What Ofcom’s Licence Renewal Means for Channel 4

Ofcom’s renewal of Channel 4’s public service broadcast licence for the next decade couldn’t have come at a more pivotal time for the broadcaster. With the growing dominance of native streamers like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and even YouTube as a free ad-supported (AVoD) competitor, the media landscape has fundamentally shifted. These platforms, which have the […]

Medialab’s Response to Ofcom’s Media Nations Report 2024

Ofcom’s Media Nations Report is always a fascinating read and their analysis is second to none. The fragmentation within TV that has been evolving over the last few years shows no signs of decline, but it would seem we are now in a relative period of stability.     Given the depth of analysis within the […]

Focus on Effectiveness to benefit from the evolving Video landscape

Medialab’s response to Ofcom’s Media Nations Report, 2023. There are many headlines emanating from Ofcom’s latest Communication Report, mostly centered around declining viewing of Broadcast / Linear TV from older audiences. On the back of ITV’s challenging H1 results last week it makes for difficult reading in some parts. What is not surprising to see […]

Key Points from the 2019 Ofcom Media Nations Report

Ofcom’s second annual Media Nations report was published earlier this month reviewing key TV, audio and online video sectors and we’ve highlighted the key findings below so you don’t have to read the whole thing! TV ·         The UK becomes a nation of streamers – Just under half (47%) of UK households subscribe to online […]