ITV reveals scale of Covid-19 impact due to advertising losses

ITV has revealed the scale of the impact of coronavirus as advertising slumped 42 in April, forcing the broadcaster to take measures including furloughing 800 staff. ITV said total viewing hours were up 2 in the year to the end of March, while viewing of shows on the streaming service ITV Hub was up 75 year on year, to 169m hours. - www.theguardian.com

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BBC Pact strike terms of trade deal, ending long-running iPlayer dispute – TBI Vision

The BBC and UK producer body Pact have agreed a far-reaching new terms of trade deal to enable the public broadcaster to offer programming for 12 months via its iPlayer streamer. The BBC will retain its five year standard licence, but where the BBC acquires additional iPlayer windows during the licence, the point at which the licence term expires and the BBC must pay to renew the licence will be bought forward on a sliding scale. - tbivision.com

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Why we're all playing video games

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RadioToday Roundtable May 2020

The radiated a program with broadcast bionics created of the bionic studio the smarter way to make radio. Thank you for joining us for the May Round Table as second monthly celebration of lockdown listening in West Cambridgeshire that see who else has turned around and virtual table courtesy of ip…

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ITV reveals another $37m in cuts confirms 800 staff furloughed as ads slump – TBI Vision

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has revealed the immediate impact of the Covid-19 crisis on its business, with around 800 staff furloughed and advertising revenues slumping 42 in April. The news confirms the devastating effect Covid-19 has had on advertising, and in turn on commercial broadcasters, but there was also relief from investors that the ad revenue decline was not around the expected 50 mark. - tbivision.com

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Harry Meghan s Tabloid Breakup; Disney’s Virus Response; C4 s Free Creativity

Hello and welcome to the media podcast I'm only man on today show Harry and Meghan break up for good with a British tabloid Disney's coronavirus response threatens to damage the location of the mouse and Channel 4 try to advertisers with free use of their creative team has the sunset for good on t…

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#135 - Harry Meghan s Tabloid Breakup; Disney’s Virus Response; C4 s Free Creativity

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 on today show Harry and Meghan break up for good with…

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Consultant calls for FTA addressable data body |

Nigel Walley, MD of UK media consultancy Decipher, has called for the UK TV industry to create for a new addressable data body for the free-to-air TV market, suggesting that over half the homes in the UK use a TV platform from one of the 'free' platform providers and therefore block out half the audience for new advertising innovation around linear. According to Decipher, not having viewer data becomes a problem in an increasingly data-centric world. - advanced-television.com

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BBC likely to make cuts to output with £125m fall in income forecast

The BBC is facing another round of cuts with the public broadcaster predicting its income will fall by 125m this year as people stop paying the licence fee during the coronavirus pandemic and with revenue from its commercial arm dropping substantially. Lord Hall told staff the BBC was receiving less income from its commercial operations than had been planned, with production of programmes that are sold to other broadcasters put on hold and a major slump in advertising income on its global outlets. - www.theguardian.com

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Secrets of the Celebrity Interview

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Leona Graham

The radiated a program with broadcast bionics discover the world leading brands at bionic radio Harlow and Stuart Clarkson this week on the radio Today programme we got the queen of Golden Square Guildford lovely old jingle Bells played on Absolute Radio this week as well. Yes, Leona Graham is on …

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Times Radio Launch – Matt Deegan Writes

Times Radio made their first announcements this morning outlining some of the key shows which will launch their new radio station. The relaunched Virgin Radio with the nation's most popular DJ, Chris Evans, who swapped from Radio 2 to Virgin Radio with, to all intents and purposes, the same show, could probably be held as the high water mark of what can be done quickly on digital radio - in a year he's added 1million listeners to take that station to 1.5m. To hit those numbers would be unexpected - and a triumph, but would still have you at 15 of Radio 4. - www.mattdeegan.com

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How COVID-19 is affecting internet performance

TLDR. To understand how the internet is performing with the changes in internet use brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we investigated two key metrics during February and March in some of the countries and states that were hit hardest by the virus changes in the traffic volume served to those regions as a reflection of changes in internet use, and changes in download speed measured at our servers as a reflection of internet quality. In our analysis, we uncovered what types of events caused traffic spikes, how internet performance was affected by those spikes, and whether or not the web can continue to handle this new level of traffic in the days and weeks ahead.Internet performance around the world. - www.fastly.com

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26/04/2020 Radio 4 Feedback

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Liberalism, leading, and the lockdown

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Chris Stark

The radiated a program with broadcast bionic created of the bionic studio the smarter way to make radio Harlow and Stuart Clarkson we've got a great interview for you this week with Chris Stark from Radio 1 5 Live and that Peter Crouch podcast that will find out how is getting on broadcasting from…

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#134 - The JC in Liquidation; Listening Habits in Lockdown; Edinburgh TV Festival goes online

Hello and welcome to the media podcast I'm already on today's show the rise of pandemic podcasting what we lose if we lose the JC and why the Telegraph is taking China's money anymore + the Edinburgh TV festival goes digital and the audio industry offers funding for freelancers hit by the Outbreak…

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19/04/2020 Radio 4 Feedback

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Exclusive: AVOD decline likely as Covid-19 hits once-surging sector – TBI Vision

The Covid-19-induced slump in advertising spending is set to have deep repercussions on the until recently booming AVOD market, leading analysts tell TBI. AVOD had been touted as a major growth area for producers and rights owners but the Coronavirus pandemic has brought advertising spending to a screeching halt, leaving broadcasters such as ITV and Channel 4 in the UK scrambling to cut spending. Longer-term play for AVOD. Despite the less than rosy outlook for growth over the near-term, Omdia's Evans says the AVOD sector is likely to recover. - tbivision.com

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The Rehabilitation of Channel 5

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BBC Local Radio during the pandemic

The radiator day programme was broadcast bionics hello, I'm Stuart Clarkson coming up this week will hear how BBC local radio is coping with and covering the coronavirus crisis Chris Burns is on to tell us about some of the things they've been doing across the in England and she'll tell us why the…

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Eamonn Holmes under the hammer as daytime TV's fiercest sleuth goes rogue | Marina Hyde | Opinion | The Guardian

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12/04/2020 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts in London but have the corporations local radio stations coming to their own during this pandemic the current crisis has reminded people of the importance of local Ms and Proud people are of their local radio according to my local folk music programs have gone missi…

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Eamonn Holmes criticised for giving credence to Covid-19 5G conspiracy theory

Viewers criticised the presenter's comments on social media and accused him of legitimising baseless theories. Facebook has since stepped up efforts to stop far-right groups from promoting conspiracy theories linking coronavirus to 5G. Ofcom is assessing comments made by the conspiracist David Icke during an interview broadcast by the local television station London Live, in which he suggested that the coronavirus pandemic was part of a plot by governments to destroy the economy and conduct mass surveillance. - www.theguardian.com

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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.uk

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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.uk

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The 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.com

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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

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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.com

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RadioToday Roundtable April 2020

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Keeping faith in the media

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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

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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.uk

www.broadcastnow.co.uk

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.com

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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.land

james.crid.land

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.com

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05/04/2020 Radio 4 Feedback

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#133 - Newspapers fight corona ad blacklists; Sports pages with no sport; Streamlined radio schedules; BBC floats broadb

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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.com

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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

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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.com

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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.uk

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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.com

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29/03/2020 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello and welcome to feedback this week will be devoting all of our program to an interview with the BBC's director of education James Purnell and put it to him some of the questions you have sent us will try and find out what his priorities are whether further sche…

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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.uk

radiotoday.co.uk

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.com

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