Thirty-thousand tweets will have been published.
Three million Facebook updates will have been made.
During the biblical flood, the world was supposedly overflowing with water; today we are drowning in gigabytes.
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lucy FrazerJames Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)
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But the laws governing broadcasting have not been part of this technological revolution.
Theyve remained relatively static.
And the value they produce has extended way beyond their own streaming offerings and onto those of other platforms.
The results were remarkable.
Some 510 million streams in the first quarter of 2022.
That is almost a third of what Netflixs own original content attracted over the same period.
So today that is what we are creating, with a new draft Media Bill.
The Bill will also benefit the millions of radio listeners in this country.
Around 40 years ago, I was hooked on Channel 4 dramaBrookside.
