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The s-word

One dictionary defines the word synergy as "the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects", which in theory sounds impressive on paper...

Twin dilemma

Much has been said this week about proposed cutbacks that may (or may not) affect BBC Four, the 'highbrow' digital TV channel that has a relatively small but fiercely loyal core audience. But would the bulk of BBC Four's content...

Heat of the moment

When there's a major event taking place, it's natural that television viewers will want to seek out the most comprehensive coverage that's currently available, therefore Sangat TV's coverage of last night's riots in the Birmingham area attracted a great deal...

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Television

Own worst enemy

David Hastings on how the BBC isn't helping its own defence

Archive Retrieval: A New Hope?

Extracting colour information from black and white video images is now possible

The Problem with ITV - Episode 296

How important to ITV is Channel 3?

Catalogue of Woe

BBC catalogue off the air

Bad idea, good timing?

Ofcom puts a quango out of its misery

Three's just a crowd

Three's New Look

Launch of a Revolution

David Hastings reviews Channel 4 on the 25th anniversary of its launch

After the horse has bolted?

Big Brother fallout continues

ICSTIS-Schmicstis

TV quizzes debacle

Attitude problem

Big Brother and the future of regulation

High Noon at the TV Corral

Murdoch vs Branson

BSkyB vs Virgin: The Wider Implications

What will be the outcome of the BSkyB - Virgin Media bun-fight?

Completing the circle

BBC One - from globes to dancers to circles

A Thames Special

What was it that made Thames stand out?

On Message

Politics, elections and the media

Suds or substance?

David Hastings tracks the rise of the docusoap

Two Little, two late

A relaunch for BBC-2

Back down to Earth

Goodbye to the BBC One globe

All changes

The changes of style in a major minor

Down in front

The important information was at the start of the programme

Third time lucky

David Hastings reviews the first few months of BBC Three

Shutdown

Get analogue off air ASAP

Love/hate five

David Hastings isn't sure about Channel Five

Monkey business

David Hastings writes on the depressing future for ITV1

Bring in the new

David Hastings watches everything change

Back to 1982

David Hastings on C4's on-screen personalities

Fourplay

David Hastings on a future for Channel Four

A good breakfast

David Hastings looks at the launch of breakfast television

Brave New World

David Hastings on rewriting television history

Five by Five

David Hastings on the trials and tribulations of C5 at age 5

Small-scale revolutions

David Hastings on local television

Out of sight, out of mind

David Hastings on getting your point over to the viewer

Global vision

Globalisation

Radio

Tested to Destruction

Survey slaves are killing radio's originality

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