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Calling all media and telecoms lawyers! You can now enjoy Practical Law's annual horizon-scanning article, Media & Telecoms: what to expect in 2025 (subscription required). https://lnkd.in/giFRcW2v We cover implementation of the UK Online Safety Act 2023, which imposes new obligations on various online businesses; AI-related developments including activity on creator remuneration and the first trial in Getty Images (US) Inc and others v Stability AI Ltd, which is set to be heard in summer 2025; and the implementation of the Media Act 2024, which heralds extensive reforms for the broadcasting and streaming sectors. #media #telecoms #onlinesafety

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Today’s episode

Excited to partner with Pact once more on this year’s UK TV Export Report. The report highlights survey findings from UK distributors and shares perspectives from industry executives on the challenges and opportunities in production and distribution. A big thank you to BBC Studios, All3Media International, Fremantle, and ITV Studios for their continued sponsorship and support! ➡️ Read the insight story: https://hubs.la/Q02ZRMyj0 ➡️ Download the full report: https://hubs.la/Q02ZRMhr0

It is always fascinating to work on the Pact export report, something that couldn't be done with the support of distributors including the report sponsors BBC Studios, ITV Studios, All3Media International and Fremantle. As always people will focus on the headline numbers, with the resilience of overall exports in the 2023/24 financial year a welcome point and the fall in co-production revenues reinforcing what most in the industry were acutely aware of. But as briefly highlighted in the report a key characteristic this year was the differing experiences between distributors across different markets. Experiences across the different categories and markets showed little consistency - with these wildly varied experiences perhaps a sign of how stakeholders need to be adaptable and creative (with deals as well as content!) in a market where everyone is trying to find the best path to financial success. Lots of other interesting points in the report though. The % finished programming sales to Broadcast clients defied the trend and grew to 50% (after falling last year to 47%). Clearly this includes broadcasters utilising content on their adjacent VOD services, but it's interesting nonetheless to see broadcast clients remaining a key route to market for distributors. Then within #VOD it is perhaps unsurprising to see the growing share of sales to #AVOD (including #FAST). After a period of resurgence in the Ad funded streaming model this increase in sales to #AVOD from 9% to 15% certainly reflects the growing focus on this model. All in all it makes for a good read...

We're less than a week out from a UK General Election and a potential change in government. I took a look at the manifestos of the five leading political parties for what insights they might hold for the TV sector – and that mostly boils down to what they have planned for public broadcaster the #BBC. -The CONSERVATIVES, the political party currently in power in the UK, said that the BBC should “represent the perspectives of the entire nation with diversity of thought, accuracy and impartiality as its guiding principles.” They pledge to “carefully consider the findings of the Funding Review ahead of the next Royal Charter and ensure it upholds these principles.” They will also introduce a new complaints process for the BBC so that the BBC “does not mark its own homework.” -Opposition party LABOUR has a creative industries sector plan focused on “creating good jobs and accelerating growth in film, music, gaming, and other creative sectors.” Labour plans to “work constructively with the BBC and our other public service broadcasters so they continue to inform, educate and entertain people, and support the creative economy by commissioning distinctively British content.” -REFORM UK wants to reform the BBC, writing in their manifesto that “the out-of-touch wasteful BBC is institutionally biased. The TV licence is taxation without representation. We will scrap it. In a world of on-demand TV People should be free to choose.” -The LIBERAL DEMOCRATS said that they will “protect the BBC, S4C, BBC Alba and Channel 4 as independent, publicly owned, public service broadcasters” and support the BBC “both to provide impartial news and information, and to take a leading role in increasing media literacy and educating all generations in tackling the impact of fake news.” They also plan a requirement for “at least 80% of on-demand TV content to be subtitled, 10% audio-described and 5% signed.” -The GREEN party said that the UK media landscape is “skewed by the dominance of billionaire and big-tech ownership, intent on maximising profits by irresponsible practices that undermine democracy and promote harmful online content.” Consequently, they would push for a change in the law so that no single individual or company can own more than 20% of any media market. #ukgeneralelection #tv

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What a day this is in world politics. Where better to get the anti-mainstream take on events as they unfold LIVE than with Goalhanger's dream team panel from across The Rest Is Politics, History and Entertainment podcasts - because frankly today will tick the box for all 3! It is like Avengers Assemble 🦹🏻🦸🏻♂️🦸🏻🦸🏼♀️🦸🏻♂️ #uselection #podcast #livestream

⚠️DTTV 206⚠️| Your Rights When Dealing with Police & Why This Channel is Called “Don’t Talk TV”; Lawyer, Nicholas Wansbutter Discusses... It’s always well worth reviewing and remembering what our rights are here in Canada when it comes to dealing with police & why this channel is called “Don’t Talk TV”. So, when a viewer recently emailed me asking whether he needs to identify himself if he’s just walking down the street minding his own business and police come up and want to speak to him. I thought that was a topic worth doing; we’ve dealt with it in some prior episodes but it’s worth looking at it again in more detail. ⚠️Please like, share, & subscribe to us on YouTube & help us reach 10k⚠️ ⚠️This site and its information are not legal advice, nor is it intended to be. Please consult a lawyer for advice about your individual situation. Feel free to get in touch by email or phone.⚠️ ☎️ Phone: (519) 569-7016 ✉️ Email: DontTalkTV@protonmail.com 📺 https://lnkd.in/gtihQyfd 💻 Link Tree - https://lnkd.in/gQqDXDyr 🎶 Now on Spotify | https://bit.ly/45hHREh 🎶 🔗 LINKS, RESOURCES, & MORE… 🔗 👉🏻 Link | A – R. v. K. (A.), 2014 ONCJ 374 (CanLII), https://canlii.ca/t/g8qst ⚠️ADDITIONAL CONTENT⚠️ 👉🏻 DTTV 1 | Your Right to Not Answer Your Door - https://bit.ly/3KEe8Mc 👉🏻 DTTV 85 | A Lawyer's Thoughts on The Recent Unlawful Arrest by Toronto Police Service - https://bit.ly/3XgGwLK 👉🏻 DTTV 87 | Must a Passenger Identify Themselves? - https://bit.ly/3Vhvxzc 👉🏻 Moustache Challenge Tweet on “X” - https://bit.ly/40PcGxM ⚠️ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS⚠️ Thumbnail - https://lnkd.in/dbn_w7XH Intro Videos by Daniel Absi, Kelly Lacy, and RODNAE Productions from Pexels & Intro Music - News Runner by Daniel H. licensed via Jamendo A special 🙏🏻 to Richard Mitchell at RAM Design Group Inc (https://lnkd.in/gVFraH7R) for his public relations, communications, and crisis management services. #DontTalkToPolice #DTTV #KnowYourRights

The latest Pact UK TV Export Report makes for an interesting read with the international demand for UK content, particularly in North America remaining high as well as a growing share of #VOD content sales to #AVOD including #FAST Download the full report: https://hubs.la/Q02ZRMhr0