James Barford was quoted in an article on the decision of the European Commission’s competition regulators regarding the acquisition by CK Hutchison’s Three of Telefónica’s O2 in the UK. James said that the competition regulator is “completely missing the point that Three is not currently a commercially viable fourth mobile network operator in the UK”. Three, which has a 12 per cent share of the UK market, “hasn’t got enough scale or enough spectrum” to challenge its rivals EE, Vodafone and O2. Adding that O2, which has 29 per cent of the market, is also likely to struggle over the long term because of lack of spectrum.

Douglas McCabe was quoted in an article on the re-evaluation of UK newspaper business, since they are reviewing their production and content promotion. Douglas said “this is a seismic shift away from print media”, adding that, “publishers are wrestling with the idea of being an [advertising] agency”.

James Barford was quoted in an article on convergence or quad play bundling i.e. broadband, landline, mobile and TV all taken from the same provider, with all four major UK fixed line players – BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media expected to offer this by the end of the year. On BT's major investment in this strategy “convergence” James said that the jury is out as to whether BT will be able to broaden its TV offering- adding high-quality drama as well as sports rights adding that BT’s brand has proved difficult to stretch in the past.

Rukshan Mehra appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme to discuss the morning’s announcement that the CMA has approved the EE acquisition by BT. Rukshan discussed the strategic rationale for the transaction and impact to the market. (Interview starts at 1 hour and 12 minutes 40 seconds)

Enders Analysis was quoted in an article about the news that Channel 4 has bought the broadcast rights for Formula One races after the BBC scrapped its coverage three years early in an attempt to save money. Channel 4, which is also publicly owned, will broadcast ten races a season between 2016 and 2018. Enders Analysis said, whilst the government is considering moves to privatise Channel 4 the broadcaster’s finances are actually improving thanks to the ad market, leaving Channel 4 with a potential surplus of £20m in 2015.

Claire Enders was quoted in an article about the news that Alan Yentob has stepped down as BBC creative director in the aftermath of controversy over his role as chairman of the Kids Company charity. Claire said he was “the acceptable face of being a public intellectual”.

Alice Enders was quoted in an article about the news that Adele has broken the record for first-week album sales in the US with her third album 25. Alice said “Adele would not be breaking sales records if her music was available on every streaming platform”.

Douglas McCabe was quoted in an article about the news that the Sun plans to abandon its online paywall, the change coming just weeks after the return of Rebekah Brooks as chief executive of News Corp's UK newspaper operations. Douglas said “Today’s decision confirms you can’t apply a paywall strategy to what is very brilliant but popular journalism”.

Rukshan Mehra appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss the recent cyber attack on TalkTalk. Rukshan touched upon the effect this will have on share prices, revenue growth and the response from TalkTalk's competitors in the 'quad-play' market. (The interview starts at 34mins 40secs)

Douglas McCabe was quoted in an article about how TV listing magazines continue to thrive despite the threat from digital and changing TV habits. Douglas said that TV listing magazines “sell in a phenomenally huge volume”, adding “If you look at their circulation decline over an extended period, they are declining, but not at the rate of some magazines, like celebrity and so on.”