Lessons from putting the broadcaster’s other youth channel, BBC Three, online don’t seem to have been learnt
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What could the British public lose when the BBC licence is pulled?
Despite belief that its demographic watch mostly on-demand through devices, there is logic to bringing BBC 3 back to TV.
Despite repeated pledges to improve diversity, data and industry testimony shows that there are fewer people from minority backgrounds getting jobs in the film and TV industries.
Broadcasters silenced Father Charles Coughlin in 1938, just as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have shut down pro-Trump incitements to violence in 2021.
With no in-studio audiences, the Laff Box should be used more by comedy shows.
Shows are being broadcast to empty studios but audiences are fundamental to the quality of entertainment.
On March 12, 1933, President Roosevelt addressed the nation from the Oval Office during a time of great crisis. That ‘fireside chat’ proved broadcasting’s power as nothing before or since.
From the beginning, National Public Radio vowed that it would speak with ‘many voices.’
The Portuguese colonisers were not the only ones who could use radio for control. A new book tells how popular radio broadcasts from Angola’s liberation fighters were used as weapons in the struggle.
The first public television broadcast took place on September 30, 1929. The world would never be the same again.
The English Premier League was established in 1992 to do exactly what it is now doing.
Children can’t handle watching livestreamed massacres – and adults shouldn’t have to.
Reports of the death of radio are, as ever, exaggerated – but it could re-engage with younger listeners.
Confrontational characters spouting conspiracy theories and fringe ideas have been around since American broadcasting began. With Alex Jones banished from the web, someone else will take his place.
Fans have shown they’re willing to watch major sporting events on devices other than traditional TVs, but the technology is letting them down.
As streaming services become increasingly dominant, the relevance of the existing local content quota system is declining.
Sinclair network anchors decrying ‘fake stories’ have been condemned for giving biased support to President Trump. But nostalgic calls to restore civil political discussion on the air ignore history.
Could the WWE’s grip on professional wrestling be weakening?
The Australian-born media mogul’s decision to offload his entertainment assets reflects his core priorities in the fast-changing world of broadcasting and cinema.
Top contributors
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Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
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Reader in Film, Television and Media, Aberystwyth University
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Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Media and Communications, Monash University
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Lecturer, Research School of Management, Australian National University
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Former Honorary Research Associate, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Law Honours Candidate, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor, School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT University
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Professor of Media and Culture, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Professor of Television Journalism, City, University of London
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Global Professor of Sport | Director of Eurasian Sport, EM Lyon
