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Parliament: Early Day Motions

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"That this House welcomes the rise in popularity of baseball in the United Kingdom ... ecognises the contribution that televised baseball has made in increasing the popularity of the sport and in particular the contribution of Jonny Gould, Josh Chetwynd and Erik Janssen; expresses disappointment at Five.TV's decision to cease showing Major League Baseball on terrestrial television; expresses concern that the rise in popularity of baseball in Britain may suffer as a result; and therefore calls on Five.TV or another free-to-view channel to show Major League Baseball on television."

Monthly ABCe figures for broadcasters’ streaming content?

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Broadcast is reporting that a working party of leading broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky has tasked ABCe to “provide basic statistical reports using agreed criteria” about streaming media on their web sites. The working party also includes the broadcast ratings organisation Barb and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. Broadcast says ABCe reports [...]