The Media Club · 10 May 2024 · 43 min
Where Now For Disney+? Plus awards fever from BAFTAs & ARIAs
- BAFTA TV Awards 2024
- Disney+ Strategy
- Sky Sports 3pm Football
- Google Algorithm Changes
- Eurovision Controversy
- ARIAs Awards
- Local Radio
- Continuity Announcers
In this episode of The Media Club, host Matt Deegan is joined by broadcaster Alex Zane and media writer Caroline Frost to discuss the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards, the winners of the ARIAs, and recent media news. They analyse Disney's strategic shift towards quality over quantity, Sky Sports' decision to broadcast 3pm football matches, and the impact of Google's algorithm changes on news publishers. The conversation also covers the Eurovision Song Contest's political controversies, the state of local radio, and the future of continuity announcers. The episode concludes with a media quiz segment titled 'Does It Float?'.
Key takeaways
- The BAFTA TV Awards are this weekend, with Happy Valley, Succession, and The Crown among the frontrunners.
- Disney is shifting strategy to focus on quality over quantity, reducing Marvel output to two films and two TV shows per year.
- Sky Sports will broadcast 3pm football matches for the first time, increasing its football coverage by half.
- Google's March algorithm update has caused significant traffic drops for many news publishers, though some like iNews have bucked the trend.
- The BBC Asian Network won Station of the Year at the ARIAs, and National Prison Radio also performed well.
In this episode
- News in Brief
- BAFTA TV Awards Preview
- Disney+ Strategy
- Sky Sports 3pm Football
- Google Algorithm Changes
- ARIAs Awards
- Eurovision Controversy
- Media Quiz: Does It Float?
Notable quotes
“I have always thought ever since the internet was born, no, ever since I, gosh, 20 years ago now, living in Australia and Rupert Murdoch discovered the internet and decreed that there was to be a website to go with his tabloid newspaper in Melbourne. I have always said you need to build the brand and people will come.”
“I honestly don't think that's the case. I think it's bad movie fatigue. I think if you make these movies and you make them well, people will go and see them.”
“I do think, I mean, you know, just to champion the medium once more, I do think of all the mediums, there's an intimacy to radio between listener and broadcaster that exists in no other medium.”
Discussed
Disney+ · Sky Sports · Google
Mentioned or recommended
- BAFTA TV Awards 2024
- ARIAs 2024
- Eurovision Song Contest 2024
- Happy Valley
- Succession
- The Crown
- The Reckoning
- The Sixth Commandment
- Top Boy
- The Lazarus Project
- Black Mirror
- Demon 79
- Squid Game: The Challenge
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Eternals
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Bluey
- Doctor Who
- The Beatles: Get Back
- Bon Jovi documentary
- Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
- Countdown to the BAFTAs
- The Two Mats
- Beginning, Middle and End
- Tim's Listening Party
- The Code
- Windows95man
- ABBA Voyage
- 24 Hours in A&E
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
- Baby Reindeer
