Three pages to get you up to speed on the major media policy issues facing the new government - this is an extremely valuable summary of the state of play from the Media Reform Coalition.
#media #mediareform #mediaregulation #MediaBill #BBCcharter
https://www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/media-policy-parl-briefing-2024
Fears Emerge Over Future Of British Film & High-End TV Inquiry Due To General Election
#News #BritishFilmHighEndTVInquiry #GeneralElection #MediaBill #UKGeneralElection
https://deadline.com/2024/05/british-film-high-end-tv-inquiry-fears-general-election-1235936280/
International Insider: Cannes Conclusion; UK Election Call; Ari Emanuel Berates Netanyahu
#News #AriEmanuel #BBC #BenjaminNetanyahu #BreakingBaz #CannesFilmFestival #InternationalInsider #MediaBill #NEM #UKElection
The UK Media Bill Lives! Big Win In Race To Push Landmark TV & Streaming Laws Through Parliament Ahead Of Election
#News #BBC #Channel4 #Comcast #Disney #MediaBill #Netflix #Paramount #Sky
https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-media-bill-lives-lords-pass-election-1235928707/
Why the Media Bill matters for public service broadcasting and community media, and why it should be blocked in the wash-up. Read my latest blog post to find out more. #MediaBill #PSB #Communitymedia
British Broadcasting Bosses Band Together To Urge Passing Of Media Bill Before Parliament Is Dissolved For General Election
#News #BBC #Channel4 #Channel5 #GeneralElection #ITV #MediaBill #RishiSunak #Sky
https://deadline.com/2024/05/media-bill-bbc-itv-channel-4-urge-before-general-election-1235928205/
Get the lowdown on our contribution to the Media Democracy Festival, the progress of the #MediaBill and an excellent session on funding indie journalism in our March update.
Streamers Will Not Be Regulated In UK For Another Two Years
#News #MediaBill #Netflix #Ofcom #Regulation #Streamingservices
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/01/29/media-bill-votes-will-show-us-the-real-keir-starmer/
"The precise issue tomorrow might seem obscure: whether to repeal section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act of 2013 – a piece of legislation which, thanks to the unscrupulous blocking tactics of the Conservatives, has never been allowed to enter into force.
Section 40 is the key to making the Leveson reforms of press regulation work. It was designed to make possible independent, effective press accountability".
#Section40 #MediaBill #Leveson #Labour #Starmer
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/01/29/media-bill-votes-will-show-us-the-real-keir-starmer/
"Labour policy has been pro-Leveson – a position that goes back beyond the Jeremy Corbyn years to ..Ed Miliband.. But it is also a policy feared and hated by the big national newspaper groups.
In recent months, all the body language of the Starmer leadership has suggested it is now ready to appease the billionaire owners of the Mail, The Sun, The Times and the Telegraph.. in the short-term hope that they will give it a softer ride in election coverage"
#MediaBill #press
Our latest update rolls October and November together, and features a salient dip into the CPBF archive in relation to Palestine, plus updates on our work around the #MediaBill and more.
#BeTheMedia #KnowTheMedia #ChangeTheMedia
https://bettermedia.uk/2023/11/30/october-november-2023-update/
I doubt whether most people would realise we need legislation in the UK to compel on demand streaming services to provide subtitles and signing for programmes…but we do and there has been some progress this week! Yay!
#Subtitles
#Signing
#Deaf
#HardOfHearing
#MediaBill
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In its plans to repeal Section 40, this government is discarding the last shred of its predecessors' commitments to honour the findings of #Leveson.
Hacked Off encourage you to write to your MP in protest of this draconian move.
As currently worded, the #MediaBill poses significant threats to the sustainability of local and community radio, especially those stations which cater to underserved minority groups. Better Media member Dr Rob Watson outlines some very serious concerns in this useful summary.
Very happy to be co-signing these recommendations for changes to the #MediaBill, as part of the newly formed Citizens' Public Service Media Forum.
In this episode, I outline some thoughts about the #MediaBill and the danger that it will lead to a homogenisation and centralisation of radio, I also cover the @dcms consultation on the future of analogue community radio, and note that social gain should be the primary concern for #communitymedia
https://decentered.co.uk/decentered-media-podcast-135-media-bill-and-community-radio-consultation/
Here are some notes about the #MediaBill. Will it be the End of Local Radio in the UK? Consolidation. Monopolisation. Concentration. Homogenisation! We need more market diversity in independent and community radio. This bill won't provide it! #mediareform
The government claimed this week that its #MediaBill will 'protect public interest journalism'. A smokescreen as usual - the Media Reform Coalition have the lowdown.
#KnowTheMedia #mediareform #kingsspeech
https://www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/the-kings-speech-and-the-media-bill
Streamer Regulation In UK Confirmed By King’s Speech
#BreakingNews #Streaming #AmazonPrimeVideo #Disney #KingCharlesIII #MediaBill #Netflix
https://deadline.com/2023/11/streamer-regulation-media-bill-netflix-disney-amazon-1235594518/
@michael_robinson Yes, well that's effectively coming back in with the Online Safety regime (that's the same regime that repeals the DEA) - that doesn't deal with the problem of enforcement of the criminal law though. I guess if we are thinking about this area we should also think about the changes proposed in the draft #MediaBill (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-media-bill). That proposes to deal with the jurisdictional limits that were the reason the original VOD rules didn't aply to overseas porn providers.
