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Vice News sparks debate on engaging younger viewers

Mark Sweney: Traditional broadcasters such as BBC and Channel 4 examine how to attract generation focused on YouTube and social media

Channel 4 takes step towards getting into TV production

Publicly owned broadcaster spends about £4m to take undisclosed minority stakes of up to 25% in four companies

Dan Snow: ‘Clearly an app is better than a book for history’

Historian talks apps, YouTube and how his next project puts rich archives in the hands of children at first world war battlefields. By Stuart Dredge

How ABC casts the diversity net wider for stars and talent

Keli Lee, head of casting, explains how the channel’s annual showcase has found stars such as Lupita Nyong’o. By Lisa Campbell

The internet is broken. You can blame sharks. And Netflix

Alex Hern: Don’t panic, the situation isn’t as awful as it sounds, but online space is running out and undersea creatures are nibbling at some very important cables

Is The Honourable Woman the perfect example of TV’s golden age?

Writer Hugo Blick talks of his excitement over the spy thriller that addresses the complexities of the Middle East conflict

Premier League warns fans not to post Vine videos of goals online

Premier League warns fans that posting goal vines is illegal, as is sharing them on websites such as Twitter

BBC ‘budget cutting’ hit UBC Media revenues to force digital move

BSkyB decision to end coverage of Cambridge Folk Festival also a reason behind £16.5m reverse takeover of 7digital, company says. By Mark Sweney

Channel 4 News apologises for Robin Williams gaffe

Broadcaster criticised after tribute to late actor features 'get a rope and hang me' quote from Good Morning Vietnam

Brightcove apologises over STV live stream of Scottish independence debate

Many viewers complained they were unable to watch debate after STV service collapsed due to ‘a manual configuration error’. By Mark Sweney

BSkyB to launch weekly tariff package

Premier League football to be available under new deal as broadcaster extends daily pay-as-you-go day strategy . By Mark Sweney

BSkyB takes on rivals with weekly pay-as-you-go sports online tariff

The £10.99 option offered to consumers until 27 November via BSkyB's Now TV internet service, rising to £14.99

Britons’ bookshelves are still full of literature says Ofcom report

Alison Flood: Literacy organisations welcome signs that people of all ages are still reading books in physical and ebook formats

BBC tech chief speaks of ‘horrendous’ year after he was made DMI scapegoat

Lawyer for John Linwood, who won unfair dismissal case, says it reveals unedifying insight into BBC senior management. By John Plunkett

BBC iPlayer fault leaves R4 listeners reeling from ‘horrible’ dance music

Listeners complain as downloads of Book at Bedtime and News Quiz are replaced by Radio 1’s Scott Mills. By Paul Revoir

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  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls

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