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Good article from Graham Fisher of Broadcast 2040 in this week's Big Issue
Why Freeview should not be switched off.
See also,
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Source: Microsoft is in talks to design future custom chips with Broadcom, which would involve Microsoft switching its business from Marvell (Abram Brown/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/microsoft-discusses-custom-chips-broadcom

Microsoft Discusses Custom Chips With Broadcom
Microsoft is in talks to design future custom chips with Broadcom, which would involve Microsoft switching its business from Marvell, another maker of custom chips, according to one person involved in the discussions. Those discussions come amid intense demand for such chips as companies like Microsoft race to acquire more semiconductors and increase their AI products. Nvidia lords over the

Patentstreit: Münchner Gericht untersagt Renault Verkauf von Clio und Mégane
Der Autobauer verletze ein Patent von Broadcom. Renault hat bereits angekündigt, gegen das Urteil vorgehen zu wollen.

Construction on the Vincent Thomas Bridge near the Port of Los Angeles is slated to begin next month,
but the project will not include a 26-foot bridge hoist that port officials were hoping for.
Port Executive Director Gene Seroka proposed raising the bridge earlier this year amid existing plans from the California Department of Transportation to re-deck the emerald green overpass connecting San Pedro to Terminal Island and Long Beach.
Raising the bridge would allow larger,…

Germany is set to introduce an investment commitment obliging streaming services and TV broadcasters to spend 8% of their German revenue on local content (Leo Barraclough/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/global/germany-investm…

Germany to Impose Investment Commitment on Streamers, Broadcasters
The German government is set to introduce an investment commitment on streaming platforms and TV broadcasters.

Feeling chirpy: how listening to birdsong can boost your wellbeing https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/04/feeling-chirpy-how-listening-to-birdsong-can-boost-your-wellbeing

Sonny Jurgensen, Hall of Fame quarterback and beloved broadcaster, dies at 91 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7027230/2026/02/06/sonny-jurgensen-death-nfl-quarterback-broadcaster/

From Translink
Pattullo Bridge closed southbound for one night
Closure needed for sign installation work on King George Boulevard
The Pattullo Bridge will be closed southbound into Surrey for one night, because of ongoing construction work for the stalΕəwΓasəm Bridge. The directional closure will take place overnight from 9 p.m. on Thursday, January 8 until 5 a.m. on Friday, January 9.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye (Liz Dye/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shuts-down
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p25#a260107p25

US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by ⭐️a chorus of boos
when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympicsin Milan on Friday,
🔥although American viewers watching NBC’s coverage would have been unaware of the reception.
The reaction was shown on Canadian broadcaster CBC’s feed, with one commentator saying: “There is the vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha
– oops, those are not … uh … those are a lot of boos for him.
Whistling, jeering, s…