adrian monck

Month: August 2007

  • Fox News: teaseless, crapless

    When people at Fox News start trotting out stuff you were doing five years ago, you know you’re getting old. Still, it is pretty sensible advice: Shepard Smith: We have to do more news. We’ve already given up the “coming up” teasing that we were known for in the early days. We’ve taken all of…

  • Media future by numbers and headlines

    Private equity house VSS is flagging up its new four-year media forecast, yours for just $2,495 – just drop the figures into your business plan! And while you are about it, choose your own headline…

  • Diversity: the price of success in TV news

    The BBC is trumpeting its recent surge in 24-hour news, according to the Guardian: The BBC head of television news, Peter Horrocks, said: “We are maintaining our traditional values of accuracy and authority, with an emphasis on original journalism and vivid story-telling. “Audiences might have reason to question our competitors’ commitment to news. Sky News…

  • Fake phone friends

    A final personal anecdote to re-tell in the TV fakery saga…A few years back I was the phone-a-friend for Michael Aspel and Carol Smillie on the Xmas “Celebrity” edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Someone from the production team called me before the show. They told me to let the phone ring three…