October 2016
Netflix’s glittering Crown could leave BBC looking a little dull
With lifesize replicas of Buckingham Palace, a rampaging elephant, about 7,000 costumes and a £100m budget, The Crown is one of the most lavish television dramas ever made. Netflix has been best known for US commissions such as House of Cards and Stranger Things, but its move into British costume drama demonstrates the changing nature of the television industry where the BBC faces increasing competition from better resourced and more nimble international rivals.
Guardian 31/10/2016
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Pornhub offers to buy Vine and turn it into a six-second porn site
Adult website Pornhub says that it can save Vine, the video sharing company, by buying it.
Independent 28/10/2016
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Sexual harassment in virtual reality feels all too real
Sexual harassment has been a feature of online and gaming communities from the earliest days of the internet. Until now, the abuse has been largely limited to verbal and visual messages, but as virtual reality technology becomes more immersive, the line between our real bodies and our digital bodies begins to blur. Are we doomed to build virtual worlds that are as hostile to women as the real one?
Guardian 26/10/2016
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‘Socially irresponsible’ ad banned for implying weight loss equals happiness
An ad for the delivery service Diet Chef has been banned for presenting a “socially irresponsible” approach to women’s body image.
Guardian 26/10/2016
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Facebook to allow graphic and violent posts it deems ‘newsworthy’
Facebook has relaxed its censorship rules for graphic posts that are deemed to be in the public interest following intense criticism over its removal of newsworthy posts. The change could mean that videos deemed potentially disturbing will be allowed to remain on the social network.
“We’re going to begin allowing more items that people find newsworthy, significant or important to public interest – even if they might otherwise violate our standards,” said Joel Kaplan and Justin Osofsky, Facebook’s vice presidents.
Telegraph 24/10/2016
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Teaching pupils to make sense of pornography
Jenni Murray’s recent suggestion of analysing pornography in the classroom might raise some eyebrows, but with up to 60% of young people using porn to teach themselves about sex, she’s right that schools should not ignore it (Opinion, 17 October). The accessibility and lack of boundaries around pornography leave our children at risk of seeing confusing or upsetting images.
Guardian 24/10/2016
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Ken Loach: BBC news manipulative and deeply political
Director Ken Loach has taken aim at the BBC, describing its news coverage as “manipulative and deeply political” and saying it is a “rotten place for a director”. Prominent leftwinger Loach, who is promoting his Palme d’Or-winning film about a man’s struggle with the UK benefits system, I, Daniel Blake, said there was a need to “democratise” the corporation. “Diversify it so that different regions can make their own dramas. And its notion of news has got to be challenged,” he told the Radio Times.
mediaGuardian 18/10/2016
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Netflix shares soar on news it added 3.2 million subscribers last quarter
Netflix shares jumped more than 20% in after-hours trading on Monday on the news that the company had acquired more subscribers than expected in its third quarter. The company attributed the 3.2 million new users to interest in new shows such as Stranger Things and Luke Cage.
mediaGuardian 18/10/2016
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Jennicam: The first woman to stream her life on the internet
In 1996, 19-year-old Jennifer Ringley turned on a webcam that sat on top of the computer in her college dorm room. In that simple act, writes Aleks Krotoski, she changed the modern world.
BBCOnline 18/10/2016
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ITV promises more happy dramas as women seize control of the remote
The 21st century woman may already have seized control of the kitchen, bedroom and boardroom, but it appears she has also won a final battle of the sexes: the television remote. The director of ITV has declared women have now taken charge of what is on the family TV, as he promises to swap gritty crime dramas featuring abuse to more “happy” fare. Kevin Lygo said there was enough rape, murder and brutal abuse on women and children on television, as a pledged more “sweet, happy, perfectly-performed” shows to suit their audience.
Telegraph 17/10/2016
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Sky News presenter Sarah-Jane Mee had ‘sleepless nights’ over sexism in sport
The new host of Sky News’ breakfast show, Sarah-Jane Mee, has revealed she has experienced sexism as a woman working in sport. The former Sky Sports presenter takes over from Eamonn Holmes as anchor of flagship morning programme Sunrise on Monday and revealed throughout her career she has had to endure sexist comments. “Working in sport can be extremely intimidating,” she told Hello! magazine, adding: “For a while I had sleepless nights about it.
mediaGuardian 17/10/2016
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The playmate and the rabbi: unlikely bedfellows fighting internet porn
They make unlikely bedfellows, the Playboy playmate and the rabbi, but they have found a common belief and mission: that pornography is harmful, and we – by which they mostly mean men – should be consuming much less of it, or at least not fuelling the demand for the viler, more degrading parts of it. On Saturday, Pamela Anderson, the most enduring sex symbol of recent times, and Shmuley Boteach, self-styled as “America’s Rabbi”, will talk about this at the Oxford Union. It follows a month of campaigning, which kicked off with an opinion piece they wrote for the Wall Street Journal.
Guardian 14/10/2016
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Mary Whitehouse was right, says old foe
It was a running battle over public morality that pitted Mary Whitehouse, the guardian of Christian family values, against the liberal barrister best known for defending Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
Lord Hutchinson of Lullington emerged as the victor in courtroom struggles of the 1970s and 1980s, including his adversary’s prosecution of the play The Romans in Britain for indecency. Yet now, aged 101, the barrister has conceded that Whitehouse may have had a point. She was right to pursue her campaign against depictions of sex and violence, Lord Hutchinson said, and some of her fears have proven to be justified
The Times 11/10/2016
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Mary Whitehouse was right after all! Barrister who fought over Romans in Britain rape scene says she has been vindicated
The leading criminal barrister who defeated Mary Whitehouse in court later admitted the family values campaigner had been vindicated over her battle against gratuitous sex and violence, it has emerged.
Jeremy Hutchinson, QC, clashed with Mrs Whitehouse during her private prosecution of the National Theatre play The Romans In Britain in 1982. Mrs Whitehouse objected to a scene in which the Romans were seen attempting to rape a naked druid on stage.
MailOnline 11/10/2016
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Mary Whitehouse was right in her crusade about obscenity, barrister who defended play claims
The barrister who helped thwart Mary Whitehouse’s crusade against obscenity believes the former socialite has been proved right. Jeremy Hutchinson QC, who argued for the defence in the moral campaigner’s 1982 private prosecution of the director of the National Theatre’s Romans in Britain, is believed to have come to the conclusion the she has been “vindicated” amid the rise of pornography and other lewd art forms.
Telegraph 10/11/2016
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Internet trolls targeted with new legal guidelines
Internet trolls who create derogatory hashtags or doctored images to humiliate others could face prosecution in England and Wales. Inciting people to harass others online, known as virtual mobbing, could also result in court action, under new Crown Prosecution Service guidance. The director of public prosecutions said it means the CPS would prosecute just as if offences occurred offline.
BBCOnline 10/10/2016
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Emmerdale escapes investigation after 550 complaints over dognapping plot
Emmerdale will not face an investigation over complaints that a storyline about dognapping could inspire copycat crimes, the TV regulator has said.
mediaGuardian 10/10/2016
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70 years of Woman’s Hour: ‘Our listeners like frank conversations about sex‘
Asked to name one reason why it has endured for 70 years, with four million listeners, Murray says: “It has always been respectful of the fact that women are not all one thing. They have a huge range of interests, and it has always tried to reflect that.
mediaGuardian 10/10/2016
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Doon Mackichan speaks out against ‘crime porn’
Actress Doon Mackichan has spoken out about the prevalence of rape and sexual violence in contemporary TV drama. In a documentary aired on BBC Radio 4, the Smack the Pony star claims stories about “brutalised women” have become “entertainment fodder”.
BBCOnline 6/10/2016
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Teenagers ‘checking mobile phones in night’
Almost half (45%) of young people are checking their mobile phones after they have gone to bed, a poll suggests. A survey of 2,750 11- to 18-year-olds found one in 10 admitted checking their mobile phones for notifications at least 10 times a night. The poll was carried out by Digital Awareness UK and the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference. The organisations warn night-time usage of mobiles means pupils are coming to school tired and unable to concentrate.
BBCOnline 6/10/2016
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BBC axes David Baddiel show that aired jokes about Queen’s sex life
BBC Radio 4 has axed a show hosted by David Baddiel after outrage over jokes about the Queen’s sex life on her 90th birthday. Don’t Make Me Laugh, which is created and fronted by Baddiel, features panellists discussing topics they are given. One pre-recorded episode, which aired at 6.30pm on the day of the Queen’s 90th birthday, included the subject “The Queen must have had sex at least four times”.
MediaGuardian 5/10/2016
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Sainsbury’s Bank credit card ad banned for being ‘socially irresponsible’
A Sainsbury’s Bank TV ad has been banned for “trivialising” credit cards and presenting them in a “socially irresponsible” way. The campaign featured a couple talking about how their credit card had helped them do up their house.
mediaGuardian 5/10/2016
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Forget family meals – parents would rather just bond in front of the TV
New research suggests that the prospect of gathering the family around a table to share a meal is enough to bring most parents out in a cold sweat – and many would rather just relax with their children by watching television. Findings by Mintel, the consumer trends specialist, show that two thirds of British parents describe family meals as “quality time” and half think of it as a “bonding” experience.
Telegraph 4/10/2016
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Girls As Young As Seven Feel Pressure To Look Perfect
Girls as young as seven are being made to feel ashamed about how they look, with a quarter of those between seven and 10 feeling pressure to look “perfect”. The report suggests that relentless exposure to media and digital images that objectify women, along with to street harassment and sexist online abuse are all contributing to this low confidence.
Huffington Post 4/10/2016
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British Vogue ditches models in favour of ‘real’ women – for one issue
The new issue of British Vogue is to be a “model-free zone” after editors decided to use only “real” women to showcase the designer clothes featured in the magazine.
Guardian 3/10/2016
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Pressure to look perfect hits girls’ confidence, say Guides
Girls in the UK are markedly less confident about their looks than they were five years ago, research by Girlguiding suggests. Just 61% of 1,627 seven- to 21-year-old girls polled for the 2016 Girls’ Attitudes Survey felt happy about their bodies, down from 73% in 2011.
BBC News Online 4/10/2016
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Changing TV habits end the ad break power surge
For decades, the communal cuppa during a television commercial break has brought the nation together. And for just as long, the engineers who run Britain’s electricity network have had to anticipate when spikes from kettles and other gadgets being turned on will take place so they can keep power flowing.
But now – in a further sign of how viewing habits are changing – the National Grid has admitted the very British phenomenon is starting to fade away, as more and more people watch ‘on-demand’ TV.
MailOnline 3/10/2016
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Gaming needs to ‘invest’ to tackle sexism
Twitch boss Matthew DiPietro is clear that the industry needs to do more about online sexism in gaming.Gamers have told Newsbeat about their experiences and Twitch says it’s doing all it can to stamp out sexism on the platform. But Matthew tells us this isn’t a problem that Twitch can solve on its own. He says the industry needs to invest money to “move forward on this issue”.
BBC Newsbeat 3/10/2016
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‘Radio 1 is up against Minecraft for young audiences’
While BBC Radio 1 may be blooming nicely on new digital channels, Cooper remains under pressure to bring the age of listeners of BBC Radio 1 down. The target is 15- to 29-year-olds, the average is 32.
mediaGuardian 3/10/2016
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Sky takes steps into virtual reality with first app
Sky has made its first move into virtual reality with the launch of an app that will showcase the broadcaster’s sports and film content.Sky, which prides itself on being at the forefront of new technology such as catch-up TV and “Ultra HD” broadcasts, believes that virtual reality may be the next step in home entertainment.
Telegraph 3/10/2016
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