Netflix surge throws PM s green agenda in doubt, warns BT
Telecom giant complains it is footing the bill for video streaming power spikes as network providers push for net neutrality shake-up
23 May 2021 • 5:57pm
Soaring demand for video streaming could hamper Britain’s ambition to go carbon-neutral unless laws governing the internet are radically reformed, BT has warned.
Millions of consumers watching shows on Netflix, Amazon and YouTube are triggering sharp spikes in power demand, the broadband provider said in a filing with the telecoms watchdog Ofcom.
BT, the parent company of Openreach and EE, is calling on Ofcom to change rules that prevent it charging tech titans more for the amount of data they use, claiming that some of the world’s largest and wealthiest companies are responsible for the surge.
How senior BBC editors closed ranks to bring Martin Bashir in from the cold
‘Shades of the Kremlin’ in attempts by senior managers to distance themselves from scandal
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Martin Bashir cut a different figure on the stage of Celebrity X Factor. Under the gaze of Simon Cowell, the now disgraced journalist stumbled his way through a rendition of Nat King Cole s L-O-V-E. Putting a gloss on the performance, judge and former Pussycat Doll Nicole Sherzinger said: I feel we got to see a whole other side of you we have never seen before.
That was two years ago. With the publication of Lord Dyson’s report, which found he deployed “deceitful behaviour” to secure his interview with Princess Diana, those words now take on a greater meaning.
Reinvention needed for free sheets to deliver again
Papers that rely on cities are exploring new revenue sources after the hit from Covid, writes Ben Woods
22 May 2021 • 5:00am
During his maiden speech at the House of Lords earlier this month, Lord Lebedev provided a pithy appraisal of his time as a newspaper proprietor.
“I will be able to teach the House how to make a small fortune,” the
Evening Standard’s majority shareholder said.
“You start with a very large fortune, and then you buy a newspaper.
“Lord Thomson of Fleet is quoted as describing television as a licence to print money. Newspaper publishing also seems to me like printing money, but then giving it away outside Tube stations.”
Zhang Yiming said he lacked some of the skills of an ideal manager
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Zhang Yiming, co-founder of TikTok owner ByteDance, told employees of the Chinese technology giant in a memo that he will step down as chief executive, the company disclosed on Thursday.
He will be succeeded by co-founder Rubo Liang. The move, first reported by Reuters, represents the biggest corporate shake-up at ByteDance since its launch in 2012. The company grew to become a dominant social media force in China and turned TikTok into a global sensation.
Mr Zhang wrote that Mr Liang, who was Bytedance s head of human resources, had been an invaluable partner , advancing the company s technology and hiring and managing people. He added that he would work with Mr Liang over the next six months to ensure a smooth transition.