Government ditches plans to give Channel 4 £14m digital switchover help So the Government has decided rather tacitly to withdraw the earlier digital switchover help proposed for Channel 4 in deference to a more complete solution, which is not only...

"Therefore the BBC has decided to offer refunds to any callers, who wish to claim one, who voted for John Sergeant and Kristina Rihanoff following the show transmitted on 15 November 2008" So, it's come to this. If you spent...

BBC U-turn on decision to drop Christmas Top of the Pops Given my recent stance on the BBC's previous decision to drop Top of the Pops from the festive schedule, of course I'm pleased that it has been reinstated for...

BBC drops After You've Gone Usually the news that the BBC had axed a sitcom after three series would perhaps go relatively unnoticed unless it was particularly well-loved, but this news comes merely two days after the announcement that the...

Broadcasters sign up to TV product placement code of conduct It's a sign of the times that the commercial broadcasters have teamed up with the independent producers' organisation Pact to lobby their case for product placement in television programmes, although...

Media exacerbated house-price myths, says BBC's Robert Peston The subject of whether or not the media recklessly promoted the concepts of property renovation for profit as well as the surge in buy-to-let activity that was assisted by cheap mortgages has...

Mail editor accuses Mosley judge As other EMC writers will confirm, I sometimes get into trouble for championing (some) Daily Mail values and the rules of polite society in an arena that delights in using that newspaper's name as a...

Radio 2's Dave Barber resigns ahead of on-air apology for Brand-Ross calls Apologies in advance for mentioning the 'S' word again, but I'll try to keep it relatively brief this time. Yes it's the return of 'Sachsgate', this time with...

UTV criticises Channel 4 for backing out of digital radio project It may be true that if Channel 4 Radio had been up and running two years ago it could have survived an economic downturn. But crucially the ad revenue...

Talk about ugly... for some reason US screen graphics are often garish, overcomplex and hard to read in my view. Look at this example from MSNBC this morning....

Last night found me glued to the BBC News US Election coverage on the BBC website until I dragged myself away at 3am, with Ohio called for Obama and Virginia undeclared. I was watching both the live TV feed and...

Lyons may regret speaking out as regional publishers call in lawyers Newspaper Society Press Release Based on a comment made by Sir Michael Lyons that slightly hinted that he might just conceivably be a fraction in favour of the BBC's...