The Authority No new articles, but some additional nice illustrations from the Transdiffusion archives....

After 17 years, Chris Tarrant is leaving Capital FM's breakfast show in Spring 2004. His replacement? Johnny Vaughan. Why? Well according to the press release, "He's modern, he's down to earth, he's funny and spontaneous and most importantly a real...

A year and a half ago, the screens went black on ITV Digital as the company pulled the plug. Since then we've come a long way. A new free-to-air based service has arrived, there's a multitude of new channels, the...

The sorry saga of ITV's journey downmarket continues. Like an alcoholic always going to have "one last drink", the executives at the Network Centre want to have the kudos of broadcasting News at Ten without actually transmitting it. An ideal...

The BBC's Nick Higham on selling off ITV - again The question no one is asking (not even Nick Higham here) is: would ITV as it stands now be worth buying? I can guess the answer, can you?...

Programme news isn't really what this blog is for, so I apologise unreservedly. But hey this is just one piece of news that I simply have to break the rules for. Doctor Who is coming back. In 2005. On Saturday...

The BBC Loses a Bit of Its Luster Thanks to regular contributor Joseph Gallant for pointing this piece of, er, journalism out. He says "I found this story on the New York Times website, giving an American view of the...

Everyone wants something for nothing - even ITV. The national broadcaster moaned bitterly when the BBC withdrew funding for Solus cards which allow owners of Sky minidishes to view free-to-view channels where the channel is encrypted but anyone with a...

ITV1 REFRESHES ON-AIR LOOK See also here EMBARGO: NOT FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE WEDNESDAY 27TH AUGUST 2003 because we're scared ITV1 REFRESHES ON-AIR LOOK not that it was stale or ill-thought-out or anything ITV1 is to refresh the channel?s on-air branding...

Whilst the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System has been around for about 40 years (we're celebrating the big 4-0 next year for very complex reasons), 22 September is our anniversary on the web. And, as usual, we like to bring you something...

48 years of Independent Television, and ITV is celebrating by... doing nothing. No press release, no party, no special idents, no story on the awful ITV.com. Nothing at all. But then, any of this would suggest something to celebrate. And...

It appears David Liddiment has realised what some of us decided four years ago - ITV would be better off if it hadn't originally ditched News at Ten, according to an article in the Media Guardian today. Of course we...

8pm on 22 September marks our 4th birthday on the web. Contrary to the impression I gave below, there's no big splash of an update (senior management has spoken - not my choice but I'm happy with the decision), just...

BBC News on end of RI:SE Poor C4. The Channel Four Daily, The Big Breakfast, an unexpected interregnum, and RI:SE (in two flavours). The Channel Four Daily (C4D) was an excellent idea. You could have a mixture of the BBC's...

I'm pleased to report 7DAYS has now had its new look completed (to be uploaded this evening, and thus 'soft-launching' this 'blog), after a surprising amount of work! Next stop is the three or four articles that will constitute the...

Well, time to kick off MediaBlog in style. Or not - since this Blog officially doesn't go 'live' until Monday evening. However, you can get a brief insight into my world just before an update: fraught. 22 September is the...

A bit boring, this, but worth the effort to get it right. I'm told. RJG...

Obviously, this is currently under test. But you knew that....