It has taken a year after the infamous (and highly predictable, especially in retrospect) James Murdoch speech at the Edinburgh International Television Festival for the official "right to reply" from Mark Thompson, but was this year's Sky-attacking speech actually worth...

The question of what Virgin One was going to be rebranded as after BSkyB bought Virgin Media's TV stations is one which I'm sure has barely been off the lips of the average Transdiffusion reader, just as it has been for many sat around pub tables, pints in hand, fists waving whilst the landlord tries to keep control of the situation…

If you were wondering what Virgin Media's stance on Project Canvas development was going to be, then wonder no more, but Virgin Media's objections are in the final analysis both predictable and petty in equal measure. Let me explain... The...

The announcement that BSkyB is withdrawing its Sky Sports News channel from Freeview may not be that unexpected but it does raise some interesting unanswered questions in relation to Sky's future strategy, especially given News Corp.'s paywall experiments and the...

Virgin Media has finally completed a long-expected deal to sell its TV channels (Bravo, Bravo 2, Challenge, Challenge Jackpot, Living, Livingit, Virgin 1) to BSkyB for £160m, and in exchange Virgin Media gets good long term carriage deals for many...

Yes it's true: Project Canvas has just been given the go-ahead by the Office of Fair Trading, so in theory this long-awaited means of providing a quick and convenient means of accessing programme-related online content via a television set could...

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...

BSkyB agrees to cut ITV stake In recent weeks it has been obvious that the "love affair" between politicians and BSkyB - at least in public - has started to thaw, even to the extent that David Cameron's Tories have...

Cost of TV sport to tumble as Ofcom turns screw on Sky Some people appear to be rather puzzled as to why the Conservatives in particular seem ambivalent towards Ofcom's move to lower wholesale pay-TV sports pricing, and it's not...

Digital Spy: Online England game attracts 500,000 Last Saturday, something truly momentous happened in the world of television that was arguably on a par with the launch of Sky Digital, yet this particular event was actually something that was missing...

ITV uncertainty could open doors to takeover bid, says analyst If you now have a distinct feeling along the lines that "We've been here before", then you are almost certainly correct, because despite the attempts made by Michael Grade to...

Public rejects Murdoch view of BBC, says ICM poll It's now a week since James Murdoch made his predictably controversial MacTaggart speech that was conceived from the outset to make a real impact, but according to the results of this...

David Elstein: Murdoch "riled" by Ofcom According to David Elstein, formerly of, inter alia, the BBC, Thames and Channel 5, Ofcom's "devastating" and "unanswerable" report of a couple of months ago, which exposed Sky's abuse of its dominant position in...

BBC News: Murdoch attack on 'dominant' BBC So James Murduch, the head of NewsCorp in Europe, says a dominant BBC damages independent journalism in the UK. The hypocrisy of that statement is positively drooling out of his mouth even as...

James Murdoch hits out at BBC and regulators at Edinburgh TV festival James Murdoch attacks BBC and regulators in annual MacTaggart lecture speech shocker - who would have thought otherwise? Indeed it would have been a real surprise if both...

Broadcast Now: ITV digital channels may leave Freeview If such a thing had happened merely two years ago it would have been a bigger deal than it is today. That's my opinion as to the potential impact of ITV withdrawing...

BSkyB's Mike Darcey attacks 'culture of dependency' in UK television Up to now, BSkyB has enjoyed a near-privileged position as the UK's dominant pay-TV operator, and this has been tolerated not just because of any claimed political influence that News...

Setanta goes into administration with loss of 200 jobs After numerous ups and downs that somewhat mirrored the trials and tribulations of football itself, the Setanta saga finally draws to an ignominious conclusion after several aborted attempts at a rescue...

Viewpoint: Canvas will explode UK TV, but BBC must stand back Google creeps into the living room with YouTube XL With today's announcement of YouTube XL clearly stating Google's ambitions to dominate the TV over internet (IPTV) market along with...

Ah, do you remember the days? Everyone was rushing off pay TV, determined to embrace the world of free to air television. It would be great! Advertising would pay for all the channels. Punters would be able to watch them!...

BSkyB tables £160m bid for Virgin Media channels, reports say Whilst many broadcasters are still bitterly complaining about an advertising downturn (ITV's short term Britain's Got Talent/football windfall notwithstanding), BSkyB still seems oblivious to the financial storm that currently surrounds...

BSkyB cries foul over BBC Trust's Project Canvas consultation When BSkyB gets publicly upset over something it's usually because there's a potential risk of its market dominance being curtailed in some form as a result. Project Kangaroo may have controversially...

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?

MPs' report expected to question BBC and Channel 4 linkup Over recent months, around 90% of the media-related ministerial report 'leaks' have been 'surprisingly' accurate, so we can assume that any doubts in relation to a Channel 4-BBC Worldwide tie-up...

The distribution of Premier League football rights is a seemingly never ending occurrence, however the latest round now has the potential to have some serious consequences.