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Monday 20 June 2022, PM

Channel 4 subtitles outage breached licence, Ofcom rules

Channel 4 breached the conditions of its broadcast licence by failing to provide enough subtitled programming to some viewers in autumn 2021 after a sonic boom destroyed equipment used to broadcast its programmes, the media watchdog has found. An investigation by the media regulator Ofcom concluded that Channel 4, which is under threat of privatisation, breached its licence conditions when a fire alarm caused the sonic boom to damage computer servers. - www.theguardian.com

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Friday 17 June 2022, PM

Paul Foot Awards crowd-funding investigative journalism

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Wednesday 15 June 2022, PM

Carole Cadwalladr v Arron Banks: a victory for press freedom?

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Friday 10 June 2022, AM

TV Round Up! Must watch summer shows, Edinburgh TV Fest preview CNN s Chris Licht era

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Wednesday 08 June 2022, PM

GB News: One Year On

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Wednesday 01 June 2022, PM

Reporting on the Royals

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Tuesday 31 May 2022, PM

John Whittingdale on Channel 4, BBC cuts... and a media policy rundown

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Friday 27 May 2022, PM

The Digital Future: BBC4 CBBC on demand, Telegraph Subs Soar, Fake News 101

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Thursday 26 May 2022, PM

Tim Davie's full speech to BBC staff on a digital-first future – RadioToday

Here's the full speech delivered by BBC Director General Tim Davie on a digital-first BBC. We've highlighted some radio-relevant parts in bold. The World Service is critical to the BBC, and its growing digital reach means bigger impact with audiences, more brand value for the BBC and the UK, and bigger opportunities for commercial growth. - radiotoday.co.uk

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BBC to close CBBC BBC Four as ‘digital first agenda set out – TBI Vision

News of the job cuts was mooted earlier this week, while the closure of CBBC - whose output includes Operation Ouch, Horrible Histories and Wolf Blood - and BBC Four, whose former chief Cassian Harrison departed for commercial arm BBC Studios 2020, had been rumoured. Detailed plans and budgets will be set out in the BBC's reports, namely its 'annual plan' and 'annual reports and accounts'. - tbivision.com

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Wednesday 25 May 2022, PM

Partygate - is the story over?

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts, this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello and welcome Welsh report is out and she details what went on and Downing Street during the pandemic. We know the staff broke covid rules with the approval of their bosses 2 grey also details excess drinking one person be…

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Tuesday 24 May 2022, PM

BBC boss Tim Davie ‘open-minded' about demise of licence fee funding – TBI Vision

Davie, who led commercial arm BBC Studios for almost a decade before taking the top job at the BBC in 2020, has been more open than some of his predecessors about alternative ways to fund the organisation. In his first speech as director general of the BBC two years ago, Davie pointed out that BBCS would be central to the domestic broadcaster's future as questions of funding and value for money circled, something that seems only to be increasing since his arrival when those same questions were posed. - tbivision.com

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Monday 23 May 2022, PM

Arqiva inspects 48 transmitter sites following Bilsdale fire incident – RadioToday

Investigations are ongoing following the fire at the radio and television transmitter at Bilsdale in August 2021. Arqiva has carried out inspections of 48 key transmitter sites around the UK to check for any issues as a result of the incident. - radiotoday.co.uk

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Monday 23 May 2022, AM

Goodbye to the age of rage: why Piers Morgan's outrage journalism is flopping

Thanks partly to an anarchic, amateurish spirit that seems truer to its Brexity values than the slickness of Murdoch's new offering, GB News might just about endure though its ratings are not exactly mass-market, they seem significantly higher than Talk TV's, and the channel exerts a much bigger influence through the clips it endlessly circulates online. Its polar opposite is exemplified by the insane levels of attention paid by orthodox news outlets to such people as Farage and Laurence Fox, and the comically mouthy pundits - from both left and right - who endlessly appear on TV news channels, and aim to sooner or later make it on to BBC One's Question Time. - www.theguardian.com

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Friday 20 May 2022, PM

20/05/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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Wednesday 18 May 2022, PM

Wagatha Christie and celebrity journalism

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts from BBC Radio 4 Micklethwaite the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg New podcast That charts the history of reality TV with one of the Host Pandora Sykes and wagatha, Christie how can we not talk about it? We got a key player in the whole drama Simon Boyle is the executiv…

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Tuesday 17 May 2022, PM

Thank you, Malmö: Radiodays Europe 2022

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Friday 13 May 2022, PM

13/05/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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The rise of Disney+, BAFTA gossip Multitrack Audio Fellowship

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Wednesday 11 May 2022, PM

Zero-rated? The rise and rise of TV that absolutely no one is watching

The UK analysis firm Digital TV Research this year predicted that 1.4m British households will bail on their pay TV subscriptions by 2027, possibly because we will have figured out that we're paying through the nose to not watch 99 of what is on our TVs.Just dig through your EPG and you'll see. If people aren't watching talkTV, they also aren't watching hundreds of other shows. - www.theguardian.com

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What next for Channel 4?

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts hello, this is the media show from BBC Radio 4 hello welcome to the show welcome to the headquarters of Channel 4 in central London near here because as Channel 4 approaches its 40th birthday at Faces one of the most pivotal moments in its History Channel 4 is funded…

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Friday 06 May 2022, PM

Goodbye to Horseferry Rd? Plus ARIAs newsroom shakeups

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06/05/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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Thursday 05 May 2022, PM

Channel 4 offers to sell London HQ under alternative plan to privatisation

Channel 4 research estimates that government plans to scrap its unique publisher/broadcaster model, in which programme rights revert to makers allowing them to commercially exploit them after they air, could cost 4,000 jobs and hundreds of millions annually for production companies. On Thursday Mahon ruled herself out of any potential involvement, stating that the future of Channel 4 would lie with the government and UK Government Investments, which oversees the state's ownership of the broadcaster. - www.theguardian.com

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Wednesday 04 May 2022, PM

Reporting on the abuse of power

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Tuesday 03 May 2022, AM

EPG Accessibility Annual report on improvements to the accessibility of Electronic Programme Guides

Electronic Programme Guides Ofcom's powers in relation to EPGs 2.4 The EPG Code sets out the practices to be followed by EPG providers to secure that people with visual impairments can use EPGs in the same way that people without such disabilities use them. 11 More needs to be done to make people aware of where EPGs are accessible and where they are not 3.12 Paragraph 24 of the EPG Code states that EPG providers should offer information for people with disabilities on how to use the EPG and the access services accompanying the programmes. - www.ofcom.org.uk

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Friday 29 April 2022, PM

29/04/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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The Mail on Sunday s Basic Instinct A Twitter Takeover

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Wednesday 27 April 2022, PM

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

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Tory MPs attack plans to privatise Channel 4

Conservative MPs have queued up to criticise plans to privatise Channel 4, raising doubts over whether the government has the parliamentary support required to sell the channel. Many MPs said the government was misguided in its belief that Channel 4 needed to compete with the likes of Netflix, especially given the streaming service has recently seen a fall in its subscriber numbers and was heavily indebted. - www.theguardian.com

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BBC to cut number of programmes it makes, says director general

The BBC will cut the number of programmes it makes and consider turning more television and radio stations into archive services, according to the corporation's director general. Tim Davie is preparing to announce deep cuts to BBC output in the coming weeks, with staff nervously wondering whether their programmes or channels will be axed. - www.theguardian.com

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Friday 22 April 2022, PM

22/04/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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Channel 4: Born Risky - but will it stay that way?

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Wednesday 20 April 2022, PM

Piers Morgan Returns

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Friday 15 April 2022, PM

15/04/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts the media coverage of the war in Ukraine is intensive Some Might Say unrelenting extra does the BBC latest podcast have to offer one way is keeping it real face with no idea about being caught up in a wall and I'm sure it's factual but very one-sided in feedback this…

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Wednesday 13 April 2022, PM

Translating the French election

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Wednesday 06 April 2022, PM

Ira Glass, Godfather of Sound

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Tuesday 05 April 2022, AM

Is Talent In Control? – Matt Deegan Writes

The BBC's inflexibility to create easily manageable ways for talent to profit from their shows makes it hard for them to stick around. The more competitive nature of today's audio sector makes what was a somewhat staid world into more of a replica of television, where format-owners, be they talent or production companies, move shows network to network. - www.mattdeegan.com

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Friday 01 April 2022, PM

01/04/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

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Streaming Wars: Spring Roundup!

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Friday 01 April 2022, AM

Why is TV signal down in Hove?

Viewers with these services, who also watch free to view TV through an aerial, can receive a free Restore TV filter. Any viewers who experience new interference to free to view TV should contact Restore TV on 0808 13 13 800. - www.theargus.co.uk

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Thursday 31 March 2022, PM

Michael Grade the cultural warrior goes peacenik before MPs

Dorries might soon be shedding a few more tears because, on the basis of his performance at the pre-appointment session of the culture select committee, Grade might not be the culture warrior she had hoped. So why had Grade chosen to apply for the job, asked the committee chair, Julian Knight. - www.theguardian.com

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BBC faces $375m budget cut by 2027, as licence fee decision bites – TBI Vision

BBC Studios is increasingly being seen as one way to offset falling licence fee payments, with exports hitting 800m in 2021/22. The broadcaster, led by former BBCS CEO Tim Davie, pointed to upcoming highlights such as Frozen Planet II and Conversations With Friends, adding that it continues to play a vital role in representing the country to viewers. - tbivision.com

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Wednesday 30 March 2022, PM

Ukraine's lessons for the media

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Monday 28 March 2022, PM

'Some of our greatest fans were pub landlords'

Newsround's success proves that children are interested in the world around them, especially if it's explained in ways they can grasp. My four-year presence on Newsround in the 1970s was important for another reason - I was the first female British Asian reporter on a nationwide news programme. - www.theguardian.com

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Friday 25 March 2022, PM

25/03/2022 Radio 4 Feedback

BBC sounds music Radio podcasts the first casualty of War is truth into the Russian invasion of Ukraine the truth from the lies, so blatantly told by the Russian president and his army of propaganda. I was so horrified by his words but know that this is exactly my TV on our screens in feedback this…

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Thursday 24 March 2022, PM

Michael Grade's Ofcom appointment seals long career in broadcasting

Michael Grade, the Tory peer who has been put forward as the government's choice to chair the broadcasting regulator Ofcom, is one of the most familiar behind-the-scenes figures in British TV.Lord Grade was born into a royal family of UK showbusiness. His father, Leslie, was an agent who booked stars such as Bob Hope, his uncle Lew was one of the founders of ITV and his uncle Bernard - a Delfont - was a theatre mogul and one-time boss of the record business EMI.Once known for his red braces and fat cigars, the 79-year-old's appointment as Ofcom chair follows a long stint of top broadcasting roles in a career spanning four decades. - www.theguardian.com

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Ed Vaizey on Ofcom and Channel 4, BBC boost to Ukraine output

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Wednesday 23 March 2022, PM

Netflix's Hollywood Ambition

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Monday 21 March 2022, AM

UKTV s W preps Alex Jones Rochelle Humes shows as channel goes FTA TBI Vision

BBC Studios-owned multichannel service UKTV is taking its female-skewing entertainment channel W free-to-air and making it available on its DTC VOD service UKTV Play from next week. In a move that was first reported last month, W will go FTA and will launch on 28 March in Freeview slot 25 in the UK. Viewers will gain access to a range of free shows, including the upcoming Alex Jones Making Babies, Rochelle Humes Interior Designer in the Making, Nurses on the Ward and Dating With My Mates. - tbivision.com

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