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Barb: 54% of all YouTube viewing in the UK is on a TV set across all demographics, making the streaming platform a "significant part of the UK's AV ecosystem" (K.J. Yossman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/youtube-televis…

Over Half U.K. Audiences Watch YouTube Via TV Set, According to Barb
Barb's latest viewing habits report showed that 54% of YouTube viewing is done via a TV set.

The legendary video of Billy Connolly's bit, "The Demands" was actually about his relationship with his audiences.
It however became the business anthem about cynical, transactional customers that treat partners & vendors as adversaries.
#billyconnolly #thedemands

Fun fact: Dubioza Kolektiv’s entire discography is available on Bandcamp for a “name your price” download, yes, even for $0 DRM-Free.
"What do you get when you mix infectious positivity and raw energy with ska, punk, reggae, electronic and hip-hop influences? You get Dubioza Kolektiv, a must see live act praised by audiences all around the world. They toured and continue touring tirelessly, leaving a trail of adrenaline and good vibes behind."

lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @…! https://

"Plötzlich Wissen!" ist ein guerilla #WissKomm Projekt von Dr. Julia Schnetzer, Inga Marie Ramcke und mir, gestartet in 2017 (Wissenschaftsjahr 2016*17 Meere und Ozeane), das sich zur Pandemie auf online verlegen musste, einiges hin & her hinter sich hat und immernoch läuft. Heute kam unser Paper darüber raus, im Journal of Science Communication, Sonderedition "

Three scientists walk into a bar... Approaching new audiences for informal science communication: the project “Plötzlich Wissen!” (Sudden Knowledge!)
Sudden Knowledge! (Plötzlich Wissen!), a science communication format established throughour own initiative as scientists, implemented science communication in a spontaneousconversational setting. It combined elements of guerilla science/street science, science buskingand pub science events. Between 2017 and 2020 the

lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @…! https://

Everyday Greatness
Cuts through the defining noise that distracts people in today's society, and reassures audiences that just rolling your sleeves up and doing what needs to be done without a fuss is a life to be proud of...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com…

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/07/jd-vance-boos-winter-olympics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
#censorship

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

NYT's Zach Seward details the "Manosphere Report", an in-house LLM-powered tool that summarizes new episodes from about 80 podcasts with largely male audiences (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-the-

How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the “manosphere”
The daily podcast round-up is just one way the Times is adopting in-house AI transcription and summarization tools.

"Except for viewers in the US"
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/07/jd-vance-boos-winter-olympics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

"...the scams perpetrated during the Corbyn period by Labour Together, CCDH and its sock-puppet ‘Stop Funding Fake News’ (SFFN) to topple Corbyn and install Starmer in his stead, have led directly to the burgeoning police state Starmer is building against the people of this country, their rights and their freedoms, all to protect Israel and its interests."
Starmer's attempt to destroy Corbyn reaches US

Starmer's Corbyn smear accusations FINALLY go global with US coverage
Starmer's attempt to bring down Corbyn was notably investigated in The Fraud - which is now making its way over to American audiences

A great lesson about audiences/customers.
▶️ Steven He: My YouTube Channel Dropped 80% And It Changed My Mindset
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KPi4LmmGdjo&si=FOeFmeaNtRezXa_d

I pray for the devs of browser extensions that have active audiences, shits gotta be exhausting.

Analysis: YouTube's top conservative podcasters drive a boom in host-read ads targeting right-wing audiences; nearly 91% of 876 episodes had political ads (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-conservative-youtube-stars-marketing-boom/

Cable TV networks canceling daytime talk show staples The Kelly Clarkson Show and Sherri show how they are now struggling to compete with video podcasts (The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news…

Talk Is Cheap, Talk Shows Are Not: Daytime TV’s Big Problem
Sky-high production costs and waning audiences are pushing hosts off the dial. Video podcasts may be the final blow to the format.

Feeling a bit excited to be sitting in on an online EU event featuring Mastodon's Philip Schroepel [@…] - about building sovereign digital public spaces - a key issue at this time.

BBC Director General Tim Davie says the broadcaster will stay on X to try to counteract a flood of global misinformation, despite pressure to leave (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan

URL Media, a network of community publishers that serve BIPOC audiences, receives a three-year, $5M Knight Foundation grant as it works to expand partnerships (URL Media)
https://url-media.com/url-media-secures-5-million-knight-foundation-grant/

URL Media Secures $5 Million Knight Foundation Grant to Build Unprecedented Sustainable Infrastructure for Community Media
Three-Year Grant Fuels Critical Infrastructure and Network Growth from 37 to 100 Publisher Partners Plus 250 Creators and Trusted Messengers to Reach 50 Million People in all 50 States by 2028.

Nielsen: The most-watched Christmas NFL game was Netflix's Lions-Vikings, with 27.5M live plus same-day US viewers; Prime Video's Chiefs vs. Broncos drew 21.06M (Katie Campione/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/christmas-2025-n…

Netflix’s Lions-Vikings Leads NFL Christmas Day Audiences; Prime Video Trails With Chiefs-Broncos But Sets ‘Thursday Night Football’ Record
Netflix had the largest audience for this year's Christmas Day NFL matchups, and Prime Video still set a record despite trailing

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ComposerOfTheWeek #COTW
- Icons of British Light Music
Donald Macleod explores how light music emerged from the theatre pits of late-19th-century Britain and began to find audiences in concert halls, music halls and at home.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pv1g

The UK's Channel 4 reports streaming minutes up 14% YoY in 2025 to 69B, with total individual audience up 2% YoY; the average viewer streamed 1,000 minutes (Advanced Television)
https://www.advanced-television.com/2025/12/22/channel-4-streaming-…

Channel 4: Streaming viewing up 14% in 2025
Channel 4 has revealed a snapshot of the nation’s viewing habits for 2025, in a roundup of facts that reveal how audiences spent their time in front of the sc

Analysis: YouTube's top conservative podcasters are driving a boom in host-read ads targeting right-wing audiences; nearly 91% of 876 episodes had political ads (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-conservative-youtube-stars-marketing-boo…