August 31st 2005
By: Luke
Reacting to news of its lowest monthly viewing figures ever, ITV has commissioned Shed Productions to produce an eighth series of 'Bad Girls' for ITV1, and a second series of 'Footballers� Wives Extra Time' for ITV2.
That should sort it...inspired stuff!
August 30th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
A week ago, I asked "Where is the debate on Internet regulation?" Well, it seems that the debate has now started - thanks to one of our friends at Ofcom. In the last few days, there has been a seminar in Hong Kong hosted by the Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority ...
August 30th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
As I forecast in a posting a week ago, the Government has today issued a consultation paper proposing that it become a criminal offence simply to view certain categories of extreme adult pornography, namely material which is "graphic and sexually explicit and which contains actual scenes or realistic depictions of ...
August 30th 2005
By: monica
Yesterday, the European Commission granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition of sole control of Channel 5 by the RTL Group S.A. (RTL) of Luxembourg, which belongs to Bertelsmann.
In July Bertelsmann reached 90.4% control over RTL, after buying WAZ Group's share in the company, and it acquired ...
August 29th 2005
By: Luke
Most of Lord Birt's speech in Edinburgh was numbingly dull - a long list of his own achievements, all of which had made UK television the best in the world. Indeed, the industry has seemingly only hit the dumbing down buffers since he went off to tinker with various policy ...
August 28th 2005
By: Luke
LONDON (AFX) - BT has denied a report in the Observer newspaper that it is planning to bid for the rights to screen English Premier League football matches.
'The story in the Observer is nonsense. It is completely false,' a BT spokesman said.
The Observer reported that BT wanted to buy Premiership ...
August 28th 2005
By: Luke
ITV is set to record the worst-ever viewing figures for its main channel this month, potentially putting its advertising revenues under pressure, the Mail on Sunday reported today.
The paper reported that the figures, compiled by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB), will show that flagship channel ITV 1 had an ...
August 26th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
Around the world, much thought is being given to the timetable for and the process of switching off analogue television broadcasting and moving exclusively to digital broadcasting. Here in the UK, Ofcom has recommended a phased switchover staring in 2008 and concluding in 2012 and it has even published recommendations ...
August 25th 2005
By: monica
The OECD published yesterday its Communications Outlook 2005. You can buy it online for 50 pounds here. I have not read the report but from the various press releases these seem to be the key points:
* The industry is profitable again, but developments in Internet technology challenge the role and ...
August 25th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
The "Guardian" today devotes a full page in its main news section to the growing threat to the Microsoft hegemoth posed by the young upstart Google. The feature suggests that: "Already there are whispers in California's Silicon Valley that it is becoming too much like Microsoft, the technology firm that ...
