You could translate much of Tony Hall’s speech to mean ‘If I close my eyes hard enough, I can pretend that BSkyB, Virgin, BT and TalkTalk don’t exist’. But most of us are looking at the future of TV with our eyes open.
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The chairman of the Association of Online Publishers, John Barnes, has said that a “consumer contract” should be produced to rebuild public trust in the wake of ongoing personal data controversies.
Sports Illustrated is to begin testing out a new kind of paywall, in which readers will have early access to print articles if they watch a 30-second video ad first.
The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 759 million by 2018 for 40 countries, up from 115 million at the end of 2010.
Brands using radio for advertising get almost eight times the return on investment, according to the first-ever analysis of cross-agency data, conducted by the Radio Advertising Bureau.
Let’s not get bogged down in the apparently small issues that separate the two royal charters. In the end we are talking principles – about the separation of powers between government and a free press in a democracy.
It’s a battle that’s been brewing in the air for quite some time but last night finally brought the ultimate smackdown between the UK’s less popular soaps.
The nationwide campaign, which runs until October 19th, will target over 400 Premier League and UK-based Champions League games, as well as England’s World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Poland.
Playlister will enable audiences to find out what music is being played on BBC Radio, allowing anyone with a BBC account to create playlists and export music to third party streaming services such as YouTube and Spotify.
In his first major speech since taking over the corporation in April, Lord Hall said that the BBC plans to move from being catch-up TV to online TV, allowing users to buy TV shows and keep them permanently.
