Posts from
September 2003
Tuesday 30 September 2003
The Authority No new articles, but some additional nice illustrations from the Transdiffusion archives....
Read all of 'EMC's The Authority updated'.
After 17 years, Chris Tarrant is leaving Capital FM's breakfast show in Spring 2004. His replacement? Johnny Vaughan. Why? Well according to the press release, "He's modern, he's down to earth, he's funny and spontaneous and most importantly a real...
Read all of 'Here's Johnny!'.
Monday 29 September 2003
A year and a half ago, the screens went black on ITV Digital as the company pulled the plug. Since then we've come a long way. A new free-to-air based service has arrived, there's a multitude of new channels, the...
Read all of 'Rising from the ITV Digital Ashes.'.
Sunday 28 September 2003
The sorry saga of ITV's journey downmarket continues. Like an alcoholic always going to have "one last drink", the executives at the Network Centre want to have the kudos of broadcasting News at Ten without actually transmitting it. An ideal...
Read all of 'I read the news today, oh boy...'.
Saturday 27 September 2003
The BBC's Nick Higham on selling off ITV - again The question no one is asking (not even Nick Higham here) is: would ITV as it stands now be worth buying? I can guess the answer, can you?...
Read all of 'Moguls eye up ITV'.
Friday 26 September 2003
Programme news isn't really what this blog is for, so I apologise unreservedly. But hey this is just one piece of news that I simply have to break the rules for. Doctor Who is coming back. In 2005. On Saturday...
Read all of 'Argh! The Daleks! Argh!'.
Thursday 25 September 2003
The BBC Loses a Bit of Its Luster Thanks to regular contributor Joseph Gallant for pointing this piece of, er, journalism out. He says "I found this story on the New York Times website, giving an American view of the...
Read all of 'A little bit of knowledge...'.
Wednesday 24 September 2003
Everyone wants something for nothing - even ITV. The national broadcaster moaned bitterly when the BBC withdrew funding for Solus cards which allow owners of Sky minidishes to view free-to-view channels where the channel is encrypted but anyone with a...
Read all of 'ITV, prams and a free-to-view Solus card.'.
Tuesday 23 September 2003
ITV1 REFRESHES ON-AIR LOOK See also here EMBARGO: NOT FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE WEDNESDAY 27TH AUGUST 2003 because we're scared ITV1 REFRESHES ON-AIR LOOK not that it was stale or ill-thought-out or anything ITV1 is to refresh the channel?s on-air branding...
Read all of 'A translator writes...'.
Whilst the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System has been around for about 40 years (we're celebrating the big 4-0 next year for very complex reasons), 22 September is our anniversary on the web. And, as usual, we like to bring you something...
Read all of 'Transdiffusion News'.
Monday 22 September 2003
48 years of Independent Television, and ITV is celebrating by... doing nothing. No press release, no party, no special idents, no story on the awful ITV.com. Nothing at all. But then, any of this would suggest something to celebrate. And...
Read all of 'I've come to wish you an Unhappy Birthday'.
It appears David Liddiment has realised what some of us decided four years ago - ITV would be better off if it hadn't originally ditched News at Ten, according to an article in the Media Guardian today. Of course we...
Read all of 'Hindsight is a wonderful thing.'.
Sunday 21 September 2003
8pm on 22 September marks our 4th birthday on the web. Contrary to the impression I gave below, there's no big splash of an update (senior management has spoken - not my choice but I'm happy with the decision), just...
Read all of 'Happy Birthday to us!'.
BBC News on end of RI:SE Poor C4. The Channel Four Daily, The Big Breakfast, an unexpected interregnum, and RI:SE (in two flavours). The Channel Four Daily (C4D) was an excellent idea. You could have a mixture of the BBC's...
Read all of 'Fourth time lucky?'.
I'm pleased to report 7DAYS has now had its new look completed (to be uploaded this evening, and thus 'soft-launching' this 'blog), after a surprising amount of work! Next stop is the three or four articles that will constitute the...
Read all of 'Launch'.
Saturday 20 September 2003
Well, time to kick off MediaBlog in style. Or not - since this Blog officially doesn't go 'live' until Monday evening. However, you can get a brief insight into my world just before an update: fraught. 22 September is the...
Read all of 'It's time to get things started, it's time to light the lights...'.
A bit boring, this, but worth the effort to get it right. I'm told. RJG...
Read all of 'This is the second test post'.
Monday 1 September 2003
Obviously, this is currently under test. But you knew that....
Read all of 'Welcome to new EMC sevendays weblog'.
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