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The Media Club with Matt Deegan

Where Now For Disney+? Plus awards fever from BAFTAs & ARIAs

Ep. 266

After a BBC-dominated ARIAs and with the BAFTA TV awards just around the corner, Matt Deegan is joined by host of Countdown to The BAFTAs, Alex Zane and media writer Caroline Frost to take us through it all.


Also on the programme: Sky Sports cross the rubicon and broadcast 3pm matches. Disney+ looks to do fewer things better - so where are they putting all that Marvel money?


All that plus we talk Eurovision controversy, why publishers are not fans of Google right now and, in the Media Quiz, we play... does it float?


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