How we use broadcast material
Broadcast Prism analyses transcripts of publicly broadcast UK television news broadcasts. We do not host, stream, store for download, or redistribute the original video or audio.
What we publish is material we create from that analysis: short factual descriptions of stories, topic labels, measurements of how much airtime a story received, and cross-channel summaries generated by automated analysis. Any direct quotation is kept to the minimum needed to identify or illustrate a story, and the broadcaster is named as the source.
The basis we rely on
Our use of broadcast material is intended to fall within fair dealing under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - specifically for the purposes of reporting current events and of criticism or review. We attribute the source channel for the material we discuss.
This is a comparison and commentary tool. It is not a substitute for watching the broadcasts themselves, and it does not reproduce them.
Our broadcast timeline pages show short transcript excerpts and single stills at the annotation moments we discuss - story changes, contested quotes, and claims we track across channels. Excerpts are capped in length and number per broadcast, and are shown solely to support the criticism and review displayed alongside them. From a transcript-search result, a single short surrounding excerpt may locate the result. We do not publish complete transcripts, make them available to browse or download, or publish full screenshot sequences of any broadcast.
Stills are included for criticism and review of a programme's visual or editorial framing, and not as a substitute for broadcast footage.
Trademarks and channel names
Channel names, programme names, and logos are the trademarks of their respective owners. We use them only to identify the source of coverage. Their use here does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement by, the broadcasters concerned.
Our own content
The site's design, code, written summaries, topic groupings, and compiled datasets are © 2026 Broadcast Prism, except where they incorporate third-party material as described above. Please don't republish them as established fact without your own checking — see our terms of use.
Notice and takedown
If you are a rights holder and believe that material on this site goes beyond fair dealing, or is used in a way you object to, please contact us. Tell us which material is involved and what your rights are, and we will review it and, where appropriate, remove it promptly.