Ofcom: Delivering consumer benefits in Pay TV Ofcom orders Sky Sports price cut Football, cricket and rugby fans make up the core of BSkyB's pay-TV business, and their willingness to pay good money in exchange for in-depth coverage of their...
Posts from March 2010
Sticky wicket
Harry Carpenter
The news of the death of BBC commentating stalwart Harry Carpenter brought back a happy memory of meeting this delightful man at the Open Golf Championship when it came to the Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake in the Wirral...
Keeping their word
Channel 4 select committee review is a stinker Channel 4 may have been doing relatively well as of late, even whilst managing to dodge all the problems that have similarly affected broadcasters in general (especially public service ones - just...
Marketing defeat
Pop Justice: Another quick thing about BBC radio then we'll be quiet BBC chief: 6 Music listeners 'at heart of commercial radio demographic' Steve Lamacq attacks 'public flogging' of 6 Music Steve Lamacq's Blog: 6 Music BBC Trust: BBC Strategy...
Most people like the BBC as it is
Although the article leads on a poll result that suggest that the majority of the UK population are "broadly in favour" of the proposed BBC cuts, a new poll published by PoliticsHome suggests that a majority of people are happy...
Beating the retreat
BBC to cut £100m from overhead costs and axe digital stations BBC Strategy Review document (PDF file) When proposing something as major as the closure of public services like radio station(s) and/or the major downscaling of certain services, there has...
