adrian monck

Month: May 2008

  • “Warming up” Gordon Brown

    Gordon Brown is struggling in the presentational department. On 1 May, BBC 5 Live‘s Nicky Campbell told him right out about “that lack of human connection that you have.” (listen from 1:39) [Non-UK readers – imagine your political chief taking this verbal slapdown?] So how can Gordon get that “human connection”? Perhaps by taking a…

  • News channel showdown: BBC News vs. Sky News

    I have been meaning to post for a while on the impact of Freeview on Sky News viewing. Freeview launched in November 2002, offering a set-top box for viewers who didn’t want Sky.

  • Is there anything special about online newspapers?

    Ryan Sholin – host of this month’s Carnival of Journalism – has a question: “What are we supposed to tell our newsrooms when they tell us they don’t have time to do anything special for the Web?” What does special on the web look like?

  • Italian public service broadcasting 2

    Last night I did a panel debate with Angelo Petroni of Italy’s public broadcaster RAI, moderated by Endemol‘s Andy Ward on the future of mass media in Europe. The setting was the genteel and fading grandeur of a house in Belgrave Square, which suited the theme perfectly. So what did I learn about Italian telly?