Wave farewell to AM radio, say experts The Telegraph talks of "the higher quality of digital broadcasts". Compared with? FM? Erm... potentially, yes; unfortunately, most stations on DAB are streamed at a bit-rate nowhere near enough to do them justice,...

Two programmes that are in some way related to two long-running series that originally started barely two months apart many years ago (during the winter of 1963-4) ended up by some quirk of fate being shown next to each other...

Ofcom refuses to guarantee spectrum Since nobody will make money from public service broadcasting, it's perhaps a depressingly predictable response in an era when central government is more interested in pound signs than public service. If such an adminstration had...

Jowell: BBC Salford move 'expected' Tessa Jowell's comments relating to the BBC's proposed move of key departments to Salford seem to imply that the move will definitely go ahead, but these statements can easily be interpreted to mean different things...

Do flat-screen TVs eat more energy? Bad news this month for those of us considering a flat-screen Hi-Def TV who are also energy conscious: they can take more energy than a conventional CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)-based set. This came as...

No this isn't a post about Steve Irwin (and he isn't in the above picture), but Sky Three tonight decided in their infinite wisdom to plaster "Robbie On The Road: We Are Not Alone" across the top of the...

Broadcasting figures who have left us this year - with a link to obituaries or information where available.

Another year gone, and another year's worth of drama, disgust, delight and dreck in broadcasting, all as recorded by EMC's top writers and caustically observed by Russ J Graham.

Transcript of the proceedings This evening on the BBC Parliament channel there was coverage of a Culture, Media and Sport committee meeting that discussed various aspects of the regulation of quiz TV channels as part of an ongoing inquiry...

Going on from my comments about radio-advertised charities the other day, last night I went to a presentation at the Royal Geographical Society by the Population and Sustainability Network (PSN). The theme of the evening was "Population Increase ? the...

I notice that Classic FM is running a joint promotion in the run-up to Christmas with the theme "The Alternative 12 Days of Christmas". Every day participants can win one of a number of "alternative" gifts ? such as "four...

Tech Digest: 4oD launches next week Channel 4: How to use 4oD Channel 4's 4oD service is perhaps one of the most significant media news stories this year, but you could be forgiven for not knowing about it because its...

Whatever the impact of Michael Grade's departure on the BBC - and there are all sorts of opinions on that from disaster to nothing at all - there can be no doubt that his move to ITV can be anything...

Media Guardian: Channel 4 to keep Big Brother If the rumours are true, Channel 4 are planning to subject the UK viewing public with another three years of boring, self-obsessed, shouting, moronic idiots who all think they're God's gift to...