BSkyB ordered to cut ITV stake Although a decision has now been made in relation to BSkyB and its ITV stake, namely that BSkyB has to sell at least some of its 17.9% "spoiler stake" in ITV so that it's...
Posts from September 2008
Up for grabs?
A predictable outcome
NUJ warns of 500 ITV job cuts It's no surprise whatsoever to learn that Ofcom has 'bought' the economic arguments put forward by ITV plc in its determination to cut back on regional broadcasting, especially given Channel 4's predicted economic...
Television: the gin of the 20th century
Can you imagine how much time we wasted watching TV - and what we could now be doing instead?
Television: the gin of the 20th century
Can you imagine how much time we wasted watching TV - and what we could now be doing instead?
Meltdown
Banks in crisis, stock exchanges in turmoil - wonder what could be the cause of all of this? The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre recently uploaded a video to YouTube that neatly explains the cause of the chaos. (Their...
Junk regulation
Kids still exposed to bad food ads The government decided that TV adverts featuring so-called 'junk food' which are shown during children's programmes are a bad idea, so it (and Ofcom) came up with a plan to prevent ads for...
Who needs the One if you've got a big Heart?
The nationisation of local radio is taking a step up a gear, with Global Radio announcing plans to rebrand 28 of its local stations as Heart
Discontented
Michael Grade: YouTube is a 'parasite' It's fairly easy to tell from Michael Grade's comments that he is still firmly rooted in the media 'old school', since he (and ITV plc) still appear to remain very fixed to the concepts...
Pack away the hamper - the Picnic isn't happening
It's been hanging around for goodness knows how long, but finally BSkyB have done the inevitable, and axed its pay TV proposals for DTT.
Lunch has been served
BSkyB job losses expected as Picnic is axed Whilst the news of BSkyB abandoning their Picnic terrestrial pay-TV project isn't that surprising in itself, the official reason given for its discontinuing - namely Ofcom taking too long to reach a...
The final whistle?
Setanta desperately needs more home wins From recent events it seems fairly obvious that Irish broadcaster Setanta is privately starting to panic as to the viability of its pay-TV subscription model, and data from media consultancy Enders Analysis seems to...
Losing the plot
BBC postpones move from R&D headquarters Kingswood Warren Once the BBC R&D department were going to be relocated to a broom cupboard within the bowels of White City, and now...well...who knows? At least Erik Huggers has the right idea, although...
