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Niamh said “In a lot of cases we don’t really know what kind of content is actually harmful, how harmful it is, or how widespread it is."
Trying to legislate before we understand this is likely a fruitless task. Part of the problem is the labyrinthine workings of tech giants like Meta or Twitter to be able to “fight” against its safety issues.
Alice said “It’s positive when traditional media companies are willing to experiment. The brands that experiment are often the ones that find new ways to engage with their audience.”
H3G’s change of tack over the past couple of years appears to be paying off in terms of customer momentum, but the revenue impact is more questionable and it has undoubtedly proven expensive.
Renewed network investment and a reinvigorated brand will help it to gain traction in new market segments but, even with strong execution, the scale gap looks unlikely to be bridged in a timescale acceptable to its backers.
Regulatory appetite for consolidation appears to be low, with policymakers prioritising number of players over network quality. It may be time for network quality to move up the policy agenda.
Claire said “This will result in savings on series but not on the essential missions of the BBC."
This is a surprising result in view of the existential crisis of the BBC and which should give hope to other public services.
The stakes were indeed high. “But in her public release, Nadine Dorries short-circuited a whole process with the Ministry of Culture and an approval by Parliament."
Although Q4 net additions were on target and on par with past years, Netflix has forecast very low global subscriber growth for Q1 (2.5 million)—this would be the smallest number of additions in that quarter since the company launched a streaming-only plan over a decade ago
New US price rises will once again prove that consumers value the service and its content but, by stealth, SVOD is no longer 'cheap'
January 2022 is a decade since Netflix launched in the UK. The pace of the change in the local sector that it drives and rides is astounding, and while its efforts to embrace industry responsibility are noticeable, more will be continually asked of it
Higher overall inflation, together with a bigger mark-up than in previous years for some, is implying significant in-contract price increases for the UK telecoms operators—an average of 7.7% for the mobile operators.
Although we may see a 5-6% short-term boost to mobile service revenue growth from these price increases, new-customer pricing remains crucial and could erode the boost from these in-contract rises entirely.
We have been surprised by Ofcom’s interventions to discourage these price increases. The industry needs all the help it can get to fund next generation 5G and full fibre networks, and these in-contract price increases are no guarantee that prices and revenues overall will start to rise.
Gill said "How do you suddenly stop someone watching BBC One when it’s free to air on Freeview? You can’t do it until the whole world is online."
