{"id":117216,"date":"2018-08-24T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=117216"},"modified":"2018-08-24T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:58:07","slug":"five-things-bdc-netflix-dec-brexit-and-fabricant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/five-things-bdc-netflix-dec-brexit-and-fabricant\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things: BDC, Netflix, Dec, Brexit and Fabricant"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s five things includes the Corbyn\u2019s proposal for a BDC, Netflix acquiring the rights to the Bake Off, the new Ant, pick your own Brexit and Michael Fabricant in a whipping.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. BDC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Corbyn\"<\/p>\n

The Edinburgh International Television Festival is on at the moment, which always throws up a multitude of gems. For example, Ian Katz, director of programmes at Channel 4, today revealed that Sacha Baron Cohen\u2019s Who Is America? is the first Channel 4 series to have a bigger audience on All4 than live TV.<\/p>\n

However, the story from the festival that has grabbed all the headlines is Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s Alternative McTaggart lecture. The leader of the opposition used his speech to propose a British Digital Corporation (BDC), that would, as reported by The Guardian<\/a>, \u2018commission online TV, offer easy access to archive material held by public sector institutions and operate a social networking arm that could play a role in direct democracy\u2019.<\/p>\n

While his full speech explains some of the functions of the BDC, it\u2019s unclear how it would be funded to compete with the likes of Facebook, Google, Amazon or Netflix (all would be direct competitors), nor how it would be different from the BBC (which presumably it would be sharing the licence fee with, or perhaps the aim is to replace the broadcaster).<\/p>\n

The BDC is not Labour policy but the leadership is committed to the proposals as part of its plans to reform the media.<\/p>\n

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2. The Great British Baking Show<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"GBBO\"<\/p>\n

Netflix has acquired the rights to air the Great British Bake Off in the US. The streaming giant will show last year\u2019s series (the first from Channel 4) on 31 August, with this year\u2019s series showing later this year. It has also secured the rights to a third future series, which will stream next year.<\/p>\n

The show will be streamed under the title \u2018The Great British Baking Show\u2019, which is what it is known as in the US. The previous BBC series aired on PBS.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be honest, this story is included so I can remind everyone that this year\u2019s Bake Off starts on Tuesday. Exciting.<\/p>\n

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3. ? and Dec<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ant<\/p>\n

Ant McPartlin will not feature on the next series of I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here, as he is recovering from his addiction to prescription drugs. While it had been assumed Dec would be presenting the show alone, Kevin Lygo \u2013 director of programmes at ITV \u2013 has revealed at the Edinburgh TV festival that Ant will be replaced.<\/p>\n

Different outlets are suggesting different presenters are favourite to fill the space, with Scarlett Moffat and Holly Willoughby the most likely frontrunners and David Walliams, Vicky Pattinson, Philip Scofield and Cat Deeley also in the mix.<\/p>\n

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4. Bloomberg\u2019s Pick Your own Brexit game<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Brexit\"<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to write a great deal about this, you really have to play it. Bloomberg has created a choose your own adventure game with two options for each round. Your aim? To get a Brexit outcome, whether that\u2019s hard, soft or not at all.<\/p>\n

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5. Michael Fabricant\u2019s whipping<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

Michael Fabricant MP \u2018hit\u2019 the headlines after publishing a video explaining what the Government Whips are and do. Above is a picture of him whipping someone with a shoe horn. Below is the full video:
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