Tom Harrington was quoted in The Times on shortform video streaming platform Quibi. The new service is aimed at mobile users, with shows filmed specifically for the format and broken into "chapters" of eight or 10 minutes each.  Tom said  “This isn’t really short-form video, it’s long-form divided up into chunks, which is different...There are some big questions around the content itself. Can you sustain a narrative over ten minutes that makes sense in a way that doesn’t feel truncated? It’s going to take a long time to find out what people actually want. They are going to burn through so much cash making stuff that doesn’t work, because what they are doing is quite new.”

Francois Godard was quoted in The Times on Mediaset plans to merge Spanish and Italian companies into Dutchco Media For Europe. Francois said “The whole concept is challenging to say the least. No-one has ever created meaningful synergies by acquiring interests in free-to-air television across Europe,”  TV and film rights and advertising are bought and sold on a country-by-country basis, he added.

James Barford was quoted in the FT on government proposals to increase height of mobile phone masts. James said  “The industry has been frustrated with the government demanding much better internet coverage, while at the same time saying ‘you can’t build [masts] here’....“A lot of rural areas get only two or three operators, but not all of them. The idea is that mast sharing will improve the offer.” James also said "Overall rollout of 5G will take another two to four years but that will not necessarily cover rural areas, some of which do not even have good 4G coverage seven years after it was first launched” 

Alice Enders was quoted in the Financial Times on Tencent plans to buy 10% of Universal Music from Vivendi. Alice said, "the stake sale would be an “equilibrium move” for Tencent, given it would have struggled to justify a 50 per cent share of Universal at such a lofty valuation". She said Vivendi had missed out on a huge windfall by selling such a small stake. “Selling 50 per cent of UMG at an inflated level would have been a really big score".

Julian Aquilina was quoted in the Financial Times on the rise of online streaming services.  Julian said "services like Netflix and Amazon were complementary to the traditional TV viewing habit of many viewers, adding that around half of UK homes still subscribe to pay-TV from companies such as Sky and Virgin Media....But the non-UK services are less regulated than the UK broadcasters — a significant factor behind their success, particularly among younger audiences. ”

Douglas McCabe was quoted in the Financial Times on US sports site The Athletic spends £10m to attract UK readers. He said “The whole model is threatening for national and local newspapers."

Alice Pickthall was quoted in The Financial Times on Staff at Radio Times owner protest over oil adverts. She said “I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the start of a lot of staff at companies beginning to speak out on climate change. Immediate’s leaders have a real opportunity to lead on this and consumers would see that in a positive light.”

She added that “You need grassroots pressure but you also need people in boardrooms listening and taking these things on as a serious issue."

Matti Littunen was quoted in the Financial Times on the ICO finding widespread disregard by adtech companies for the requirements of the EU’s new general data protection regulation (GDPR). Matti said  “There will be an interesting game of chicken, who is going be the first to make major changes in response to this rapsheet from the ICO?” 

Claire Enders was quoted in the FT on Ofcom's decision for legislation that guarantees public service broadcasters a prominent spot on TV sets to be extended to help the PSBs compete against online competitors such as Netflix and YouTube. Claire said “Seeing this happen in practice is probably going to take some time,” referring to the currently preoccupied government. But she said Ofcom’s decision showed “PSBs are the core of the media experience in the UK and that [Ofcom] intends to keep it that way.”  

Julian Aquilina was quoted in the Financial Times on Wimbledon tennis looks to lift revenues through the roof. He said “Centre Court showcases the biggest matches, particularly throughout the second week of the tournament with the quarter-finals onwards and, as you’d expect, the TV audiences build as the tournament progresses.”