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 just announced its exciting new entertainment line...
Talking to contacts this morning in light of ITV's £2.7 billion losses, it's hard to detect too much sympathy around for those who control the broadcaster. Plenty for those among the 600 who will lose their jobs as it restructures but beyond that there is a feeling that ITV has played a part...
Does it? A god given right? I'm not sure it does. Channel 4 needs to accept facts, embrace the future, and realise with few options left its future lies with Five. Looking at Channel 4 what's clear is that you can watch a lot of what it broadcasts on any channel. Think about it: 'Big Brother'...
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 Goddard, who has just been dropped by Five for...
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 it in full) but boasting that Five has managed to...
