Complaints unit backs makers of Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, except over section on Tory ‘sleaze’ storiesRupert Murdoch has largely lost a year-long dispute with the BBC after he objected to a documentary series that “implied he posed a threat to liber…
‘I’m not a news robot reading an Autocue’: Clive Myrie on politics, personality and Mastermind
The BBC newsreader takes over the venerable quiz show next week. He discusses fighting for viewers, dealing with online abuse – and making his parents proudThere is one correct way to start an interview with the new host of Mastermind: turn the tables …
Britons spent third of time watching TV and online videos in 2020
Ofcom finds average UK resident spent five hours and 40 minutes a day watching video content Britons spent a third of their waking hours watching TV or online videos in 2020, according to research from the media regulator Ofcom that shows how we were d…
NBC paid $7.75bn for its Olympic rights … and we got televisual vomit
US viewers have been able to see everything at any given moment while understanding fundamentally nothing about what’s going onIf there’s one message the Olympics unfailingly conveys, it’s that elite competition is all about making the right choices. A…
Hollywood’s Sunset Studio to open new base in Hertfordshire
US production house is latest major studio to find a home in region as demand for TV and film surgesHollywood’s Sunset Studios, which produced La La Land, Zoolander and the first in the X-Men franchise, has become the latest US movie production house t…
The Guardian ‘most widely used newspaper website and app for news’, according to Ofcom
Guardian newspaper rated highest by readers for accuracy, trustworthiness and depth of analysisThe Guardian continues to be the most widely used newspaper website and app for news, according to the communications watchdog, which shows it has increased …
ITV ad revenues rebound on back of Euro 2020 and easing of Covid controls
Broadcaster reports largest June advertising revenues in its 66-year historyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageITV said it has put the worst of the coronavirus pandemic behind it, after the Euro 2020 football tournament and the…