Ben Frow Takes A Bow
After 14 years of Yorkshire vets, cruise ships and All Creatures Great and Small, Ben Frow is stepping down at 5. Broadcast's Heather Fallon...
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The Media Podcast with Olly Mann
Recording at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden, The Media Podcast is your essential guide to TV, radio and the press, presented by Olly Mann. New episodes fortnightly.
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20 of 397 episodesShould the BBC ‘Be More Elvis’?
The BBC's director general wants the corporation to have "a little less conversation, a little more action" - but with BBC Three reportedly...
Has Audio Ever Had It So Good?
Ten years on from Remainiacs, Podmasters co-founder Martin Bojtos says we're nowhere near peak podcast - and MIDiA Research's Laura Fisher o...
Trump TV, Talent Reboots & Who Loves The Ads?
Where do people actually want to see your adverts – and where would they rather you just didn't? Kantar's Global Media Director Gonca Bubani...
When 1m readers isn’t enough: Metro seeks 'radical change'
Metro's editor-in-chief has quit and a familiar face is back to steady the ship. Alex Hudson, who spent years as deputy editor of Metro.co.u...
Channel 4 to become Channel ¾
A quarter of Channel 4’s workforce will be gone by the end of the year in Priya Dogra’s grand vision. Broadcast's Rebecca Cooney on whether...
Should YouTube Be Regulated?
We're in Edinburgh for the last installment of the Edinburgh International TV Festival before it moves to Manchester next year. But there's...
Is The BBC In Jeopardy? Plus: Zeteo UK soft launch
The BBC's annual report lands with a sharp rise in licence fee dodgers and a stark warning from new Director General Matt Brittin that the c...
The Mail's Big Win, Sky's Bigger Buy
A High Court judge throws out Prince Harry’s privacy case against the Daily Mail's publisher, on every count. Guardian media editor Michael...
Sky Commits To Coronation Street; Radio 4 Commits To TikTok
Sky puts its money where its mouth is, pledging billions to secure Coronation Street and Love Island as it closes in on a takeover of ITV's...
Are Freeview's days numbered?
Are Freeview's days numbered? Sam Sharps, Chief Executive of The Connection Project, walks us through the Government's Media Green Paper. Al...
Enter the Metrics: What Counts As A ‘Play’ These Days?
When is a play, not a play? Or a download not a download? As Spotify updates its analytics, we take a look at how YouTube, Apple and others...
The Doctor Will Not See You Now
The BBC puts Doctor Who out to tender - no Christmas special, no Russell T Davies, no Bad Wolf. Broadcast’s Insight Editor Rebecca Cooney on...
Happy now? Google adds an AI Opt-Out
The CMA hands publishers a world-first opt-out from Google's AI Overviews; Alex Hudson tells us whether this is the breakthrough it looks li...
The Pivot To Video: What Podcasts Can Learn From The Press
We're live at The Podcast Show to tackle the biggest question facing the sector: should podcasters pivot to video - and if so, how do you do...
Does News Need More Personality?
Is traditional journalism losing the battle for attention - or are individual journalists actually winning it? Dino Sofos, founder of Persep...
Richard Bacon: Formats Geek
As the greats of the press descend on London for the Truth Tellers annual conference, Politico's Allison Hoffman talks to The Media Club abo...
Format Fever, Sky's Gamble, and The Creator Economy Grows Up
200 companies pitched for the BBC and NBC's next global format - and the winner is a partnership between Expectation and Plegazoid. CMG Prod...
YouTube’s Audio Ads, Channel 4's Big Shake-Up
YouTube is officially an audio platform. Karin Robinson, Senior Director of Strategy at Edelman, on whether we all need to open our eyes. Al...
8 Out Of 10, Katz?
Ian Katz leaves Channel 4, and the BBC has announced up to 2,000 job cuts. Broadcast Magazine's Rebecca Cooney on a big week in TV. Also on...