Tom Jones' Sacking Statement, Seven Up Ending and Channel 4’s Huge Cuts

TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville discuss Sir Tom Jones’s shock exit from The Voice UK, Channel 4’s plan to cut around 300 jobs, allegations that some LG smart TVs can capture audio in standby mode, the end of Seven Up, and ITV’s new I’m a Celebrity…The Wild Frontier spin-off.

In this episode:

•Why Sir Tom Jones says ITV removed him from The Voice UK

•Channel 4’s proposed 300+ job cuts and the financial pressures facing the broadcaster

•How YouTube is competing with traditional television for audiences, advertising and attention

•The remarkable legacy of Seven Up and why the Up series is ending with 70 Up

•Why Asif Kapadia is directing the final instalments of the landmark ITV documentary

•What researchers allege about microphone capture, network scanning and standby audio on some LG smart TVs

•ITV’s expansion of the I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! universe

•Whether spin-offs make successful formats stronger or less special

•PLUS: Celebrity Traitors, Strictly Come Dancing, and more!

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