I cannot imagine that there are many Transdiffusion writers - or readers, for that matter - who are not fans of startup themes of one sort or another. Virtually all the stations we write about have had themes, just as...
Posts from January 2006
A Theme For All Reasons
What's in a song?
Radio days: Tales behind the UK tunes Not that we're obsessed with the Radio 4 UK theme or anything (oh no) but the Independent today features an interesting piece about some of the songs that form the theme....
Out of tune
Save the Radio 4 Theme Times Online: UK dream If you have any interest whatsoever in the world of media (and you wouldn't be reading this if you didn't), you couldn't help but notice the furore that has recently escalated...
Radio 4 UK Theme Petition
Save the Radio 4 UK Theme BBC Press Release: New early morning schedule for Radio 4 Will punter power save the Radio 4 UK theme from the axe? Well we all know, Radio 4 listeners aren't a group to be...
HBO UK
Media Guardian: HBO could move into UK In the UK it's another name for quality - programming of a high quality that people will pay for. The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Larry Sanders Show. There's...
The Anglia Knight returns to our screens.
Okay, it will only be for viewers of the Anglia region, but as EDP 24 reports, the knight is to return as part of the new title sequence for Anglia's news programmes. Why they changed the knight for the A...
Daytime misery for ITV
O'Grady to take tea with Richard & Judy On this evidence it looks as if Simon Shaps will probably lose his job quicker than I predicted......
...and don't forget to cry
Media Guardian ITV unveils new look Brand proposition of ITV1. "Emotional moments we all share". A mass group hug of ITV1 viewers who are all crying, or just the "urgh!" of people as they watch some Z-list celebrity eat worms...
Don't forget the programmes
Brand of gold This MediaGuardian article on the forthcoming ITV rebrand is a good read if you want an interesting and simultaneously amusing/depressing/frustrating insight into the world of channel branding and marketing. ITV will shortly launch new idents and branding...
Caller dies live on the radio
This is not the sort of thing I like talking about, but it definitely is a shaker. A phone-in caller to a local radio station in Liverpool, died whilst he was on the air. As someone who has worked in...
Just a sideshow?
Sky joins Microsoft in video on demand deal Five years ago such a deal would have been earthshaking when combined with the dominance of SkyDigital over everything else in the UK market at the time; ONdigital was moderately popular but...
What? No Betting?
Media Guardian: Bets off for ITV reality show In many ways it was like the dotcom rush - if we go interactive, we'll soon be swimming in cash! Press red to bet on this. Press red to play the...
Editorial: January 2006
I would like to start by wishing all our readers, contributors, editors and 'back-room' staff a very happy New Year, and here's hoping that 2006 will be a little more peaceful than last. To start they new year , we...
