Digital Story of the Week
Buzzfeed is reportedly planning to use artificial intelligence to personalise and enhance its online quizzes and content, the company announced last week. They will reportedly use technology from the company OpenAI for its content, the company also behind ChatGPT. The news sent BuzzFeed stock surging as much as 157%. Buzzfeed is not the first journalism platform to use AI, Tech website CNET has reportedly been using an AI tool to generate articles that are later scanned by human editors for accuracy before publication.
Streaming Story of the Week
Streaming platforms, Netflix, Disney Plus and Amazon will be subject to Australian content quotas from mid-2024, requiring the video streaming services to invest in local productions. Details of the new policy are still to be negotiated with the Australian film and television sector, but the rules would bring the streaming sector in line with free-to-air networks which are already subject to local content quotas. The government wants to have the policy details ironed out by the middle of the year before introducing legislation later in the year, and the policy in place by June 2024.
TV Story of the Week
ITV coverage of Love Island and World Cup has broken channel streaming records. Love Islands Streams grew by 30% on 2021, while World Cup streams beat the BBC’s coverage. Love Island and the World Cup racked up more than 300 million streams in 2022 the broadcaster claims. ITV reported 146 million streams for its World Cup coverage of 34 games, exceeding the 92 million streams the BBC clocked up in its 33 matches. The most streamed match was England V France in the quarter final, which recorded 15.4 million streams via the broadcaster’s new streaming platform ITVX.
Radio Story of the Week
The latest RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research) figures have dropped revealing listening trends for Q4 of 2022. A weekly audience of 50 million people, saw a significant 89% of the UK population tuning in. Commercial radio continues to attract more listeners than the BBC with Global remaining the largest commercial radio operator. Q4 also saw Ken Bruce become the latest high profile BBC presenter to leave and join commercial radio. Nationally, Heart Network was the highest reaching radio brand with 10.85m listeners per week. The Capital Network saw growth in Q4 with an additional 3% listeners, reaching a total of 5.9m per week.