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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…

ITV1 REFRESHES ON-AIR LOOK See also here EMBARGO: NOT FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE WEDNESDAY 27TH AUGUST 2003 because we’re scared ITV1 REFRESHES ON-AIR LOOK not that it was stale or ill-thought-out…

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…

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…

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…

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 –…

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…

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…

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…

A bit boring, this, but worth the effort to get it right. I’m told. RJG

Obviously, this is currently under test. But you knew that.

The Transdiffusion team take a look at the past year in broadcasting. Five alive October saw Channel 5 join the club of stations rebranding. The station, now renamed ‘five’, took…

That was the year that was, it’s over, let it go