. These are some of the most intensely scrutinise you can imagine and you wi…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transriptTuesday 15 June 2021, AM
Gillian Reynolds: GB News suggests Andrew Neil has fallen prisoner to some serious delusions
On the evidence so far of GB News, his new television network, he appears to have become a prisoner of some serious delusions. GB News will make news, probably more from Andrew Neil's interviews than from assorted presenters sitting round a table commenting on each other. - inews.co.uk
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GB News – Pretending For Real – Matt Deegan Writes
For GB News it'll also help that they're very much a comment channel than a news one. GB News doesn't really have much reporting resource and will mainly take agency feeds, aided by a handful of reporters to provide colour from across the UK. The idea that GB News can occupy a news position is wishful thinking, and I'd assume they know that. - www.mattdeegan.com
www.mattdeegan.comMonday 14 June 2021, AM
GB News was a disaster from start to finish
Second is the false founding GB News myth that BBC/ITV/Sky News don't reflect the kind of anti-woke, Brexity, chippy views that GB News is supposedly the only safe space for. The GB News shows looked like editions of Newsnight where the researcher forgot to book some guests to give expert opinion and/or the other sides of a debate. - www.independent.co.ukwww.independent.co.ukFriday 11 June 2021, PM
#158 - Podcast Day 24 - insights highlights
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Podcast Day 24 - insights highlights
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 only man and on this week show with presenting highlights from…Download MP3feedproxy.google.com Read transriptWednesday 09 June 2021, PM
Radio takes on the tech giants
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hi I'm dancing and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello we are talking radiotoday good old-fashioned radio with it's cosy celebrity presenters. It's familiar blend of pop songs but also let's face it traffic updates car insurance ads No Angels and if you don…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transriptWednesday 02 June 2021, PM
A crisis for war reporting?
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts, hi, I'm only loving item and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello one of the most glamorous in journalism some of our most memorable moments in the history of these came from those with their eyes and ears on the ground abroad but the phone reporting now fa…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transriptWednesday 02 June 2021, AM
Audio Content Fund
Welcome to the radio Today programme this week with focusing on the audio content fund was launched two years ago with the promise of district in 3 million pounds of UK government money to in BS4 crafted public service content to be broadcast on community and commercial radio 115 project ended up d…Download MP3audioboom.com Read transriptFriday 28 May 2021, PM
#157 - ARIAs 2021; Amazon Buys Bond; Discovery And WarnerMedia Merge
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#157 - ARIAs 2021; Amazon Buys Bond; Discovery And WarnerMedia Merge
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Television and on-demand programme services: Access services report Jan
Television and on-demand programme services Access services report - January to December 2020. Under the Communications Act 2003, broadcast television channels are required to make a certain proportion of their programmes accessible the Code on Television Access Services sets out these obligations. - www.ofcom.org.ukwww.ofcom.org.ukThursday 27 May 2021, PM
Ministers reopen hunt for Ofcom chair after Paul Dacre is rejected
The government has restarted the recruitment process for a new chair of Ofcom after the prime minister's favoured candidate, the former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre, had his application rejected by an interview board. Rather than accept the decision and choose another candidate who was approved, ministers have instead decided to start the process from scratch, allowing Dacre a second chance at the job. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.com
Online station Regency Radio joins DAB in Brighton - RadioToday
Regency Radio will start broadcasting via DAB in Brighton and Hove on May 31st. The station is the brainchild of Jay Jackson and Ambrose Harcourt, and the line-up includes ex-local presenters including Mike Mendoza. Programming Manager, Jay Jackson said Brighton lost its local radio station a few years ago leaving a huge gap and that's where we step in, we have already created quite an impact and intend to create a bigger one. - radiotoday.co.ukradiotoday.co.uk
Disney to shutter 100 international channels in streaming push - TBI Vision
The Walt Disney Company plans to close 100 international TV channels by the end of the year as it continues to shift its focus to its direct-to-consumer model and streaming service Disney. Kids networks Disney Junior and Disney Channel are also being cut, according to local reports, along with Nat Geo People and SCM Legend. - tbivision.comtbivision.comThursday 27 May 2021, AM
ARIAS 2021 - Special event report from the event in London
The radiator day programme with broadcast bionics created of the bionic studio the smarter way to make radio welcome to the radio today programs special from the Arias my name is Grace Hopper I am a producer at KISS FM formerly of BBC Radio 1 and I'm also trustee Radio Academy I'm going to be takin…Download MP3audioboom.com Read transriptWednesday 26 May 2021, PM
What next for the BBC after the Bashir scandal?
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, I'm leaving is all and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 welcome official Martin Bashir use lies and deception to secure one of the biggest TV interviews of all time low Dyson's report as to how Diana Princess of Wales was lowered into telling all Panora…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transriptWednesday 26 May 2021, AM
Sony Movie Channel has been renamed Great! But how? And why?!
It comes to something when you're pining for the days of channels being named after a Japanese electronics conglomerate Sony Movie Channel appears to be doing a fair job of channelling Sony movies to the public and making money off the back of it. It comes to something when you're pining for the days of channels being named after a good, old-fashioned Japanese electronics conglomerates, but at least the Sony Movie Channel meant something. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comFriday 21 May 2021, PM
21/05/2021 Radio 4 Feedback
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British Broadcasting Challenge
The British Broadcasting Challenge For Us, By Us, About Us. The British public service broadcasting system is unique in the world. British public service broadcasting is For Us, By Us, and About Us - and underpins the ways in which we as individuals, as nations and regions, relate to each other and to the world. - britishbroadcastingchallenge.com
britishbroadcastingchallenge.comMartin Bashir used 'deceitful behaviour' to secure Diana interview, report finds
It is claimed that Bashir used fake bank documents to persuade Spencer the media were paying associates of the family for information - in an attempt to secure a more sensational and revealing interview. Panorama is to air a 35-minute investigation into the 1995 interview, titled Princess Diana, Martin Bashir and the BBC, on BBC One at 7pm. It had been scheduled to air on Monday night. - www.theguardian.comwww.theguardian.comWednesday 19 May 2021, PM
Israel-Gaza conflict rages online
BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, I'm Arenas are and this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 welcome Israel and the Palestinian the story is stuck on repeat but the Battle Ground is shifting and talking tiktok Middle East tutorials infographics on Instagram and a Twitter spat between a soup an…Download MP3www.bbc.co.uk Read transript
UK s BBC unveils six dramas new Michaela Coel project - TBI Vision
The BBC in the UK has unveiled a raft of new scripted series, as well as a new project that is in the works from I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel. Six shows have been unveiled by the broadcaster's director of drama Piers Wenger, who confirmed a new project with Coel was in the works but offered few other insights as to the storyline. - tbivision.comtbivision.compick a page