ITV has just spun out a new deal with its news supplier, ITN. In case you don’t understand the oddness of British TV news — ITV doesn’t have its own news division, it contracts the news out — and has done for fifty years — to a company it 40% owns. According to the headline it’s £250m till […]
Sky
Sky aren’t usually naïve, but they’ve lost a lot of potential good will trying to dump the RTS “news channel of the year” from Freeview and then running this ad to kick Virgin…
Let’s hope Ofcom makes the case to keep Sky News available on Freeview, or bang go millions of homes. Journo-blogger Chris Doidge makes the point well: …the news that Sky News is to retreat from such a popular platform (almost certainly losing a large percentage of its viewers) suggests Sky has little faith in the future of […]
Last night the Telegraph’s Jeff Randall used his Weekend Business show on BBC Radio 5 Live show to converse with James Murdoch. You can hear their chat on this link. It’s about five minutes in. Murdoch doesn’t let much slip and blags effectively on behalf of Sky. The show is a legacy from Randall’s era as BBC […]