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BritBox: ‘inappropriate’ classic UK TV shows to be kept off service

‘Best of British’ streaming venture will exclude series such as Till Death Us Do Part

KSI v Logan Paul: boxing promoters look to cash in on YouTubers’ rematch

Amateur boxers may dismiss the bout as ‘a joke’, but the web stars’ clash is big on marketable spectacle

BBC at risk of losing young audiences, according to Ofcom

Broadcaster must prove itself to viewers more used to Netflix and YouTube, says watchdog

Jack Thorne is right about disability prejudice – but TV bosses aren’t listening

Commissioners are at best failing to include disabled talent, and at worst are guilty of institutional ableism, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Netflix’s growth slows as it braces for influx of competition

Profits rise but subscriber base expands more slowly than expected, while Apple, Disney and others prepare own services

‘Ready to go to war?’: full trailer for Oscar-tipped Fox News film Bombshell

Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie star in true story of how Roger Ailes was brought down by sexual harassment allegations

James Cellan Jones obituary

Leading light in the direction and production of television drama who made his name with The Forsyte Saga

BBC prepares for life beyond channels with fourth iPlayer revamp

Move is latest attempt to deal with changes in the way people consume television

BBC ‘ignoring its audience’ over iPlayer app removal

Broadcaster criticised as replacement app restricted to newer operating systems

BBC to switch off Red Button information service in 2020

Closure of system marks end of BBC’s teletext 45 years after it began as Ceefax

TV streaming bonanza looms for UK – but can you afford it?

Services from Apple, Britbox, HBO and Disney launch soon – but to get them all would cost £1,450 a year

The political interview is not dead – but it is on life support

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn favour soundbites on mass-reach social media

The age of comfort TV: why people are secretly watching Friends and The Office on a loop

We are in an era of ‘prestige television’, with unprecedented choice and quality. So why are so many of us streaming endless reruns of 90s sitcoms?

Ben Wheatley to direct zombie-pensioner TV satire on divided Britain

Kill List and High-Rise director’s drama for Channel 4 will skewer tensions between age groups

BBC using strong-arm tactics over iPlayer, say independent producers

Small TV companies claim BBC trying to get them to lease shows for longer for same fee

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  • Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
  • A day in the life of a dancer who went viral for pretending to be a parakeet
  • Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?
  • Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace
  • ‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion
  • X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
  • NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
  • ‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call
  • Make platforms that promote violent content pay towards riot costs, Streeting says
  • UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package
  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
  • SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
  • What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks

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