Posts from
September 2008
Monday 29 September 2008
BSkyB ordered to cut ITV stake Although a decision has now been made in relation to BSkyB and its ITV stake, namely that BSkyB has to sell at least some of its 17.9% "spoiler stake" in ITV so that it's...
Read all of 'Up for grabs?'.
Thursday 25 September 2008
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...
Read all of 'A predictable outcome'.
Can you imagine how much time we wasted watching TV - and what we could now be doing instead?
Read all of 'Television: the gin of the 20th century'.
Saturday 20 September 2008
Banks in crisis, stock exchanges in turmoil - wonder what could be the cause of all of this? The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre recently uploaded a video to YouTube that neatly explains the cause of the chaos. (Their...
Read all of 'Meltdown'.
Friday 19 September 2008
Kids still exposed to bad food ads The government decided that TV adverts featuring so-called 'junk food' which are shown during children's programmes are a bad idea, so it (and Ofcom) came up with a plan to prevent ads for...
Read all of 'Junk regulation'.
Tuesday 16 September 2008
The nationisation of local radio is taking a step up a gear, with Global Radio announcing plans to rebrand 28 of its local stations as Heart
Read all of 'Who needs the One if you've got a big Heart?'.
Monday 15 September 2008
Michael Grade: YouTube is a 'parasite' It's fairly easy to tell from Michael Grade's comments that he is still firmly rooted in the media 'old school', since he (and ITV plc) still appear to remain very fixed to the concepts...
Read all of 'Discontented'.
Friday 12 September 2008
It's been hanging around for goodness knows how long, but finally BSkyB have done the inevitable, and axed its pay TV proposals for DTT.
Read all of 'Pack away the hamper - the Picnic isn't happening'.
BSkyB job losses expected as Picnic is axed Whilst the news of BSkyB abandoning their Picnic terrestrial pay-TV project isn't that surprising in itself, the official reason given for its discontinuing - namely Ofcom taking too long to reach a...
Read all of 'Lunch has been served'.
Monday 8 September 2008
Setanta desperately needs more home wins From recent events it seems fairly obvious that Irish broadcaster Setanta is privately starting to panic as to the viability of its pay-TV subscription model, and data from media consultancy Enders Analysis seems to...
Read all of 'The final whistle?'.
Monday 1 September 2008
BBC postpones move from R&D headquarters Kingswood Warren Once the BBC R&D department were going to be relocated to a broom cupboard within the bowels of White City, and now...well...who knows? At least Erik Huggers has the right idea, although...
Read all of 'Losing the plot'.
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