A couple of weeks ago I unpacked a Grundig Freesat HD set top box. In the cardboard packing was a set top box, power adapter, SCART lead and a remote control. I then wandered over to the office's LCD TV...
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There's an element of inevitability about this one - and the one surprise is that has taken so long.
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All that glitters is not gold (Peter Fincham's Edinburgh Television Festival speech) Now that the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival is over, what can we learn from what happened there, and (perhaps more importantly) did the attendees learn anything from...
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Ex-BBC TV executive Cotton dies The death of Bill Cotton perhaps signifies a form of closure for an era that arguably represented the pinnacle of BBC light entertainment and may never ever be repeated within our lifetime, especially as the...
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"On BBC One now, Britain from Above, whilst on BBC Two in sixty minutes, it's Britain from Above".
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Viewpoint: Ofcom is key player in ITV drama So Michael Grade is threatening to hand back ITV plc's Channel 3 regional licences since it's now claimed that under the current setup they are starting to become unworkable, but whether or...
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ECB attacks BBC for failing to bid for television rights So what's the real reason behind the English Cricket Board moaning about the BBC's refusal to bid for terrestrial TV cricket rights? Perhaps it's because both Channel 4 and Setanta...
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