'Set BBC targets to partner its rivals', says ex-Channel 4 chief From the tone of Andy Duncan's Oxford Media Convention speech, you get the impression that he thinks that he's still living in the year 2007, because subsequent events have...
Articles about “public service broadcasting”
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Living in the past
The final eviction?
Channel 4 to launch 'creative overhaul' as it axes Big Brother Big Brother axed by Channel 4 Channel 4's decision to axe Big Brother admittedly wasn't that unexpected, but it still signifies the end of a somewhat ignominious era for...
BBC expenses: Still nothing to write home about
Despite protestations from a number of Guardian/Observer readers (and the odd columnist) that there wasn't much of a story in BBC executives' expenses, now here's a second round. There is even less of a story this time.
Exactly the wrong thing to ask for
ITN newscaster Alastair Stewart calls for a "Beeching style enquiry" into the BBC to assess whether its services are all really "necessary and viable". What a ridiculous idea.
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Ofcom head Ed Richards sounds death knell for ITV regional news Yes we know that the media industry is going through hell at the moment - and this is particularly true of local media - but there is still something...
Piling on the pressure
Channel Five boss claims government sees logic of merger with Channel 4 It seems that Dawn Airey and RTL have spotted a gap in the broadcasting wilderness and are desperately trying to head for it. But what are the realistic...
Well she would say that
Merger of Channels 4 and Five still possible, says Dawn Airey The ever-hopeful and clearly optimistic Dawn Airey is still making noises about a merger between Channel 4 and Five despite current indications strongly hinting otherwise, although this scenario could...
Stepwise migration
digital britain - interim report: Government outlines plans for UK’s digital transition Today saw the publication of (Lord) Stephen Carter's interim report entitled "Digital Britain", which in one sense is a government response to Ofcom's previous report; indeed "Digital Britain"...
What happens to Teletext?
The fall out of the recent Ofcom report into the future of commercial public service broadcasting continues, with The Guardian reporting that Ofcom are not aren't convinced that there will need to be a separate Teletext franchise going forward.
Public argument
BBC licence fee 'digital surplus' could help fund new PSB body, says Ofcom Ofcom: Report summary plus links to full versions Now that the long-awaited report from Ofcom has finally appeared, some of the rampant speculation (along with accompanying deliberate...
Olive branch
BBC outlines £120m partnership plans with other public service broadcasters After a couple of months where the BBC superficially seemed to be upsetting everyone from readers of the Daily Mail to the newspaper industry, it now needs to quickly start...
Public or private?
Government ditches plans to give Channel 4 £14m digital switchover help So the Government has decided rather tacitly to withdraw the earlier digital switchover help proposed for Channel 4 in deference to a more complete solution, which is not only...
A predictable outcome
NUJ warns of 500 ITV job cuts It's no surprise whatsoever to learn that Ofcom has 'bought' the economic arguments put forward by ITV plc in its determination to cut back on regional broadcasting, especially given Channel 4's predicted economic...
Easy options
Plans for reduced public service role are good news for ITV Despite much talk of 'radical' solutions being required for the "digital age" - whatever that is, although for the majority of people it just means more repeats, woefully produced...
Pay-per-PSB? Not as a package
COO of BSkyB, Mike Darcey, writing in the Royal Television Society journal Television (Vol. 45:6, July 2008 p12), reckons Ofcom – and many of the rest of us – are all asking the wrong question about the future of Public...
Lies, statistics, and ITV viewing figures
Ofcom chairman disputes BBC's 'unique link' with licence fee payers There's more than a hint of trying to defend the indefensible when Ofcom chairman David Currie yet again attempts to weaken the connection between the licence fee and the BBC,...
Two-way street
BBC: 'We'll share expertise to save licence fee' This could theoretically end up being the best solution to the lingering problem of how best to support broadcasters with public service remits when money is hard to come by and when...
Left to its own devices?
EU minded to block BBC aid for Channel 4's digital switchover This if anything is potentially good news for both the BBC and (paradoxically) Channel 4, namely that the European Union seems to think that diverting cash from the licence...
They want your money
Andy Duncan 'fed up' by Channel 4 funding 'squabble' Hot on the heels of the BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons declaring that the BBC's piggy bank wasn't to be raided by media's Uncle Tom Cobbley, we have Channel 4's Andy...
It was a bad idea to start with
Ofcom scraps 'public service publisher' plans The only surprise was what took them so long, namely Ofcom finally conceding defeat with the (expected) scrapping of the 'public service publisher' idea. A recent change of Culture Secretary could have triggered this...
How to make the BBC fit for the twenty-first century?
A top-sliced licence fee will trigger the BBC's destruction Whether de-coupling the licence fee from the BBC is the way forward or not (and I personally have my doubts), I can't help but think that the BBC still hasn't yet...
