Podcast, radio and audiobook industry trade body AudioUK has launched an anonymised survey to gather some key data as it steps up its work to secure Government measures to grow the UK podcast and audiobook sector. Key among AudioUK’s policies, outlined in its manifesto produced earlier in the year, is a tax relief for podcasting […]
Creative Access, a UK diversity & inclusion social enterprise, has revealed research on working-class experiences in the UK’s creative sector. In speaking to broadcast professionals from all class groups across the creative industries, findings reveal 70 per cent believe that ‘soft’ social identifiers of class – such as where an individual went to school and […]
Etc., the startup and digital incubation arm at BT Group, has announced that it will power up its first EV charging unit built from a street cabinet traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling. The announcement marks the first step in the rollout of new technical trials, exploring the potential to upgrade up to […]
A new skills training programme to support creatives looking to break into behind-the-camera roles on scripted film and high-end TV productions made in the West of England will launch later this month. It comes after Bristol City Council’s Film Services have secured almost £300,000 (€348k) from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, led by […]
A review into how the BBC should be funded in the future has been launched by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, as new action is taken to reduce the impact of price rises on licence fee payers. The review, supported by a panel of independent experts soon to be announced from across the broadcasting sector and […]
Dr Samir Shah CBE has been named as the Government’s preferred candidate for the BBC Chair, the Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has announced. Shah has worked in broadcasting for over forty years. He is currently the CEO and owner of Juniper, an independent television and radio production company. Before Juniper, Shah was head of current […]
Sky Documentaries has announced the commission of documentary feature, Flight 149 (w/t). The Sky Original film, produced by Drum Studios, will explore a dramatic moment in British political history when the passengers of BA Flight 149 were taken hostage. On 2nd August 1990, Iraq takes the world by surprise and invades Kuwait. Hours later, BA […]
Digital inclusion has been a hot topic since the pandemic highlighted both its systemic importance, and that there are no quick fixes. And as inflation took hold, the cost of everything, including connectivity, has come under increasing scrutiny. Against this backdrop the telco industry has offered a range of social tariffs – discounted connectivity offers […]
Ligado Networks has been on the receiving end of many legal claims and actions. Recent lawsuits have come from Inmarsat, for example. But Ligado is now suing the US government alleging the Department of Defense violated Ligado’s L-band spectrum rights and illegally thwarted its 5G programme without compensation. Ligado has had a troubled history. Ligado […]
Virginia-based Artel, a provider of secure network communication services to US government agencies, has been awarded a contract from the US Space Force and is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide the next generation network critical to support US Government communications. Artel is a carrier-agnostic network integrator – which it says allows it to […]