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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 10h

Very good point on how TV ratings are these days

Sophie Petzal @sonicscrewup.bsky.social · 10h

Low 2s are the new normal. They go down every year. Last year normal was high 2s low 3s and so on. Viewing figures for broadcast tv drama are dropping all round consistently. 28 day consolidated figures are more useful these days.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 12h

God there are some shows I wish were out weekly and not released as box sets.

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Scott Reid @ascottreid.bsky.social · 14h

Hearing different reports on whether there will still be a vote or not, but the key thing here is that the vote on whether Israel will take part in Eurovision scheduled for November doesn't appear to be happening any more.

ESC Discord @escdiscord.com · 14h

🚨 The vote to determine Israel's participation in #Eurovision 2026 will no longer take place in November, the EBU has confirmed today.

Instead, an "open and in-person discussion" will take place at the EBU General Assembly in December. No vote is currently planned.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 13h

cannot wait to watch apple tv on my apple tv on my apple tv

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 13h

once wrote about this very thing www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-ma...

Scott Bryan: continuity announcers are television’s unsung heroes

The role could be at risk in the age of streaming, but their empathetic and skilful contributions would be sorely missed

www.broadcastnow.co.uk

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13h

I turned on actual telly the other day and was weirdly moved by the continuity announcer. I'd forgotten that, and how much less alone it made you feel.

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 15h

spoke to the guardian about why there's still a future in linear yet

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 17h

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

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Binks @binkles.bsky.social · 14h

FREElance

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 14h

i ended my email 'if you are paying the place to host the event, why not pay the person doing the event'

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 14h

I offer to help out for charities where I can, as well as mentoring schemes.

but the nerve to ask a freelancer to cover a Q&A event, with all the prep that it entails, for free is ... wild to me.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 14h

just been asked to host another event – for free.

i am freelance and I have bills to pay.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 15h

spoke to the guardian about why there's still a future in linear yet

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 17h

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark

www.theguardian.com

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 16h

Website. Payment has charged card twice. They keep sending me terrible unsolicited marketing phone calls as well.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 16h

IONOS is the worst company possible my word. please avoid.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 21h

Due to rolling news, Must Watch will be on Tuesday at 1pm on BBC Radio 5 Live and podcast on BBC Sounds.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 3d

Ten years ago this week

www.buzzfeed.com/scottybryan/...

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 3d

“MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will all stop broadcasting after 31 December, the BBC understands.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK

The broadcaster will stop showing music videos in December, but its main channel will remain on air.

www.bbc.com

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 4d

*phone rings*

“Hi Scott. It’s Scott. From BBC Radio Scotland.”

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 4d

Not long after the Disney+ / ITV deal. Broadcasters now realising that collaboration rather than just competition is a way to survive.

TV Zone @tvzoneuk.bsky.social · 4d

Channel 4 and UKTV announce ground-breaking deal to carry UKTV’s U service on Channel 4. More details:

www.tvzoneuk.com/post/channel...

CHANNEL 4 TO CARRY UKTV STREAMING SERVICE 'U' IN NEW MULTI-YEAR DEAL

Channel 4 and UKTV today announced a multi-year carriage agreement that will offer audiences thousands of hours of free, unmissable and bingeable British content from UKTV’s U service on Channel 4 str...

www.tvzoneuk.com

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uppergwladysblu.bsky.social @uppergwladysblu.bsky.social · 4d

That’s excellent ‘live’ tv numbers for 2025. The figure will be circa 9-10m when iPlayer & 7 day catch up figures are included.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 4d

This is the overnight figure. The civilian series ended up getting over 10 million including iPlayer so reckon this will do the same, even exceeding it.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 4d

6.1 million people watched #TheCelebrityTraitors, up a million since the civilian series in January.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 5d

Not revealing anything today was BLOODY HARD but we got through it Jesus Christ

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 5d

WHAT AN EPISODE.

Top tier television. Top tier cast.

We are so very lucky. #CelebrityTraitors

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 5d

Just a reminder that Clare Balding presented all of the Olympics and Paralympics #CelebrityTraitors

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 5d

God I love Tameka #CelebrityTraitors

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