Ray Snoddy
Raymond Snoddy is a freelance journalist who presented the BBC Television accountability programme Newswatch for eight years from 2004 and writes regularly for a variety of publications after being media editor of The Times for seven years. Before moving to The Times he was a reporter on the Financial Times for 19 years writing mainly about media and communication issues. Snoddy presented television series on the media, Hard News on Channel 4 and Media Monthly on Sky News and has made documentaries for radio and television.
Industry Trends2020 in review: Public service broadcasters
While coronavirus may have boosted viewing figures for public service broadcasters, the cancellation of live events and disruption to production on top of the ongoing threat posed by streaming giants and hostile governments combined to make 2020 a challenging year.
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Public service broadcasters: Encouraging diversity
European broadcasters are facing increasing pressures to promote equality across top jobs. But are they doing enough?
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Public service broadcasters need to find the R&D “sweetspot”
Under increasing pressure from OTTs, R&D is more important than ever says the BBC’s Matthew Postgate and the EBU’s Antonio Arcidiacono.
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Public service media: Trust in news
Public service news is facing increasing pressures from politicians to declining audiences and attacks on impartiality. But is it all doom and gloom? – Raymond Snoddy investigates.
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Britbox: ‘Too little, too late?’
Can the streaming service planned by the BBC and ITV compete with the might of Netflix and Amazon, plus upcoming offerings from Apple, Disney and AT&T?
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The scourge of piracy and 5G’s ‘killer app’
IBC2018: With content hailed as the ‘killer app’ for 5G, further consolidation between telcos and media firms is inevitable, attendees of the Telco & Media Innovation Forum were told.
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Broadcasters are ‘particular targets’ for hackers
IBC2018: “Brutally frank conversations” are needed inside broadcasting organisations about the scale of the cyber security threat they all face, lBC’s Cyber Security Forum hears.
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Disruption is only going to get worse
IBC2018: Netflix and YouTube employ thousands of engineers, giving them a huge technical advantage over public service broadcasting rivals
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News: Keeping it real
The rise of unreliable information on the internet has raised issues of trust and distrust for the media throughout the developed world - and is a subject that will be examined in detail at IBC2018 in Amsterdam.
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Can Disney catch up with Netflix?
Disney launches its own OTT service next year into a market where Netflix has spent its way to the top. Will Disney’s offer be too little too late to catch up? Or is there room for another big OTT player?
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The crown jewels of live broadcast
Large live events, particularly royal ones, have always been at the forefront of driving television technology in the UK and the latest royal wedding is no exception.
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Analysis: Comcast, Disney and the ongoing battle for Sky
The unfolding drama involving three of the world’s largest media groups has all the ingredients of an Oscar-winning script, writes Ray Snoddy.
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Broadcasters unite to sell pan-European ad packages
TV Fights Back: The European Broadcaster Exchange is the first significant move by leading European commercial broadcasters against Google and Facebook’s dominance in the online advertising market.
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UK broadcasters combine to battle Facebook and Google
TV Fights Back: The UK’s leading commercial broadcasters have joined forces to extol the virtues of television to media planners in a bid to challenge the digital newcomers, writes Ray Snoddy.
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Brexit: What leaving the EU could mean for the broadcast industry
Brexit is causing unease among the UK’s production and wider creative industries but could the country’s “unique” mix of financial, legal and creative services protect it from any negative side-effects?
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Dealing with the threat from online
The behind-closed-doors IBC Leaders’ Summit heard remarkable stories of media companies reinventing themselves in the face of ever-increasing competition from new online players and changing consumer behaviour - in particular rapidly rising levels of mobile video consumption.
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Dow Jones CEO William Lewis on the fight against fake news
William Lewis, reporter, editor and media executive is part of the future of news – and a relentless opponent of fake news in all its forms and those who facilitate its spread.
