Are Freeview's days numbered?

Are Freeview's days numbered? Sam Sharps, Chief Executive of The Connection Project, walks us through the Government's Media Green Paper.

Also on the show: Fox is acquiring Roku for $22bn. Journalist Kate Bulkley on what Lachlan Murdoch is really buying.

All that plus: the Edinburgh TV Festival becomes the Manchester TV Festival, Sky edges closer to buying ITV’s channels… and, in The Audio Network Media Quiz, we head into the laboratory.

That’s all happening in this edition of The Media Club. Come on in!

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Government green paper sets out plan to switch off terrestrial TV

DTT switch-off plans raise concerns for radio

Fox is buying Roku in a $22 billion deal

Edinburgh TV Festival to move to Greater Manchester

Time and Axios turn AI prominence into advertising revenue

BBC to test news channel on YouTube

Universal Ads launches in the UK

Kyle Sandilands reaches settlement with ARN

Piers Morgan backed by Liz Murdoch in $27m raise

UK couple reacquire Lake FM in New York

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