Tom said the popularity of The Crown would have informed Netflix’s decision to strike a deal with the couple. However, he said, “the Sussexes may imagine they will dictate the shows they want to make but Netflix will have a firm hand on the tiller."

Tom said “Streaming services want to own you for a period of time and have to prove to you they have something you want to watch in the seven to eight minutes most people are prepared to spend looking."

He added “The problem is, when people talk about library sizes, a lot of it is garbage. “I watched Lars Trier’s Nymphomaniac and suddenly got recommended softcore porn dug up from the bottom.”

“It’s very hard to make good TV shows, so you will get to the end of stuff that you’ve heard about, want to watch and is good sooner than you think.”

Claire said a ban on advertising unhealthy foods on television had “no prospect of successfully addressing this health crisis” and would “disproportionately damage broadcasters and advertisers' businesses."

Sanchit said “It's worth just dispelling straight away [the idea that] Amazon is purchasing Zoox to get into the robo-taxi game." 

He added “Amazon spent $10.9bn in worldwide shipping costs. That's up from $7.3bn the same time last year. It's a massive cost, and it's only going to increase as they invest more in one-day shipping... with a fleet of electric autonomous vehicles they could service customers 24/7, and they don't need to worry about a driver being tired.”

James said “If you are telling operators they can’t buy from the biggest telecoms manufacturer in the world, that will impact the price you pay and quality of the equipment you buy."

Tom said that broadcasters such as BBC, ITV and Channel 4 faced losing viewers unless they could restart production of premium dramas quickly. “The linear television offering is much weaker than this time last year and it’s going to get weaker. People are going to go to a different option.”