Richard G ElenBlog
Most people like the BBC as it is
Although the article leads on a poll result that suggest that the majority of the UK population are "broadly in favour" of the proposed BBC cuts, a new poll published by PoliticsHome suggests that a majority of people are happy...
Lies, damned lies and Ofcom
Coverage of the data presented in Ofcom's Communications Market Report indicates that many correspondents are not at their best when dealing with statistics. But Ofcom themselves don't make it particularly easy to do anything other than misinterpret the data.
BBC expenses: Still nothing to write home about
Despite protestations from a number of Guardian/Observer readers (and the odd columnist) that there wasn't much of a story in BBC executives' expenses, now here's a second round. There is even less of a story this time.
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Television
Celebrating 75 Years of BBC Television
The 75th Anniversary of the launch of the BBC Television Service from Alexandra Palace was commemorated by a small party at AP on Wednesday 2 November, 2011. Richard Elen was there to describe the scene.
Democratisation or death?
Can we trust new media?
Spaghetti Fool
The spaghetti harvest of 50 years ago
Flat-screen chaos
Professionals worse off than viewers
Credits, Contacts & Copyright
Where to ask about programmes, thanks, and more
Welcome to Small Screen
A powerful combination
It was 60 years ago today…
1946: The BBC Television Service re-opens.
Still a place for quality TV
ITV1's decline and the future of TV as we know it.
Discs or downloads?
Do viewers and listeners care about technical quality? Yes and no.
Children's air
Younger television viewers of the early 1950s had their very own startup
Part 3: TV Ancient & Modern
Our interview concludes with Sir Christopher's views on modern television
Part 2: ITN wins its spurs
How ITN rewrote the rulebook for television news
Busy making money
Listening to Nigel Pickard whistling to himself
Part 1: First with the news
In the first part of this exclusive interview, Chris Chataway remembers Opening Night
Pictures of the dawn
Video recording is not new. In fact it goes back a very long way.
Four into three goes...
Three regions, four contractors. How? Why? asks Richard G Elen
Nothing Better Than Something
Richard Elen finds the Green Paper less dangerous than the DG
Ringing the changes
Don't blame the agency
Getting the BBC out of the way
Richard Elen asks if the BBC really needs far reaching change
The Network's News
A new approach
The True Cost
Because commercial television isn't free
Between two stools
The British approach to public service
The ITN Adventure
Preparing for D-Day
Undercover A-R
The archaeology of startups
Rediffusion's Blithe Spirit
A-R's lost startup
The Music
of Rediffusion
In this section
The people behind Rediffusion made it what it was.
A Broadcasting Institution
An introduction to Rediffusion
In This Section
Television House explored
Newscasting begins
A new approach to News
In this section
A company of contrasts
Oh, that Symbol...
Abram Games creates the first animated TV identity
On being a librarian
Richard Elen on life at KPM and music libraries in general
The London Television Station
Take a tour of Alexandra Palace
The opening of the BBC Television Service
The BBC Television Service opens - twice
Public private partnership
What is a ‘public service broadcaster’?
Rediffusion's Blithe Spirit
How Associated Rediffusion started the day in its first few months
Baird's independent television
Thanks to John Logie Baird, ITV nearly arrived 50 years early
The fools on the hill
The BBC embraces television - and a new service is born
Baird versus the BBC
JLB pioneers television - but John Reith needs convincing
Regional Flavours
Folk medleys defined many aspects of start-up music, says Richard Elen
Undercover A-R
The early days of start-ups on Associated Rediffusion
The quest for Arne
Richard Elen has been searching for 35 years for one tune
ITV 1956
Starting a network
Radio
On the Run
The story of London's clandestine radio stations (1973)
Microsoft Strikes Again
Why can't I listen to MyClassicFM?
Free Radio: 40 years on
What happened to 'Free Radio'?
