Whatgetsmygoat (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
We like to tell ourselves that we are a Christian country, but who are we kidding?I look at the TV schedules on a Sunday, and there are almost no religious programmes on television.Songs of Praise is tucked away in a ludicrous time slot on BBC1.Most people probably think it's been cancelled. Neither ITV nor Channel 4 show any religious shows.No discussions about morality or spirituality-Zero!Sunday...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Jeremy Hunt says Conservatives would look to ease TV advertising rules for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel Five The shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said that the Conservatives would look to relax TV advertising rules, which could mean more commercials in peaktime shows – and up to £40m extra a year for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel Five. Hunt, speaking at the Manchester Media Festival...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Imagine flashing forward five years to life with the Tories: Mark Thompson has been sacked, Strictly Pole Dancing is on TV, and Simon Cowell runs an alternative BBC November 16, 2014: In a combative interview yesterday with Sunday Guardian Observer Online, Boris Johnson insisted that the broadcasting reforms by the current government have been "better for the taxpayer and better for television...
Gidley's Gossipings (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Finally the project brand name for the Video On Demand project I have been working on since 2007 has been released! It is http://www.seesaw.com/ . It is amazing to think back over all that time - when we started we were Project Kangaroo (a join venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide) and were aiming to build a combined video on demand site. That project was killed by the competition commission...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
British Sky Broadcasting's financial results continue to defy the recession that is biting so hard into rival commercial broadcasters such as ITV, Channel 4 and RTL's Five
Liberty Scott (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
There is so much hype and talk about the BNP Leader Nick Griffin being invited onto the BBC TV show Question Time tonight, you'd think it was a commercial channel. Which does beg the question. The BBC is state owned, compulsorily funded by those who own TV sets. It feels obliged to give "everyone a fair say" and since the BNP gained around 900,000 votes at the last MEP and local government...
ITProPortal (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
In a decision that is likely to deject many broadcasters who were keen to tap into BBC’s iPlayer platform, the BBC Trust has apparently rejected a proposal from BBC to create an Open iPlayer federation which would have given other broadcasters access to its much vaunted video on demand platform.
T3 (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Consumers have to wait a while longer before watching Hollyoaks and Coronation Street on the iPlayer
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The BBC Trust has refused to share their iPlayer with other broadcasters including ITV and Channel 4.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
A plan to link the BBC iPlayer to ITV and Channel 4 programmes was rejected this lunchtime by the public broadcaster's regulator.
TechRadar (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
London will be able to receive Freeview HD by the end of the year, with the BBC confirming that they have come to a deal with Arqiva to upgrade the networks for five key metropolitan areas. Although it was expected that London's transmitters would be upgraded to cope with the extra capacity needed for the deployment of DVB-T2, the confirmation has now arrived. The BBC also confirmed that transmitters...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Being at the helm of Britain's commercial broadcasters might once have been the pinnacle of any corporate ambition but despite the glamour and obvious perks these jobs are now being viewed as a poisoned chalice.
Daily Mobile - Your All In One Phon (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
New research predicts that there will be more than one billion people using mobile broadband around the world by 2012. European network’s however, are already insisting that present use is crippling their networks. Vodafone UK is to double its broadband mobile service to 14.4mbps. An Ofcom survey in March noted three million UK homes had mobile broadband access. A Vodafone spokesperson stated...
Bracknell Blog (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
How unfair it is to have a newspaper lend so much support behind a political party. The Sun as we all know can get very nasty turning people into turnips etc. Now I know the Sun is popular, with over 3million papers sold daily, I like the paper much more than say the Daily Mail, the Mirror or the Daily Express. But I have never liked the total all out go and get them attitude they have to politics...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Freeview rejig will see Five gain near-universal coverage but some channels will be lost to make space for HD TV services Digital TV viewers in 18m homes will have to retune their Freeview set-top boxes from lunchtime today following a nationwide upgrade that will see some homes permanently lose channels ITV3 and ITV4 but Channel Five gain near-universal coverage. Freeview is reorganising its digital...
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