Small MPU – Page 278
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Tony Stoller
On how the Radio Authority is happy to carry on awarding digital multiplex licences - for the present.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Taking on the dragon
Granada's sale of HTV last week leaves new owner Carlton with a few problems to solve - not least the balance of the franchise's regional needs with its corporate ambitions.
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OPINION - The mass media need regulation
This week's autumn symposium provided the focus for increasingly consensual debate about the future of television as it faces both the end of the old analogue order and the more immediate
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INDIE BUSINESS - Why they think it's all over
With a number of independents losing indie status by selling out to larger outfits, is it time to overhaul the quota system, whereby broadcasters must commission 25 per cent of their programming from indie sources?
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PROMAX - Getting the fit right
The ITC's relaxation of the rules governing sponsorship will lead to rapid growth in the sector, but great care must be taken in matching sponsors with series if viewers are not to be alienated.
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INTERVIEW - Harries goes large
Andy Harries, new controller of drama and comedy at Granada and the man behind The Royle Family and Cold Feet is determined to build up a team of drama writers and producers to lay claim to the 21.00 battle zone.
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OFF THE RECORD - On the balearic beat
So, BBC pocket rocket Lorraine Heggessey is on holiday in Ibiza. What is she doing there, we wonder? Is she throwin' shapes and largin' it down Manumission to pick up inspiring
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OFF THE RECORD - Poison Isaacs
Is there any link between the following facts or is it merely a coincidence, highlighting the small-mindedness of observers? 1) At the Sheffield documentary festival, Channel 4 founding father Jeremy Isaacs
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OFF THE RECORD - Lumbering into work
Oooh, how they love their cricket down Sky Sports way. On Monday, when many of us chose to take a duvet day and blame the weather, cricket presenter Charles Colvile had
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OFF THE RECORD - Seen but not Hird
Is it just us or does this ITC Bulletin layout suggest the commission's overlady Patricia Hodgson is the one in the picture doing a Thora Hird? Sat on the sofa of
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OFF THE RECORD - Business affair
Now that Carlton has assumed control of HTV, OTR is reminded of a comment attributed to Carlton chief Clive Jones years ago when TVS lost its franchise to Meridian and Lord
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OFF THE RECORD - Gone but not forgotten
Many sharp intakes of breath following last week's news that Channel 5 overlord David Elstein was making a rapid exit. Introducing an RTS session called Surviving the Future, which he had
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OFF THE RECORD - The stuff that nightmares are made of ..
Reports that community groups have asked Channel 4 to remove this poster (above) because of the lasting traumatic effect it can have on small children are greatly exaggerated. In case you
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes - too many cooks
Observe the similarities between docu-soap grandmaster Paul Watson and telly's own cooking lush Keith Floyd.While one made his name exposing the intimate lives of some fascinatingly trashy characters, the other is
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BSkyB subscribers hit 4.95 million but losses widen
Satellite broadcaster says it is confident of signing 7 million subscribers by 2003 but nine-fold increase in pre-tax loss shows cost of digital TV strategy remains high
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Consumers baulk at high broadband costs
The cost of services is inhibiting broadband uptake according to survey by PriceWaterhousecoopers, writes David Wood.With the notably exception of Germany, where half of users have ISDN lines and cable modems,
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Salmon's final commissions come through
Drama on the agenda with cast-juggling in-house production