ITV3, which has been the centre of a lot of heated discussion between Sky and ITV will now launch at the official launch time of 9pm tonight, Monday November 1st 2004. Apparently, this is the result of a deal between...
Posts by Ian Beaumont from 2004
BREAKING NEWS: ITV3 to launch on Sky Digital, at 9pm Tonight
ITV and Sky shares in the red
If you are a shareholder of ITV or BSkyB, then Wednesday 4th August 2004 will not have been a good day for you. ITV plc shareholders may have only seen a half pence fall in their share price, down to...
Disney to launch ABC1 on Freeview.
Well, you wait ages for a decent Freeview channel to come along, and suddenly, there is a rush of them. Hard on the heels of the news of ITV3's launch, comes word from Digitial Spy of the launch of Disney's...
ITV3 on Freeview, but who goes?
Both Media Guardian. and Sky Digi Online are reporting that ITV is to launch ITV3 onto the Freeview platform on DTT, as well as the usual launches on Sky and Cable, on Novemeber 1st. Now whilst I consider this to...
BBC Local Radio, available on the internet.
Almost inevitably, in the wake on Michael Grade's statement about broadcasting not using the net well enough as a distribution medium, the BBC has announced that it will be broadcasting all 40 of its BBC Local Radio stations in England...
CHUM acquires Craig Media, to expand into Western Canada.
From the Intertel section, comes word that the company which owns CityTV, CHUM Limited, is acquiring Craig Media Inc. for $265 million Canadian. The deal, subject to regulatory approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, will mean that CHUM...
"Broadcasters failing to embrace net" - Grade
Media Guardian is reporting that Michael Grade is urging broadcasters to embrace the net, or face the sort of piracy issues that have been dogging the music industry. When the net was new, radio and TV were quick to start...
RTE to officially launch Radio 1 on 252 LW
Well, in amongst the broadcasting community, this has been one of the least widely reported developments, but from Wednesday 17th March, aka St Patrick's Day, RTE Radio 1 will be broadcasting right across Ireland and most of the UK as...
Sky Entertainment Section Reshuffle
At long last, we are going to see some long awaited streamlining of the Entertainment section of the Sky Digital EPG. The huge gap between 152 and 181 was always a problem and now Digital Spy have confirmed the section...
Top Up TV: The figures don't add up.
I have to say I have very real doubts about the viability of Top Up TV They say they need 250,000 subscribers by year end. Well, according to the published facts and figures, by Top Up TV themselves, and those...
Sunday Times Report: BBC could be broken up regionally.
So, the Sunday Times reports that the BBC could be broken up into 4 seperate broadcasters for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, according to a leaked government document. Now, before everybody jumps up and says, oh it's only another...
The New ITV News
ITV pull the surprise on us and actually launched the new look ITV News at 5.30am in the morning. The ITV Morning News on ITV1 and the ITV News Channel was the first programme to use the new look. Some...
Breaking News from Action Central: Andrew Gilligan Resigns
Andrew Gilligan, who was BBC Radio 4's Today programme's Defence & Diplomatic Correspondent has resigned from the BBC with immediate effect....
BREAKING NEWS from Action Central: Gavyn Davies Resigns
BBC News 24 is reporting that Gavyn Davies will tender his resignation as Chairman of the BBC to the board of Governors when they begin their informal meeting later tonight. More on this story as we get it....
The Hutton Report
Well, now that the Hutton Report has been published, let us take a moment to put the report into its proper perspective. The media continues to accuse the BBC of broadcasting a false report. Let us get this in perspective,...
