Lygo: More4 can beat BBC4 There's a hole in the market for a Channel 4-style service that's aimed at older (and upmarket) viewers, and More4 looks as if it could fit the bill as long as it lives up to...
Posts from August 2005
Even more 4
Strictly no dancing
Didn't they do well? Lorraine Heggessey - the controller who introduced the hate-or-love 'dance and movement' idents that BBC One is currently using - comes last in a dancing contest amongst a group of six TV executives. Her dance was...
Two alternatives
Keating: BBC2 has grown old It's interesting to compare Roly Keating's comments with Stuart Murphy's previous comment relating to the fact that Channel 4 has had more time to hone its skills at attracting a 'young' (18-30) audience compared with...
Filling the void
Tribal television Despite the loss of US imports such as Star Trek and the Simpsons, BBC Two has been doing very well recently with series such as Coast and Springwatch, plus Channel 4 has also had success with Time Team's...
From The Archive
BBC releases first offerings from the BBC Archive Radio 1's Superstar VJs The BBC's much talked about Creative Archive - where parts of the BBC archive are opened up to the public - has finally made its first release, with...
Distinctive content
MediaGuardian: BBC3 hounded over DOG article BBC: The article itself, in a heavily revised and updated version An online BBC article published in the BBC Three News section upset more than a few people yesterday even though it was presumably...
Birds' Eye Viewers
Google Earth software for Windows. Probably not all that relevant here, but bear with me. This excellent free program from the guys at Google is an amazing thing on general principles. The ability to fly around the world (and just...
Unlimited time
ITV takes advantage of new sponsorship rules OK, so Ofcom takes the next step in making life even easier for those poor and beleaguered commercial broadcasters (read: ITV) who keep on making bad commercial decisions therefore need some more 'support'....
Peter Jennings has died.
ABC News online special edition [Go.com] Peter Jennings, the anchor of ABC World News Tonight and a familiar face on US television over 5 decades, has died in New York at the age of 67. Jennings resigned from ABC News...
Time to end "Thought For The Day"
A selection of bull Every morning the ?Today? programme provides a platform to people who wish to make wild unfounded claims, exhibit a smug sense of superiority, tell us how to live our lives, and make authoritative statements on things...
Talking bull
MediaGuardian: Ofcom sees red over Richard and Judy plug Ofcom's ruling (PDF) Richard and Judy have been "at it again" - it seems - with a somewhat overzealous attempt to redress the balance after a previous report on the effects...
Editorial: August 2005
Something unique happened at the end of last month: the BBC broadcast for the last time via its own transmission system. The sell-off of BBC Broadcast to a bunch of Australian bankers, which went through on the stroke of midnight...
