Posts from
May 2005
Tuesday 31 May 2005
E4 is currently showing Big Brother with a large graphic labelled "live" on screen. E4+1 is currently showing Big Brother with a large graphic labeled "live" on screen. Obviously they're both live cos the logo on screen says so. Yet...
Read all of 'When is 'Live', not 'Live'?'.
Friday 27 May 2005
Unions suspend planned BBC strike [BBC News] Did the BBC blink first?...
Read all of 'Strike off'.
Thursday 26 May 2005
The 'N-word' proves too much for BBC bosses As some media reports claim that if BBC management are to be clever in forcing the unions to back down in the dispute over job cuts they should try and split the...
Read all of 'Don't mention the 'N' word'.
Tuesday 24 May 2005
It would appear that the BBC unions significantly overestimated the effect they could have on broadcast output, if yesterday's efforts are anything to go by. Despite an apparently good turnout, I am sure that ordinary viewers and listeners will have...
Read all of 'Wrong, wrong, wrong'.
Having spent some time reflecting on the stirke at the BBC, I find myself in the unenviable position of being able to see both sides, to see that, yes, the BBC does need to live within its means, but also...
Read all of 'Thoughts on the BBC Strike.'.
When the BBC strikes were announced, BECTU said they wanted "blank screens and dead air". And they were sure they were going to get it. And so yesterday around 10,000 staff* didn't turn up to work to show their anger...
Read all of 'Strike Stupidity'.
Licence fee talks that motivated bosses' tough stance It's fairly obvious that the main reason for Mark Thompson's proposed changes to the BBC is less to do with saving money but more concerned with forcibly increasing the quota of independent...
Read all of 'Strike aftermath'.
The Scotsman on the BBC strike Britain in the 21st century is a very different place to the Britain I grew up in. This probably sounds obvious, but the differences continue to creep up on me and surprise me. Perhaps...
Read all of 'Industrial action'.
Wednesday 18 May 2005
The Times: ITV gloats as BBC weathers storm Apparantly ITV rejected the software that the BBC is now using for its weather graphics because the graphics "just left the viewer confused". Mind you, what's the betting if the new BBC...
Read all of 'Weathering The Storm?'.
Monday 16 May 2005
The Changes in BBC Weather Graphics I'm red-green colour blind. Therefore, changes in brown and green are not the easiest things for me to see, particularly in detail on a moving shot. Therefore I'm really not impressed with the BBC's...
Read all of 'Colour blind weather'.
Thursday 12 May 2005
Unions announce BBC strike dates (Note, this is a BBC Link) So, a strike then. While I could take the practical and human issue of the job cuts and what they mean, I won't, because most of the people will...
Read all of 'Oh good, some disruption'.
Tuesday 10 May 2005
Bragg tells politicians to stop 'penalising' ITV Lord Bragg is right when he claims that "ITV took its eye off the ball in the 90s" - indeed much can be blamed on the failed ONdigital/ITV Digital project, since 'ITV' at...
Read all of 'Truths and half-truths'.
Saturday 7 May 2005
Well, having reviewed the night of the general election, there are several points that spring up in my mind. First, one thing that ITV actually did right, was to have a small degree of humour injected, via political cartoonist Gerald...
Read all of 'Thoughts On Election Night'.
Friday 6 May 2005
Paxman v Galloway (transcript and video) Election coverage highlight for many must surely be the acrimonious exchange between the BBC's Jeremy Paxman and George Galloway of Respect, moments after the latter had been declared the winner in a bitter...
Read all of 'Galloway and Paxman, head to head'.
Well if you too didn't see Sky News's studio (also simulcast on Five) well you didn't miss much. Rather drab and boring actually - rather grey and with the presenters sat there with lots of computer screens. Like the ITV...
Read all of 'More Electioneering'.
Thursday 5 May 2005
So. It's election night, and it's time to see what's happening on the TV. Firstly, the BBC. Their studio is lovely. Much nicer than ITV's rather dull, blue effort. Except for Michael Portillo's tie. But then I'd have thought Portillo...
Read all of 'Electioneering'.
Sunday 1 May 2005
This is money.co.uk is reporting that industry insiders believe that Charles Allen could be looking to revive ITV Digital by purchasing Top Up TV. Now, combine this info with the purchase of SDN earlier this week, and it would...
Read all of 'ITV Digital Mark 2?'.
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