BBC funding should be cut, report says We will restore science to its rightful place, roll back the spectre of a warming planet. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run...

Chris Moyles reprimanded over 'gay' spoof lyrics to Will Young song The BBC has a problem. Indeed it has several problems, but a recurring theme in recent years seems to be exactly how to deal with its on-air talent. Or...

BBC must cut £400m from budget – Mark Thompson Back in December, the BBC's projected shortfall for the next five years was going to be in the region of £140m. At that time, BBC Three's programming budget was scheduled to...

BBC Radio 4 is to ditch it's children's programme, Go4It, after seven years. Apparently the average age of the shows listeners was nowhere near it's target audience, being, as it was, over 50.

ITV chief Michael Grade to challenge 'perverse' ban on product placement Product placement has been a 'hot' issue for commercial broadcasters for what seems like a long time - this MediaBlog entry dates back to June 2005 - and by...

Most solutions to Channel 4's problems envision a continuation of free to air television. Funnily enough Sky don't. Who would have thought it?

ITV executives write protest letter to Michael Grade Well done Michael Grade for having the temerity to sack the chief architect of ITV's recent failure to achieve a content-led turnaround for ITV as it stands, namely the director of factual...

We were very sad to learn of the death of Transdiffusion contributor, Simon Luxton.

ITV admits defeat on content-led turnaround I'll say this now; Michael Grade had exactly the right idea for a turnaround strategy for ITV plc as it stood, but the 'r-word' intervened to prevent that dream from fully happening. Of course...