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Average Briton spends 26 days a year watching on-demand TV

Adults spend eight times longer watching Netflix and iPlayer than exercising, survey reveals

Follow the money: how News Corp wields power to defend its interests

In the third part of our series, we examine how Rupert Murdoch’s primary interest in politicians is not always political but often commercial

Tony Hall: regulate video streaming services or risk ‘killing off’ UK content

BBC’s director general seeks action to control firms such us Netflix and Amazon

Netflix hunts long-term UK production base amid race for studios

Permanent space needed to spend more of film-maker’s £6bn yearly budget in Britain

BBC fixes World Cup streaming delay

Researchers unveil technology that reduces live-streaming lag for online viewers

Horizon’s experiments get supersized to bring in new audiences

BBC Two’s science show warns in age of Netflix and Amazon it should not be taken for granted

Danny Boyle urges British film-makers to ‘build around’ Brexit

Director says filming TV series Trust has cemented his drive to work with European producers

Porridge and politics: how the breakfast broadcasting war got brutal

Early morning programming on TV and radio is in the grip of a brutal ratings war. So what’s the perfect recipe for a hit show in these fractured times – and can we learn anything from the last 35 years?

Eddie Marsan, a class act speaking up for talent from all quarters

Without special funding, acting will only be open to the wealthy and privileged

Oscars’ new ‘popular film’ category sparks Hollywood backlash

Rob Lowe joins industry condemnation of ‘desperate’ Academy Awards shakeup to improve TV ratings

Britons spend average of 24 hours a week online, Ofcom says

Study reveals dramatic rise in addiction to technology, as average Briton checks a mobile phone every 12 minutes

Hollywood has made ‘no progress’ in on-screen diversity, report finds

New report from USC found just 31.8% of characters with dialogue were women in 2017, roughly the same ratio as the last 11 years

Writers’ rooms still hotbed of sexual harassment, finds survey

Nearly two-thirds of female writers have experienced sexual harassment, as ‘Friends’ decision of 2006 blamed for continued climate in writers’ rooms

ITV to review use of plastic surgery and diet ads during Love Island

NHS chief and feminist groups have criticised broadcaster for harmful messaging about body image

Dad’s Army at 50: the secret history of ‘comedy’s finest half-hour’

The leads hated the script and the BBC was terrified of offending veterans. But Dad’s Army became a TV phenomenon. We reveal how the Walmington warriors seized victory

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  • ‘Loving our country sounds like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser’: Robert De Niro leads crowd in rallying cry against Trump
  • Social media firms hit back as Starmer announces ban for under-16s in UK
  • Starmer says he hopes social media ban for under-16s will come into force next spring – UK politics live
  • The man who bought Diane Keaton’s nail clippers also owns Whoopi Goldberg’s teapot: ‘It will have her fingerprints on it’
  • Disclosure Day: alien conspiracies, car chases and a jaw-dropping climax – discuss with spoilers
  • Familiar Touch review – Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in subtle, sensual memory loss drama
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • Angel’s Egg review – Mamoru Oshii’s dazzling 1985 anime is an eerie philosophical adventure
  • The problem with ‘loneliness influencers’ isn’t their friendlessness – it’s the air of cosy defeatism
  • Dry Leaf review – three-hour amble around the football pitches of Georgia in search of a daughter
  • ‘More relevant now than ever’: how Virginia Woolf recaptured the cultural zeitgeist
  • ‘Distressingly beautiful and disorienting’: the Willem Dafoe film that only one person can see at a time
  • Europe is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook
  • 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

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