Channel 4's David Abraham; India's WhatsApp news service; Robot reporters
Channel 4's David Abraham tells Andrea Catherwood how the station is coping with the TV advertising recession. Also, are robot reporters the future of news?
Channel 4 has published its annual report. The broadcaster posted a record turnover of nearly a billion pounds, but a slowdown in the TV advertising market means it has been forced to dip into its reserves to cover the cost of making programmes. David Abraham is chief executive of Channel 4.
Shivendra Gaur is a journalist from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and has founded Rocket Post Live, a news service delivered to paying subscribers via WhatsApp.
Will robots replace journalists? The Press Association has been awarded a grant by Google to run a news service where stories are produced automatically by computer. Peter Clifton is PA's Editor-in-Chief. Alan Renwick is CEO of Urbs Media.
Presenter: Andrea Catherwood
Producer: Richard Hooper
Assistant producer: Helen Fitzhenry.
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