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Tech’s failure to crack live audio could be radio’s opportunity

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Annie Langston

9 Oct 2023

Another live audio app bites the dust. A year after its launch, Amazon Amp is shutting down, being buried alongside Spotify Live and Clubhouse (at least in its original form). While Amp recruited major...

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BBC Radio 1’s Giant DJ Hunt shows what radio does right

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Annie Langston

26 Jul 2023

What would happen if one of the biggest radio stations in the world shut down? BBC Radio 1 turned off midday last Friday because Radio 1 host Greg James failed Radio 1’s Giant DJ Hunt. In this scavenger...

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BBC signals radio’s shift to the podcast market

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Annie Langston

31 May 2023

The BBC has traditionally stuck to public programming for its radio arm. However, BBC Radio is now shifting some of its programming to BBC Studios, meaning it can now be offered for global distribution...

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How radio broadcasters can become key players in the podcast market chessboard

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Annie Langston

8 Feb 2023

Last week, Spotify announced an exclusive podcast deal with journalist Louis Theroux , one of BBC’s most notable personalities. Theroux is the latest radio talent to make the move to podcasting, which...

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How (and why) Billie Eilish won Glastonbury

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Mark Mulligan

6 Jul 2022

fragmented fandom

Glastonbury returned to great fanfare after the pandemic-enforced break, which meant it was the first one since 2019. The music world has changed a lot since then, with streaming getting bigger than ever...

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The end of BBC Four and CBBC heralds the start of streaming realism for the BBC

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Tim Mulligan

1 Jun 2022

Business Strategy

Last week’s announcement by BBC’s director general Tim Davie that the BBC is scrapping its two linear TV channels, BBC Four and CBBC, was both bold and pragmatic. The BBC is arguably going through...

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The sensationalisation of news comes head-to-head with Euro 2020

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Hanna Kahlert

17 Jun 2021

Less than a week in, and the coverage of Euro 2020 is off to a problematic start. Any big sports event taking place after a year of pandemic-induced lockdowns was bound to have its hitches. Yet few could...

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Discovery enters streaming race with discovery+ and Olympics offering

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Alistair Taylor

9 Dec 2020

Last week , Discovery announced it will launch discovery+, ‘the definitive non-fiction’ subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD), on January 4th, 2021. Consumers in the US can expect the largest-ever content...

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COVID fallout: BBC no longer considers UK Athletics value for money

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Alistair Taylor

19 Aug 2020

COVID-19 exposed live entertainment as a vulnerable asset class , specifically following the pandemic-enforced postponement of live sports . One of the hardest hit during this hiatus and ensuing uncertainty...

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NBCUniversal hopes to draw level with Premier League move

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Alistair Taylor

15 Jul 2020

With Comcast’s NBCUniversal-owned Peacock launching today (July 15th), sports fans will be excited ahead of NBCU’s repositioning of its English Premier League (EPL) rights, giving paying subscribers...

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Innovation via Free-to-air Highlights Missed Opportunity to date for the EPL

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Alistair Taylor

24 Jun 2020

Sporting rights

Following live sports’ hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the English Premier League (EPL) saw two of the top three most-watched matches in league history occur last weekend. The previous record...

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BBC Kids to LADbible: Video Providers Expand Their Reach

Amanda Stears

18 Oct 2019

In the streaming era, having international reach is just as important as being an established local brand. This week (October 14) sees TV players Tubi, Facebook Watch and Youku each expanding content reach...

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BBC iPlayer to Lead Catch-up TV

Amanda Stears

7 Aug 2019

On 1 August, UK media regulator Ofcom announced that BBC can now extend its catch-up shows’ validity on BBC iPlayer for up to 12 months, as compared to the previous 30-day period. Apart from being able...

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Is Pay-TV killing off Niche Sports?

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Alistair Taylor

4 Jul 2019

With both the ICC Cricket World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup approaching their climaxes, the stark difference in audience engagement raises the question, is pay-TV killing off niche sports? Deciding...

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The BBC Confronts the Reality of Planet (Digital) Earth

Tim Mulligan

20 Mar 2019

Yesterday the chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation, David Clementi, gave a talk at the Oxford Media Conventionwhich starkly addressed the reality which the world’s oldest and arguably most...

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Knockout Blow For Eleven Sports?

Alistair Taylor

13 Dec 2018

additive service

Audience behaviour

Eleven Sports, the insurgent subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, is considering closing its operations in the UK and Ireland after failing to secure distribution via traditional TV operators....

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Has the BBC Cured Streaming Latency?

Alistair Taylor

21 Sep 2018

2018 FIFA World Cup

2022 FIFA World Cup

Two weeks ago , the NFL warned subscription video on demand (SVOD) services to up their content delivery game if they are to be taken seriously when bidding for premium rights. It must therefore come as...

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Facebook deal with the English Premier League concerns traditional broadcasters

Alistair Taylor

10 Jul 2018

Facebook, the latest tech major to get involved with sports streaming, last week agreed its first ever rights deal with the English Premier league (EPL). This deal signified another step towards the transition...

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Netflix Is Now The Fifth Highest Ranked TV Network For Show Fandom

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Tim Mulligan

28 Sep 2017

We are proud to announce the inaugural results of our new TV Show Brand Tracker. The findings reveal how streaming is impacting TV show audiences and which networks are performing best. Based on data from...

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The BBC’s Planet Earth II, Snapchat And The Premium Content Play

Tim Mulligan

6 Feb 2017

Hot on the heels of last week’s S-1 Initial Public Offering prospectus release by Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, was this morning’s announcement that the US messaging service is partnering...

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