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| Young people spend more time online than watching television, and Netflix is more popular than conventional channels, according to a survey. | |
| Media | BBC News - 26th January 2016 |
| War Room, the Christian family drama film, has surprised the box office by grossing $11.4 million on its opening weekend. The film was made for $3.5 million with virtually unknown actors and has beaten rival films such as No Escape, an action flick with Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan. | |
| Media | Bible Society - 4th September 2015 |
| The National Association of Head Teachers polled parents on the watershed and 96% of them thought the rules were being broken. Ofcom also canvassed viewers on their experience of watching television and found that the number of viewers upset by too much sex, violence and swearing on television had fallen sharply; five years ago 55% of viewers thought there was excessive violence but this has now fallen to 35%. Five years ago 35% thought there was too much sex on television but this has now fallen to 26% and whilst 53% were concerned about the amount of swearing broadcast five years ago, now only 35% are concerned. | |
| Media | Media Watch UK - Autumn 2014 |
| Mediawatch-UK has commissioned research looking into the state of the British media. Everyone surveyed reported viewing inappropriate content before the watershed including: violence, sexual activity, racism and offensive language. However, only 26% had actually done anything to express their dissatisfaction because they did not feel their voices are being heeded when they complain. The highest percentage of complaints was made about sexual activity (47%), followed by offensive language (38%), violence (36%) and inappropriate adult issues such as drug taking, gambling etc (34%), all shown before the watershed. 49% of those who felt most strongly about sexual activity being screened before the watershed were 25-34 year olds and the third highest percentage of those who were against violence being shown before 9pm were 16 to 24 year olds (36%). | |
| Media | Media Watch UK - Autumn 2014 |
| The BBC’s decision to merge religion with science, history and business under a new head of ‘factual’ programming has been criticized by religious leaders. They say it ‘could not have come at a worse time’ in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo atrocity. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph the leaders said: ‘From religious efforts at tackling Ebola in West Africa, to the interfaith solidarity that has so far helped prevent the horrors of France being imported to these shores, religion remains a force for change at home and abroad. Religious literacy is essential to the diversity we treasure in Britain – and a tonic to the extremism and intolerance that threaten it.’ | |
| Media | Bible Society - 6th February 2015 |
| Ewan McGregor plays Jesus and the Devil in a new film called Last Days in the Desert, and said he didn't think the film would be controversial. ‘I thought, Okay, he's a man who's struggling to communicate with his dad. I felt actually the pressure come off myself. I'm not playing Jesus; I'm playing a man whose dad is God and he's trying to speak to his dad. It's really a film about the relationship between fathers and their sons.’ | |
| Media | Bible Society - 12th December 2014 |
| According to a new survey by Mediawatch-UK 100% of people surveyed had viewed inappropriate content before the watershed, including: violence, sexual activity, racism and offensive language. When respondents were asked whether inappropriate content might have an effect on people’s behaviour, 94% believed that it could. But only 26% of those had actually done anything to express their dissatisfaction. | |
| Media | Mediawatch-UK - 15th October 2014 |
| Research by American Insights has found that 62% of Faith Driven Consumers would watch at least three additional hours of TV or movies weekly if there were more faith-friendly options, 55% say there are not enough options in the marketplace, and nearly 40% say lack of family-friendly options prevents them from going to the movies more often. | |
| Media | Faith Driven Consumer - 7th October 2014 |
| BBC director-general Tony Hall has warned he cannot rule out more cuts as he confirmed digital channel BBC3 is moving online to save £50 million a year. The channel will be replaced with a BBC1 +1 service and an extra hour of children’s programmes and some of its existing shows will be shown on BBC1 and BBC2. Tens of thousands of viewers have signed a petition opposing the move. | |
| Media | The Sentinel, March 7, 2014 |
| While an amazing 88% of American homes own a Bible, more and more are switching to the internet, Smartphones and iPads to read God’s word, according to a sweeping new survey of Bible use, it was reported in September. In their latest survey of Bible use, the American Bible Society finds that 41% of Americans used the internet to read the Bible on a computer. Some 29% said they searched Bible verses on a Smartphone, and 17% said they read an electronic version of the Bible on a Kindle or iPad. | |
| Media | Evangelicals Now, October 2013 |
| The Bible could be jettisoned by the BBC’s popular radio show, Desert Island Discs, according to an internal source, it was reported in early September. According to a report in The Independent, a BBC source said that there have been discussions about whether to end the presumption about the Bible being taken to the ‘island’ after more than 70 years on the show. The BBC have denied any plans. | |
| Media | Evangelicals Now, October 2013 |
| The BBC could face a cut in the licence fee or even have to compete with other broadcasters for a share of the money unless it rebuilds public trust and becomes more transparent, a senior Conservative minister has suggested. Tory chairman Grant Shapps said the BBC must tackle a culture of secrecy and waste in the wake of the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall scandals and rows over stars’ salaries and executives’ pay-offs. | |
| Media | The Sentinel, October 23, 2013 |
| The repeated stereotyping of dads as ‘lazy or stupid’ on TV shows, adverts and in books has been criticised by a new survey, it was reported in mid-June. Online parents group, Netmums, quizzed 2,000 people and nine out of ten said the portrayal of dads was flawed. Almost half of parents polled slammed books, adverts and children’s TV shows like Peppa Pig, The Simpsons and the Flintstones which shows dads as lazy and stupid. Almost a third of parents claimed there is a very subtle form of discrimination against dads. A further 18% were more strident, saying it makes children believe that dads are useless from an early age and there would be an outcry if it was done against mums. | |
| Media | Evangelicals Now, August 2013 |
| Mobile traffic to Just Giving’s website overtook traffic from desktop devices for the first time during the London Marathon, with donations from mobile devices topping £300,000 on the day. 58 per cent of traffic came from mobile devices and 20 per cent came from Facebook’s mobile apps. Some 1,700 runners signed up for JustTextGiving through which 12,000 text donations were made. | |
| Media | Fundraising - May 2013 |
| Manufacturers of smartphones are being asked to incorporate "kill switch" technology in their mobiles to tackle a rise in thefts. Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has told firms that it should be possible to make stolen handsets "inoperable" to prevent them being used or sold once taken. In a letter to eight companies, including Apple, Samsung and Google, he said manufacturers had a "corporate responsibility" to help tackle thefts. | |
| Media | Sunday Telegraph 21.07.2013 |
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