Television has long been under attack. Digital media, societal change and audience fragmentation mean that those occasions when the whole nation gathers around their set have become increasingly rare. But when they do happen it's a useful reminder...
In the finest traditions of British balls-ups, Freeview's attempt at successfully managing a retuning process is well up there. Fortunately I don't have Freeview - telly is too important to be restricted to its limited offering - but 18m homes...
And what's more the channel more or less held my attention for nearly an hour. This might reflect more on how appalling Top Gear has become with its leaden scripts and false bonhomie as I couldn't even get to the end of the show - is the 'cool...
It's all too easy kicking someone when they are on their knees, but sometimes it's just irresistable. So apologies in advance to Five. The low-budget terrestrial channel, which has seen its share of ad revenue fall off the cliff this year, has...
Writing in today's Financial Times, BBC director-general Mark Thompson indicates that he would support a merger between Channel 4 and Five in order to save them costs and preserve his precious licence fee from any proposed top-slicing. Sadly for Trisha...
Regular readers (hello mum) may recall that I recently called into question whether Five has ever managed to shake-off its image as little more than a provider of cheap frequency to advertisers' schedules. While I still maintain that Dawn Airey has...
Oh dear. Five are upset with a media analysis that I wrote in last week's mag. In a letter they have produced lots of figures that counter the argument and the data that we published. There are some good points (see next week's Marketing to see...
