All Comment articles – Page 295
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CommentMedia money: What's in a name?
When SMG sold Virgin Radio for£53.2m - to a consortium including the publisher of the Times of India - it was for a price almost£10m less than SMG investors had been expecting. This is partly because the sale did not include the Virgin Radio brand name.
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CommentMedia money: Is time alone what Michael Grade needs to turn around ITV?
Michael Grade has extended his tenure as executive chairman of ITV for another year to 2010 and at the recent AGM asked his shareholders to be patient and judge his success in the context of the next three to five years. But, given the rising volume of discontent in the ...
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CommentDawn is done
In Dawn Porter's last blog from LA, the presenter reflects on her time filming new documentary series Extreme Wife for Channel 4.
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CommentHot Topic: TV and the developing world
Andy Glynne tells TV execs to wise up to the developing world.
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CommentWhose content is it anyway?
Will Strauss considers the difficult decisions some equipment manufacturers have to make when trying to second guess the television market.
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CommentYou the Jury: Miranda Peters and James Burstall
Miranda Peters and James Burstall on the latest TV shows.
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CommentBlog: PSB at a crossroads
Ofcom's director of nations for Northern Ireland, Denis Wolinski, on the latest debates surrounding the future of PSB.
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CommentBlog: Bridging the digital divide
Elizabeth McLaughlin, director of the company behind ITV1's Britain's Got Talent website, discusses the problems with the UK's 'digital divide'.
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CommentThe hosts with the most
The BBC must use its power and influence - not piles of cash - to land top presenters.
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CommentMedia money: Why is Disney going free-to-air in Spain?
It could be an archetypal Disney story - brave, upstanding Disney Channel (DC) decides to leave its traditional Spanish home and head for a bold, new future in neighbouring DTT land where it hopes to make its fortune.
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CommentThe Insider: Public disservice
The BBC's free-spending website is crushing its commercial sector rivals.
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CommentMedia money: Are live advertisements worth the anxiety?
After being inspired by those clever people at Channel 4 and Honda (which delivered the live skydiving ad last week), I am proud to announce that this column is being written live. Cue triumphant music.
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CommentYou the Jury: Christopher Biggins and Sarah Cawood
I have to admit, the three programmes I have been asked to review wouldn't normally have made it onto my “must-watch” list. So, imagine my surprise when one of them proved so interesting and enjoyable, that I am going to have to review my channel choices.We start with Extraordinary Animals: ...
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CommentWhen IT and broadcast collides
Will Strauss revels in the new technologies that fuse the plug-and-play world of IT with the practical world of broadcasting.
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CommentBlog: BBC fails to reveal all
Broadcast's BBC correspondent Katherine Rushton criticises the BBC Trust's report on talent costs for keeping too much out of the public eye.
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CommentBig Brother's big stakes
C4 and Endemol can't afford to play safe with a format so crucial to their fortunes.