The Radio Times gets a new look. It's hard to say that the last design of the Radio Times masthead was a failure. Certainly it wasn't as recognisable on the shelf as its long-lived curly predecessor, but that design itself...
Posts from December 2004
Other listings magazines are available
This year's Christmas treat
Courtesy of Channel Five, this evening some archive repeats are being shown from 7pm onwards, kicking off with The Goodies and the Beanstalk. Previous BBC Two controller Jane Root supposedly axed a Goodies theme night which was close to its...
Tis the season...
...to be watching programmes in the wrong aspect ratio and you being the only person who even notices, yet alone cares, tra-la-la-la-laarr, tra-la-larrr......
Seasonal Greetings
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from myself and everyone else at Transdiffusion. To get you in the spirit, Captain Brownlegg has invited you to his Christmas bash! Next year we have to look forward to new...
Surprise surprise
Black day for Cilla Here's an object lesson in that no matter how hard you try to produce something that will draw a large audience to your channel, there are numerous pitfalls to be encountered when chasing those elusive large...
Compare and contrast...
Thomson buys ITV's special effects unit TWW History "We have made very significant progress on restructuring our balance sheet, reducing debt and delivering the benefits of the merger, and driving shareholder value." Charles Allen chief executive of ITV plc "We...
Thompson states his case
Skateboarding with a Ming vase Amidst controversy surrounding the massive job cuts and extensive reorganisation at the BBC announced yesterday by the DG, Mark Thompson last night delivered the New Statesman Media Lecture in which he placed the announcements in...
Smaller may not be so beautiful
Although some of us were expecting some major reorgs at the BBC, including bits and bobs of something-or-other moving to Manchester, I am sure the loss of so many jobs came as a surprise to many people. I really don't...
Hi ho, hi ho, it's oop north we go...
The happy, jolly, positive side from the BBC The truth from the Guardian Well, we all knew it was going to happen, and today it was announced that a chunk of the BBC will be decamping to Manchester over...
You can not be serious!
John McEnroe's TV talk show axed "McEnroe launched in July with TV bosses hoping his outspoken attitude and opinions would be a draw for viewers." Hmm. Personally I'm not that surprised it gets no viewers......
Defending the faith
BBC defends digital TV and radio Striking the correct balance between innovation and audience reach is always a tricky proposition for the BBC, especially when you have so many licence fee payers to please as opposed to just 'entertaining viewers'...
To Give To ITV, Or Not To Give To ITV. That Is The Question.
Media Guardian: 'regional news needs public funding' So ITV's campaign to reduce its costs and indeed what it has to produces, continues with a campaign to get public cash to pay for its regional news programmes. But should we be...
The Old Bankers
Media Guardian: ITV unveils festive line-up Whilst the Media Guardian seems to portray ITV as actually trying to compete this Christmas, once you scratch beyond the surface it's quite clear that ITV isn't deviating much beyond its recent christmas formula....
Editorial: December 2004
Hello, and welcome to the latest updates to Electromusications. We have a spread of articles from across the Transdiffusion spectrum for you this time, kicking off with a piece by Louis Barfe about the first buildings in Britain that were...
