The media was also taken in with numerous stories appearing, including on the
Lord Hall tells me: "Our lives will be enriched by having not only what the streamers can offer, but also what the public service broadcasters can bring. It's unthinkable not to build on what the BBC and others can deliver".Sir Peter Bazalgette predicts that, "Small doesn't cut it," adding that, "The winners will have to be big enough to [both] afford high end dramas for winning subscribers and maintain large back catalogues to keep subscribers happy."
He says we now live in "the 'martini' streaming age - any time, any place, anywhere".The question is whether the leaders of the public service broadcasters can forge the right plan to safeguard their industry in that age.A Jersey artist says it is "heartbreaking" to witness the impact images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are having on the island's creative sector.
Abi Overland has spoken out on the issue on social media after seeing people share images as part of online trends.She is concerned how the technology could infringe on copyright, stop creatives from getting work and what it could mean for those looking to enter the industry.
Her warning comes as
over its Data (Use and Access) Bill, demanding more protection from AI for artists and musicians.South Africa's police minister was forced to visit to try to bring calm, with protests from Afrikaners mirrored by claims from some members of the local black community of mistreatment by white farmers.
Amid it all, Mr Collyer tells me that despite the misleading use of the video of his family's memorial, he is pleased that President Trump is highlighting attacks on white farmers."The whole procession was to raise international media coverage of the whole thing," he reflects. "And for them to understand what we're actually going through and the lives that we have to live here at the moment in South Africa.
"A person has to go into a house before dark, you're living behind electric fences. That's the life we're living at the moment and you don't want to live a life like that."His fears would chime with many, of all races, in a country which suffered more than 26,000 murders last year. The vast majority of victims are black, according to security experts.