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Is BSkyB no longer the chosen one?

BSkyB look to now to of given up on the football rights which would include the premier league and the champions league. The reason for this is that the premier league has been the league in which has generated them their most success, as it has generated them the most funds. However BT sport have outbid Sky Sports in order to hold the rights of showing most of the premier league games, Also BT have landed the rights to show the group stage and the knockout stages of the champions league leaving sky with no access to provide any champions league games. This would then be seen as BskyB final days as without the premier league and champions league coverage it would look like they would lose alot of funding and also many subscribers as they would look to a BT subscription as it would be more beneficial for them. BSkyB released a statement which stated that they were not prepared to pay the amount in which the premier league were looking for to show the coverage of the league throughout the year. My view on this story would be that i can not understand the reason behind in which BskyB have decided not to fight and claim the rights to the premier and champions league and it is they largest source of income. I believe without this deal this may see BskyB to be living in their final days as most people would see this to be a suicidal move however, only time will tell. 

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Spotify says it's 'a matter of time' before it overtakes Apple's iTunes in Europe 

Spotify is an online music streaming website which allows you download and listen to music for free. It also allows you to download music to your devices free of charge. Spotify would be seen to be a free version of iTunes. iTunes is a apple music library in which apple users would buy music which would then sync to their music file on their phone.  Spotify has now gained the spotlight as they have now created a decline within the download sales over a short period time. Spofity have now received over 1 million users over the previous four months. Spotify have generated a income of £92.6 million over from their UK users itself, this was due to the 7 billion streaming of music which were taken place that year. This success that Spotify had received was in 2012. which they are now looking to become more popular then they were within 2012. my opinion on this story is that i believe in order for paid music stores such as iTunes could need to adapt their strategies in order to gain views such as Spotify receive. One way in which they may have to do this would be to provide their music for free, as they would then have to look for other ways in which they would make money from the system. 

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Netflix announces $1bn revenues and higher prices for new subscribers 

Netflix are an online streaming website which allow you to view movies and also TV shows. This story is about how Netlix have created a large increase in the subscriptions they have received therefore increasing their revenue by $1billion. However this increase is also due to the increase the company's increase they have set for new subscribers. Netflixs now hold over 48 million members worldwide. The prices for Netflix subscriptions have now increased from £6.99 to £7.99. However for the subscribers which have been present to Netflix from before the price increase will be giving the option of being able to keep £6.99 for two years.  Netflix have also announced that they have received a £53 million increase in turnover. Additionally my opinion on this story is I believe the reason in which Netflix are able to generate the amount of sales in which they do is due to them not having much competition. Netflix only receive competition from love film however from the view of the audience it would be seen that Netlix is the more used online streaming site. However I am not surprised with the success in which Netflix have received the reason for this would be that they are able to provide content in which others are unable to therefore making them unique. 

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Amazon strikes deal with HBO to stream The Sopranos and The Wire 

This story is about amazon who have struck a major deal with HBO in order to stream their shows through amazon instant. Amazon had previous brought online streaming site love film. Love film is a sight which is most famous for their movies in which they allow their audience to watch online or receive through the post. love films main online streaming rivals were netflixs who looked to be gaining more customers as their were able to reach a larger target market. This was first time in which Amazon were able to strike a deal with an online video provider allowing Amazon  instant to be able to play their shows online through their site. At this present moment Amazon instant only hold the rights to show The Sopranos and The Wire, However they are looking to expand the subscriptions which would allow them access to stream more of HBO shows. At this present moment the rights of HBO mainly belong with BskyB with Amazon coming out and stating that nothing is final yet and they have not decided to move in to bid for more rights of the shows. In my opinion this would be a beneficial move for Amazon. The reason for this due to their competition with Netflix they need to be able to provide something in which would attract their target market. The way in which they would be able to do this would be to gain the rights of shows in which the public would be interested in and would want them to subscribe to them. I also believe that online streaming is becoming more and more popular therefore this could be beneficial to the audience as they would then not have to pay a high subscription bill for TV, also it would be more flexible for the audience as they would be able to access the shows in more way then one. 

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Lenny Henry campaign: back TV diversity or we'll boycott licence fee 

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/23/lenny-henry-campaign-tv-diversity-licence-fee

This story  is about how the media institutions have a majority of white race working for then. Therefore this had then to a figure of television inside of Lenny Henry in which he is now attempting to get the attention of these intuitions in order to create an awareness of this matter which he would hoping it would lead to action being taken place on the matter. The way in which he has had taken this role on has been through attempting to create a petition. The reason in which why he had been blown into the attention was due to Lenny Henry's beliefs that the media institutions was dominated by the whites therefore him trying to open the path for more Blacks and Asians to be apart of television. Some could see this campaign to be serious and be taking to extreme levels in order for the law to be changed allowing more Asians and Black to be apart of TV. This reason for this would be that they have already stated that if the petitions is not seen to be taken into consideration the first step they will take will be to boycott the TV licence. How Lenny Henry had brought this issue to the public first was by creating an email address in which he sent out in order to receive feedback. due to the increase of new and digital media in order for Lenny Henry to be enable himself to get though to his target audience the easiest way for this would be through the internet due to the impact it can have of how fast the news will be able to travel. My view of this story would be that i believe that it would be a good idea allowing more Asians and Blacks into television the reason for this it would then decrease the amount of stereotyping in which takes place through the media. I also believe in order for Lenny Henry's petition to gain attention through the media using new and digital media would allow this as, it would travel fast therefore making it a trend. 

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Newspaper ill-advised to let police post their own online story 

Torquay Herald Express newspaper have produced a conducted something which is unusual and does not tend to happen very often or ever. The local newspaper have allowed their local police force to write their own piece in their newspaper. The section is labelled who is this man? The reason they have allowed this is due to a fan who has stolen a canvas bad from a library which was left on the floor and unattended to while the owners had not been around. The newspaper and the local police see this as a “historical event.” Mt view on this story is that I believe that if the bag was stolen from the library it would have made more sense to me if someone who was present in the library at the time to right the story as, they would have a full insight on the story. I believe that this was done in an act of creating history by having the first amateur which was present within the police to write a story in the newspaper rather, than them doing this in order to help with the police investigation.