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Saturday 18 January 2020, AM

Millions face missing favourite weekend TV shows as signals scrambled by odd weather

Millions of Brits could miss their favourite TV and radio shows as unusual weather interferes with signals. Soaring air pressure could cause TV aerials and radio signals to waver as they reflect off a warm layer of air over cold air at ground level. - www.mirror.co.uk

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Thursday 16 January 2020, PM

talkSPORT to turn off seven AM transmitters – RadioToday

TalkSPORT has gained Ofcom approval to turn off seven medium wave transmitters across the UK. The change means that talkSPORT's medium wave coverage across the UK, will be marginally reduced from 95 to 93.4, affecting 1.3 million potential listeners. Ofcom has already given permission for Northsound 2 to switch off its AM transmitter, and Absolute Radio gained approval to close 12 transmitters in 2018. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Thursday 16 January 2020, AM

Media Masters - Trevor Beattie

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to the game Masters series of one-to-one interviews with people at the top of the video game advertising Legend Trevor Beattie is responsible for creating some of the most talked-about campaigns of all time it could be the hello boys can bend wonderbra a…

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Wednesday 15 January 2020, PM

A right Royal PR disaster

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 it's the story of the decade I don't you think Harry and meghan's bombshell announcement and it raises so many juicy issues for the media show I appreciate the Republican some of you might be reaching for the office which at this point stop don't do…

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Wednesday 15 January 2020, AM

James Dundon

The radiated a program with broadcast bionics created of the bionic studio the smarter way to make radio hello, I'm Stuart Clarkson coming up on this week's podcast from Radio today. Will meet James Dundon long time presenter at Cornwall pirate FM and heart who starting 2020 a new life at the BBC …

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John Simpson accuses Government of 'limbering up' for attack on BBC

The current Royal Charter, the agreed constitutional basis for the BBC, began on 1 January 2017 and will run until the end of 2027. Currently non-payment of the licence fee can result in a court appearance and a fine of up to 1,000. - www.pressgazette.co.uk

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Tuesday 14 January 2020, PM

BBC Radio to close more medium wave transmitters – RadioToday

Services being closed range from BBC Radio Solent's two AM frequencies on the South Coast to BBC Radio Scotland's service in Aberdeen. Two years ago the BBC closed 13 medium wave transmitters meaning no more AM service for BBC Radio Sussex, Surrey, Humberside, Wiltshire, Nottingham, Kent, and Lincolnshire, plus reduced medium-wave coverage for BBC Devon, Lancashire and Essex. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Friday 10 January 2020, PM

Samira Ahmed wins BBC equal pay tribunal

Presenter Samira Ahmed has won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay. Ahmed was paid less than one sixth of that - 440 - for Newswatch, which is shown on the BBC News Channel and BBC Breakfast. - www.bbc.co.uk

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#127 - 2020 Vision: Pundit Predictions Special

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. Happy new year and welcome to the first Media podcast of 2020. I'm only man today show is our annual…

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#127 - 2020 Vision: Pundit Predictions Special

Happy new year and welcome to the first Media podcast of 2020. I'm only man today show is our annual predictions special a glimpse of what 2020 has in store for the media. We invite some of our favourite industry insiders to reveal their trends for the year ahead in TV radio print and 2019 was a b…

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Wednesday 08 January 2020, PM

The man driving Jeremy Clarkson

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 we are on a Grand Tour today without guests coming from Two hemispheres and spending a lot of time travelling between them and the woman has been called the fourth wheel to the trio of Jeremy Clarkson Richard Hammond and James May but that rather un…

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RadioToday Roundtable January 2020

The radiated a program with broadcast bionics discover the world leading brands at radio hello Happy New Year welcome to the radio Today programme and Trevor down and this week's edition is the January roundtable wear at guilt-free Studios Which advertising off so I'm going to say whenever I need …

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Wednesday 08 January 2020, AM

Media Masters - John Bird

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media Masters series of one-to-one interviews with people at the top of the game by Lord John bird founder and editor-in-chief of The Big Issue launched in 1991 the Independent magazine is sold on the street by homeless people to help them out of povert…

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Tuesday 07 January 2020, AM

Freeview Play service ends 2019 with almost 7 million users

UK digital TV platform Freeview confirmed that the Freeview Play on-demand service ended 2019 with almost 7 million users. The BritBox streaming service will become available on Freeview Play in early-2020, and a new Accessible TV Guide will launch on all connected Freeview Play devices at LCN 555. - www.telecompaper.com

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Friday 03 January 2020, AM

UK spent a record £3bn on streaming music, films and TV in 2019

The rise in popularity of services such as Netflix, Amazon and Spotify prompted record spending on streaming music, films and TV shows in the UK last year to more than 3bn, as the digital revolution hammered high street sales of DVDs and CDs. The total UK entertainment market, which also includes the video games sector, grew by 2.4 to hit a record 7.8bn in 2019, according to the latest annual sales and spending figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association. Digital video sales hit 2.1bn last year, while UK music fans spent 1bn on streaming services for the first time. - www.theguardian.com

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Thursday 02 January 2020, AM

Media Masters - Michael Grade

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media master that he was a one-to-one interviews with top of the video game after 3 years in Hollywood as president of embassy television he took quote the biggest pike caught in history returning to the UK 1984 s controller BBC One this golden period s…

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Wednesday 01 January 2020, PM

The British drama boom

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts Happy New Year to you all. Thank you for listening when you could they be watching TV set in last few days. I bet you have a few box sets perhaps because the subject of today's show is the UK Drama industry Britain traditional channels might be losing viewers to Net…

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Friday 27 December 2019, PM

27/12/2019 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, this is the season of Goodwill towards all shame on U controller of radio 3 why what's he done make changes to our much-loved schedule, that's what it feedback this week. I'll be the controller of radio 3 why he made those changes and how he sees the stations…

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Thursday 26 December 2019, PM

Disney pulls shows from Sky as it prepares for UK streaming debut

Disney has pulled more than half of its TV box sets from Sky's streaming service, including popular series such as Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and the Marvel shows, as the entertainment giant prepares to launch its Netflix rival in the UK next year. Sky is an immensely profitable partner for Disney and it is expected that even if the US entertainment group does pull its prime movies and TV shows, it will continue to have a deal in place for its TV channels - such as Disney Junior and Disney XD - to continue to be broadcast to Sky's 24 million pay-TV customers across Europe. - www.theguardian.com

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Thursday 26 December 2019, AM

Media Masters - Alex Hill

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media Masters series of one-to-one interviews with people at the top of the league in the president of AEG Europe Alex Hill starting his career as an assistant manager at KPMG the 90s he went on to financial director roles at flextech television and f…

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Monday 23 December 2019, PM

BritBox confirms Smart TV, Chromecast availability |

BritBox, the SVoD service created by the BBC and ITV, has confirmed that the service is now available on Panasonic's premium range of televisions, on Smart TVs manufactured by Vestel, and on Google Chromecast streaming sticks. The BritBox Chromecast app allows subscribers to view BritBox on any television with an HDMI port by adding a 30 Chromecast device. - advanced-television.com

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Sunday 22 December 2019, AM

Ian Hislop's review of the year in media

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 Wednesday this year which means no place for the media show in the Radio 4 schedule, but I'm not going to leave you empty-handed because I'm sending you a Christmas present down the BBC sounds chimney, Ian Hislop has been editor of Private Eye since…

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Friday 20 December 2019, PM

20/12/2019 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts government want a big majority. It's his labour in disarray, and it it's a pretty good time to put the foot on the windpipe of an independent broadcasting that was the editor of the Today programme Sarah Sands responding to the government's apparent decision to boyc…

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Wednesday 18 December 2019, PM

Delete the media?

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 yet again appear to be surprised by the result of a general election in 2010 a coalition in 2015 most myself very much included failed to see the coming Tory 2017 most Mr Corbin search and this time round many they were predicting a slim Tory majori…

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Wednesday 18 December 2019, AM

Radio predictions 2020 with James Cridland

The radiated a program with broadcast bionics discover the world leading brands at radio Harlow and Stuart Clarkson welcome to our final radio Today programme for 2019 what a year it's been as you can hear I got the pre-christmas man flu, so I think I'm going to leave a lot of the talking this wee…

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Media Masters - David Starkey

Media Masters with Paul Blanchard welcome to media Masters series of one-to-one interviews with people at the media game professor David Starkey known for his political views is a long-standing member of the Conservative Party and it is frequently on television and radio on Question Time and polit…

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Friday 13 December 2019, PM

13/12/2019 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts campaign is over those are the words of a political editor of services supporting London Evening Standard Joe Murphy on Thursday he went on the 2019 election will be remembered chiefly for how little we learnt is that what you think and if so, how well did you do in…

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#126 - Top Podcasts of 2019; Upset on This Morning; New Presenters on Radio 1; Daily Telegraph on Whatsapp

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#126 - Top Podcasts of 2019; Upset on This Morning; New Presenters on Radio 1; Daily Telegraph on Whatsapp

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Thursday 12 December 2019, AM

Media Masters - John Ryley

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Wednesday 11 December 2019, PM

Ronan Farrow's Battle to Report

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 Harvey Weinstein what's the Untouchable Hollywood Mogul until a bunch of reporters got on his case and Meghan on the media show this year are the New York Times reporters who story in October 2017 triggered weinstein's downfall surprise without yest…

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Wednesday 11 December 2019, AM

Ceri Hurford-Jones on leaving Spire FM

The radiated a program with broadcast bionics discover the world leading brands at radio hello, I'm Stuart Clarkson coming up later on the radio Today programme was talking to carry her for Jones the outgoing managing director at Spire FM in Salisbury who's leaving the station and ukrd next week a…

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Monday 09 December 2019, PM

Boris Johnson 'looking at' abolishing TV licence fee for BBC

Boris Johnson has threatened to take the BBC's licence fee away as a source of funding, as he came under fire over a damaging row about his refusal to acknowledge a picture of a sick boy left waiting on a hospital floor. Separate negotiations will start soon over how much the BBC can charge for the licence fee from 2022 onwards - offering an opportunity to limit the organisation's funding. - www.theguardian.com

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General election 2019: Johnson 'could look at' abolishing BBC licence fee

Ministers have agreed the licence fee will stay in place until at least 2027, when the BBC's Royal Charter ends. Licence fee income was worth 3.6bn to the BBC in 2018-9, accounting for approximately 75 of the broadcaster's revenues and funding a wealth of TV, radio and online content. - www.bbc.co.uk

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Friday 06 December 2019, PM

06/12/2019 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts Andrew did or did not do well in the company of a convicted paedophile, is this scandal more significant than the acrimonious split between Prince Charles and Princess Diana I think this is bigger and I think it you can see it's bigger in the same scale as the actor…

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Wednesday 04 December 2019, PM

Will Amazon deliver a revolution in sports media?

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 the London Suburb of Crystal Palace was once home to John Logie Bairds revolutionary TV studios last night and at the moment in broadcasting history was made their Crystal Palace vs. Bournemouth at Selhurst Park to sort my first match days 1995. Whe…

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RadioToday Roundtable December 2019

The radiated a program with broadcast bionics creators of The Bionic studio the smarter way to make radio playback at the elegant facilities of guilt-free studios in London's Soho it's time for the December roundtable, and let's see who is grounded. I am Steve Ackerman the managing director of som…

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Wednesday 04 December 2019, AM

At the BBC, impartiality is precious. We will protect it | Fran Unsworth | Opinion | The Guardian

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Tuesday 03 December 2019, PM

Media Masters - Melissa Fleming

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 for the United Nations previously head of global communications at the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees should lead their multimedia new service and …

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Tuesday 03 December 2019, AM

In its election coverage, the BBC has let down the people who believe in it | Peter Oborne | Opinion | The Guardian

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Friday 29 November 2019, PM

29/11/2019 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts, it's ok. There's nothing about the election campaign in this week. I do we do have warnings of cataclysm and catastrophe when you hear that warning of hellfire and brimstone of the business Extinction rebellion quotes and framing was very misleading giving listener…

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Friday 29 November 2019, AM

#125 - Political Freesheets; Clarkson’s Climate Climbdown; Bloomberg’s Blackout

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 Ollie Matt and Prince Andrew plus Jeremy Clarkson son wakes up…

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#125 - Political Freesheets; Clarkson’s Climate Climbdown; Bloomberg’s Blackout

Hello and welcome to the media podcast I'm Olly Murs and Prince Andrew + Jeremy Clarkson suddenly wakes up to climate change just in time for his new TV show and in the media and broadcasting Legend Clive James and Gary Rhodes enjoy me today chair of the broadcasting press Guild Jake kanter. Hello…

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Thursday 28 November 2019, AM

Media Masters - David Aaronovitch

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 Mr presented David aronovitch starting his career in the 1980s as a producer he moved to print journalism in 1995 as an independent and now a columnist for the ti…

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Wednesday 27 November 2019, PM

The media's criminal obsession

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 they are too big and no relation whatsoever to each other. Yes, they are totally unconnected ok. I'm talking about politicians and criminals start the criminals because we're asking why media about crime is the genre that really does pay podcast TV …

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Absolute 80s turns 10

The radiated a program with broadcast bionics working with the world's leading broadcasters and equipment suppliers to transform into a technology and workplace hello, I'm Stuart Clarkson coming up later on the radio Today programme here from Absolute Radio presenters Sarah champion and Leona Grah…

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Monday 25 November 2019, AM

Contract for the Web

The Contract for the Web was created by representatives from over 80 organizations, representing governments, companies and civil society, and sets out commitments to guide digital policy agendas. Principle 7 Be creators and collaborators on the Web. - contractfortheweb.org

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The BBC’s fabled impartiality was only ever an elite consensus | Tom Mills | Opinion | The Guardian

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Screen International: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely

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Screen International: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely

Hello and welcome to the special edition of screen internationals Awards season podcast series The Avengers endgame, the Walt Disney studios motion pictures release has become the highest-grossing film of all time with 2.8 billion of the global box office Christopher and Steven are also co-produce…

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