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Freelancers hoping for furlough dealt a blow
Super-indies had started the process of re-hiring freelancers then furloughing them for government support but will now have to take a more stringent approach. Sunak originally said his emergency measures would reach around 95 of the self-employed community but a Film TV Charity survey last week found that three quarters of film and TV freelancers believe they will not receive support. - www.broadcastnow.co.ukThursday 09 April 2020, AM
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Government warned Commercial Radio stations could close – RadioToday
A number of commercial radio stations could close within months if help is not provided by the Government, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Radio has warned. The letters call for support measures including relief on high fixed transmission costs, an extension of current financial schemes to commercial broadcasters and a significantly enhanced investment by Government in radio advertising. - radiotoday.co.ukThe Nadir of Local TV – adambowie.com
Every broadcast TV and radio station in the UK has to abide by Ofcom's Broadcast Code, which includes a full section on due impartiality and accuracy. For some reason London Live believed that by placing a caption at the start of the programme, and after each ad-break - basically disavowing the views therein - they were somehow fine. - www.adambowie.comWednesday 08 April 2020, PM
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Channel 4 Reveals Coronavirus Cost-Cutting Plan – Deadline
British commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has outlined an emergency cost-cutting plan in its bid to weather the unprecedented pandemic. In an all-staff conference call on Wednesday afternoon, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon outlined measures to slash the broadcaster's 2020 content budget by 150M and find 95M of operational savings, including reviewing investments and cutting marketing spend. - deadline.com![](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/styles/images/2023/og13400.jpg)
Best Set-top boxes 2020: the best boxes to sit beneath your TV
It used to be that a set-top box sat beneath your TV and fed you channels that you couldn't get from terrestrial TV. Now set-top boxes are getter smarter and evolving, offering more functionality, features and content in one neat and tidy box. Best sports BT TV. Best HDR Virgin V6. Best cheapest box TalkTalk TV. Sky Q The best set-top box for on-demand and live content. - www.trustedreviews.comWednesday 08 April 2020, AM
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RadioToday Roundtable April 2020
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How false claims about 5G health risks spread into the mainstream
In recent weeks, baseless claims about risks associated with the next-generation mobile technology have gone mainstream. Tom Phillips, the editor of the factchecking organisation Full Fact, said it warned last summer about the growing prevalence of 5G health claims. - www.theguardian.com![](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/styles/images/2023/og13396.jpg)
Edinburgh TV Festival goes online-only
This year's Edinburgh TV Festival is to go online-only after organisers cancelled the physical event due to the coronavirus pandemic - with freelancers offered free access. Other cultural events in the Scottish capital, including the flagship arts festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival, have already been cancelled. - www.broadcastnow.co.ukMonday 06 April 2020, PM
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Samsung Lifestyle TVs to get eco packaging that can be used for pet houses and more
Samsung have announced that their Lifestyle TV lineup will now come with eco friendly packaging that can be reused. You can find out more information about this new packaging that Samsung will be using for their Lifestyle TVs at the link below. - www.geeky-gadgets.comMonday 06 April 2020, AM
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The effect on radio consumption
Many radio companies are shouting about a jump in online radio listening. If online is up 25, then it means online radio listening is still 16 of all radio consumption. - james.crid.landSunday 05 April 2020, PM
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Channel 4 pays millions in bonuses amid coronavirus TV ad slump
Channel 4 has paid out millions in bonuses to bosses and staff while opening talks with the government about potentially tapping an emergency 75m credit facility as the coronavirus hammers the TV industry. The broadcaster said it was committed to making the bonus payments last month in its February payroll, which was when advertisers in travel-related sectors began to pull TV advertising as the coronavirus spread. At the beginning of March, ITV warned investors of a significant slump in TV ad spending due to the coronavirus. - www.theguardian.comFriday 03 April 2020, PM
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05/04/2020 Radio 4 Feedback
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Coronavirus support loophole leaves many UK film and TV staff without pay, say MPs
Tens of thousands of film and TV production staff left jobless by the coronavirus shutdown must be included in the chancellor's coronavirus support package, an influential group of MPs has argued. The Film and TV Charity estimates up to half of the 50,000 staff that work in film and TV production, from directors and camera operators to prop makers and researchers, are ineligible for any financial support under these schemes. - www.theguardian.comThursday 02 April 2020, AM
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Apple now lets some video streaming apps bypass the App Store cut
Apple on Wednesday confirmed the existence of a program for streaming video providers that allows those platforms to bypass its standard 30 percent App Store fee when selling individual purchases, like movie downloads and TV show rentals. The program first became public earlier today when Amazon updated its Prime Video iOS and Apple TV apps to allow in-app purchases for the first time. - www.theverge.com![](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/styles/images/460x276/white_spaces.jpg)
Jack Schofield, Guardian's Ask Jack tech columnist, dies at 72
Jack Schofield, the Guardian's former computer editor and author of its technology advice column, Ask Jack, for almost 20 years, has died aged 72. After moving on from his editing role, Schofield continued to write for the Guardian and in May 2000 launched Ask Jack, an advice column that he would produce first fortnightly and later weekly for the rest of his life. - www.theguardian.comWednesday 01 April 2020, PM
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Keep Calm and Put Radio On
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BBC content available for community radio stations – RadioToday
Any Community Media Association member station can now take BBC local radio content for free during the current coronavirus crisis. Make a Difference was launched on all 39 BBC local radio stations on March 17. - radiotoday.co.ukWednesday 01 April 2020, AM
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Community radio in a crisis
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TV licence fee could be replaced by broadband levy, says BBC
The BBC has said the television licence fee could ultimately be replaced by a monthly levy on broadband connections, in response to the UK government's proposals to decriminalise non-payment of the licence fee. The consultation on whether to decriminalise non-payment of the licence fee closes on Wednesday, with the BBC warning that the initial cost of creating a new system where non-payment is enforced as a civil debt - similar to a utility bill - would be almost 300m. It estimates that evasion of the licence fee would almost double to about 10 of households as people realised non-payment was no longer a criminal offence, costing the public service broadcaster 200m a year on an ongoing basis in lost revenue and requiring further substantial cuts to BBC output. - www.theguardian.comFriday 27 March 2020, PM
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29/03/2020 Radio 4 Feedback
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BBC to give away DAB radios to some over 70s – RadioToday
BBC Local Radio is teaming up with manufacturers, retailers and a loneliness charity to offer free DAB radios to the most vulnerable people aged over 70. BBC Local Radio says it wants to ensure as many people as possible have access to it, so it will be giving away DAB digital radios to people nominated by listeners. - radiotoday.co.ukThursday 26 March 2020, AM
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BBC, Channel 4 unveil Covid-19 plans fast turnaround shows – TBI Vision
UK broadcasters Channel 4 and the BBC have unveiled a raft of new programming as they look to attract viewers during the Covid-19 lockdown and fill gaps left by the cancellation of major events. The BBC Studios Science Unit is behind Coronavirus A Horizon Special, which will explore how governments have reacted to the crisis, while flagship BBC One will offer daytime series HealthCheck UK Live. - tbivision.comWednesday 25 March 2020, PM
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'You don't want people judging your decor': hosting TV news at home
Journalists presenting major news broadcasts from their homes ensures programmes remain on air throughout the coronavirus pandemic, but it also offers nosey viewers a chance to indulge one of Britain's major obsessions snooping around other people's houses. Channel 4 News and other news programmes have attracted record audiences since the coronavirus outbreak, and the image of a journalist or guest expert broadcasting to the nation in front of a well-stocked bookshelf in a Victorian house has become a well-established trope. - www.theguardian.com![](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/styles/images/2023/og13379.jpg)
World locks down, media steps up
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BBC News suspends 450 job cuts to ensure Covid-19 coverage
BBC News has suspended plans to cut 450 jobs as it faces the demands of covering the coronavirus pandemic. A planned modernisation of BBC News was due to contribute 40m of savings toward an overall target of 80m. The DG said it would be inappropriate to pursue this target while BBC News was so stretched in covering the pandemic. - www.bbc.co.uk![](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/styles/images/2023/og13377.jpg)
PSBs issue joint plea to government for freelancer support
The very nature of the freelance community is that they do not have a single anchor employer they work for the industry as a whole across TV and film, which makes them particularly vulnerable in current circumstances and therefore worthy of government support. We are aware of the communication that you have received from various trade bodies and unions representing the freelance sector in the UK creatives industries and we would also urge the Government to take measures to protect the long term health of the UK creative industries, by providing a package of support to freelancers. - www.broadcastnow.co.ukWednesday 25 March 2020, AM
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Radio's response to Coronavirus and Sean Dunderdale
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Connected TVs get dedicated BBC Sounds app – RadioToday
The new BBC Sounds TV app is being rolled out on YouView and Virgin devices from today, with other TV platforms coming in the future. The BBC Sounds TV app will be rolling out from today on Virgin devices and YouView devices, including some Sony TVs, and is coming to some Samsung TVs later this week, plus many more connected TVs and devices in the coming weeks and months. - radiotoday.co.ukMonday 23 March 2020, AM
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BBC launches kids portal within iPlayer – TBI Vision
The BBC has launched a children's version of its iPlayer. Measures introduced specifically for children include a daily education programme for different key stages, an expansion in BBC Bitesize content, an increase in education programming on the BBC iPlayer, and the creation of two new daily education podcasts. - tbivision.com![](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/styles/images/2023/og13373.jpg)
ITV slashes production by $120m, suspends long-running shows – TBI Vision
The cuts come amid news that production on long-running ITV soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street was being suspended immediately. There is one piece of good news coming out of ITV today, with its variety show Ant Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway attracting the largest-ever viewing figures of its 16 season run. - tbivision.comFriday 20 March 2020, PM
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22/03/2020 Radio 4 Feedback
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#132 - Pandemic Broadcasting, Remote Working and Freelance Precariousness
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BBC Radio 5 Live is changing its schedule to simulcast more hours with Radio 4 because of the pressure of COVID-19. Initial changes to the BBC's news output were announced earlier this week, but 5 Live will now simulcast with Radio 4 for six hours in the evening and overnight from Monday. - radiotoday.co.ukFriday 20 March 2020, AM
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Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days
Netflix will reduce the streaming quality of its service in Europe for the next 30 days. The move is aimed at reducing the strain on internet service providers. - www.bbc.co.ukThursday 19 March 2020, PM
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BBC Local Radio moves to standardised schedule – RadioToday
All BBC local radio stations are moving to a new schedule format with programmes in four-hour blocks every day, RadioToday can exclusively reveal. BBC Local Radio has a large number of specialist programmes which are one, two or three hours long. - radiotoday.co.uk![](https://de8as167a043l.cloudfront.net/styles/images/2023/og13367.jpg)
BBC boss not ruling out further delay to end of free TV licences for over-75s due to coronavirus
The end of free TV licences for over-75s could be pushed back further due to the coronavirus outbreak. His comments come as filming of EastEnders and top BBC dramas were halted amid the Covid-19 outbreak. - www.standard.co.ukThursday 19 March 2020, AM
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Return of the expert
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BBC Studios suspends filming on continuing dramas | News | Broadcast
EastEnders cut to two episodes a week - www.broadcastnow.co.ukTuesday 17 March 2020, PM
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Health Info Radio and remote broadcasting
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BBC Planning To Ditch Audiences Press On With Big Studio Shows During Coronavirus
The BBC is drawing up plans to persevere with some of its most famous studio shows during the coronavirus crisis — even though it will have to sacrifice a live audience to make them happen. - deadline.comMonday 16 March 2020, AM
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Lord Hall: Why the BBC matters
Independent research shows that there is an exceptionally high correlation between places where people are aware of the BBC and places where people think positively about the UK. More than that, the BBC helps UK trade. Already we have announced more of BBC News and BBC Sounds will be based in Salford, up to 150 new roles in Bristol and a brand-new tech hub in Newcastle. - www.politicshome.comFriday 13 March 2020, PM
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13/03/2020 Radio 4 Feedback
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Government stand-off with BBC over free TV licences costs it extra £600m
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Freesat 4K TV Recorder Review
For those without an aerial or suffering poor reception, Freesat has been able to provide an alternative way to get free-to-air TV - although its set-top boxes have always lagged behind Freeview units for features - but the Freesat 4K TV Recorder aims to redress the balance. Freesat has launched two products a smaller 4K TV box without recording facility and a larger 4K TV Recorder that I'm reviewing here. - www.trustedreviews.comWednesday 11 March 2020, PM
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Panic and the truth
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ARIAS 2020
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