Ashamed to say that I tried to participate in Derren (sic) Brown's mind trick on Channel 4 on Friday night - an insight into my exciting weekend - and that like everyone else I've encountered, it failed. Even more ashamed to say that I was disappointed so rewinded and tried again before deciding...
So Channel 4 finally confirmed that its chief executive Andy Duncan is to step down at the end of the year. After grappling for months with C4's funding hole, Duncan looks set to leave along with chairman, Luke Johnson, at Christmas. The search is on for a replacement. But many in television reckon...
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...
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...
Again just two words: 'Celebrity Wrestling'. Well, ITV knows something about ratings disasters. Although it does the business on Saturday night, as far as I know there is nothing on ITV on Friday nights. Pot kettle, kettle black means nothing to ITV. Otherwise it would realise how laughable it...
