'Television should inform you, challenge you, and make you aware of what's happening in the world' David Puttnam on The Media Show on BBC Radio 4

“The balance of power in the media … has been all wrong for a number of years” Des Freedman, who chairs the Media Reform Coalition, as Jeremy Corbyn considers a tech tax to fund public interest journalism. bbc.in/2MJ25kf #VictoriaLIVE

Our book still making the headlines!

Really looking forward to the Broadcastnow special on diversity - so much to address...

"The need for a media that can act as a counterweight to government pressure, the ›clickbait‹ logic of wholly commercial enterprises & the growing power of an unregulated tech sector is greater than ever." My new report for FES London on why we need to reinvent public media

This is the 5th (or is it the 6th) attempt to sell off #Channel4 We dealt with the threat of privatisation in our 2016 report & some of the same figures are still involved futureoftv.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Join broadcasters, journalists & academics to discuss TV news and impartiality Goldsmiths, University of London Friday 5 May info at eventbrite.co.uk/e/tv-news-fair…

#GeneralElection2017 makes the Goldsmiths, University of London Meccsa event on TV news & impartiality even more vital, Friday 5 May tinyurl.com/k2tc2kq

Dr. Jami Rogers 🇺🇦 Dr Simone Knox @Anamik1977 Then maybe poke around Future of TV submissions futureoftv.org.uk/report/ & maybe @SkillsetSSC data/reports creativeskillset.org/about_us/publi…

Imprescindible: Informe sobre futuro de la TV pública:'Contenidos y Plataformas para un mundo digital' futureoftv.org.uk/report by Future of TV

1/ Absolutely right about deep pockets of SVoDs but why does Jim Armitage claim in nope s that Netflix et al "are now the most popular way we watch TV and movies". Where's the evidence? Vast majority of UK viewing is still produced by PSBs despite inferior budgets

2/ and as for Hulu and its Handmaid's Tale, 2.3m watched each episode on Channel 4 probably a lot more than on Hulu in US though of course it doesn't release viewing figures. Read our report Jim Armitage

ICYMI: A very bad start for the new Culture Secretary (with update about his error on local papers). #LevesonNow byline.com/column/68/arti…

Very pleased to announce publication of an edited book based on our Report into Future of Public Service TV chaired by David Noël Puttnam with extra chapters by Mark Thompson, CEO of The New York Times, @TessAlps, Jon Thoday, Amanda Lotz & many more gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-pre… via Goldsmiths Press

Book launch of Des Freedman Vana Goblot A Future for Public Service TV with David Puttnam Georgina Born & many others 6pm Weds 18 April British Academy (Archive) The British Academy eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-… Goldsmiths Press

Public service TV can be a 'bulwark' against fake news, David Puttnam says in Goldsmiths Press book, gold.ac.uk/news/fotv/

Public service broadcasters are more vital than ever argues Future of TV chair David Puttnam to mark launch of “A future for public service TV” book via Broadcastnow broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasters/p…