Posts by Ian Beaumont from 2006

Al-Jazeera International: Do Conservatives want to see it?

There have been many rumours around the net about the launch of Al-Jazeera International. So many and for so long, that this has become one of the most anticipated launches this year, on a par with the new channels from...

Ratings Review: BARB Week Ending 15th October 2006

It has taken a day or so of analysis of the publicly available BARB data, but there are one or two interesting conclusions out of this week's data. It doesn't happen very often with multi-channel programmes, and it is more...

Bias In The Media - Don't conservatives get it?

I have noticed something in my observations of the various blogs and commentators on the internet, and that is that there is no single "enemy" organisation for conservatives. Bill O'Reilly, Michelle Malkin, Natalie Solent and others regularly target almost all...

Ratings Review: BARB Week Ending 24th September 2006

Well, there are a few surprises coming out of the latest publicly viewable ratings. On the channel side, we see that the joint highest rating channels right now, according to share of viewing are ITV2 and Sky Sports 1, both...

New on the radio: Atlantic FM

Well, having been listening to the FM radio all day, rather than the DAB radio, I have been pleasantly surprised by the new station on the block in my area. It's called Atlantic FM and it is not related at...

"No Spin Zone" spins out of control!

Over 2 million Americans and many others around the world watch Bill O'Reilly's "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News Channel. But yesterday, the programme, which is often refered to as the "No Spin Zone" spun out of control in joyous...

BBC News 24... Remixed and Released!

Well, this is an odd move, but one I applaud. The BBC have revamped the music that counts down to the top of the hour on their 24 hour news channel, BBC News 24. What's more, they've only gone and...

The Anglia Knight returns to our screens.

Okay, it will only be for viewers of the Anglia region, but as EDP 24 reports, the knight is to return as part of the new title sequence for Anglia's news programmes. Why they changed the knight for the A...

Caller dies live on the radio

This is not the sort of thing I like talking about, but it definitely is a shaker. A phone-in caller to a local radio station in Liverpool, died whilst he was on the air. As someone who has worked in...

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