News bulletins on Google Assistant remain unaffected.
Additional commercial income in the same year was $1.6bn from worldwide activities including programme sales. The BBC is funded by a mandatory charge of US$200 per UK household in the form of a television licence fee, which earned the corporation $5bn last financial year (p69). BBC podcasts are supported by advertising outside the UK, though BBC Sounds remains unavailable to non-UK listeners. In recent months, the BBC have been removing some of its podcasts from third-party platforms, and placing them exclusively within their BBC Sounds app. In offering the public services for supply, and in supplying those services, the BBC must act on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory basis.” (♣.3.2). However, Ofcom, the UK media regulator, requires that “the BBC must offer the public services to third parties in response to reasonable requests for supply, except where the BBC has an objective justification for not doing so. There has been a “consultation with Google”, and the BBC “has no choice but to stop Google from making podcasts available via Google products.” Talking to Podnews, a BBC spokesperson said that Google is required to sign a licence to link to their podcasts and that the Distribution Policy also requires Google to supply user data to the BBC. The Corporation has also posted a message on their FAQ.
BBC NEWS PODCAST ANDROID
This week BBC Sounds will be loaded with all of listeners’ favourite shows and podcasts as well as brand new podcasts and music mixes, with more to come over the following weeks and months.īBC Sounds is available online at bbc.co.uk/sounds and can be downloaded for iOS, Android and Amazon.(Fill this in now you won’t lose your place!) We make the best radio, podcasts, and offer the best music curation in the world – and through BBC Sounds we can ensure more people than ever can enjoy that when and how they want.”Įvery person’s experience of BBC Sounds will be unique – as it’s designed to learn from listening habits, providing one-tap access to the latest episodes of favourite BBC podcasts and radio shows and introduce people to new audio they wouldn’t otherwise have discovered.
It’s the start of an adventure – we’ll learn from our audiences to keep improving what Sounds offers, so we can bring the best to everyone.”īob Shennan, Director of Radio and Music, says: “BBC Radio has always been brilliant at reinventing itself and BBC Sounds is the next chapter in that great tradition. We’ll do the hard work of finding the right mix, podcast or radio programme for you. James Purnell, Director of Radio and Education, adds: “BBC Sounds will bring you all our audio at the touch of a button. And it’s going to support a whole new generation of talent.” It allows us all to experiment – to explore new music, stories and ideas – to play with form and content. BBC Sounds is a standalone and standout destination, bringing the best of everything we do in audio into one place. With more people listening on mobile, BBC Sounds makes it easier to discover and enjoy exclusive music mixes, award-winning BBC podcasts as well as popular podcasts made outside the BBC.įeatures include all BBC’s national and regional radio stations as well as BBC World Service, live and on demand twenty new podcasts available on BBC Sounds including Beyond Today, a daily news podcast, as well as new podcasts from well-known favourites Rylan Clark-Neal, Konnie Huq, Colin Murray and the stars of EastEnders Forty new and exclusive music mixes curated by the BBC’s music experts, artists and others – including top footballing stars Popular and chart-topping podcasts made outside the BBC including The Guilty Feminist, Beef And Dairy Network, Griefcast and Swipe Left Swipe Left and over 100 hours of classic BBC comedy and drama newly available and only on BBC Sounds.īBC Director-General Tony Hall says: “Radio is a unique and precious part of our lives and we’re innovating to secure its future for generations to come.
The BBC has launched BBC Sounds, bringing together 80,000 hours of unmissable radio, music and podcasts, available live and on-demand in a personalised single app and website.
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