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  • Why Can’t I Download A Film and Burn It To DVD?

    As Peter Mandelson continues to show us that he completely misunderstands the nature of the internet, a general failing of “content-owners” can be seen when you try to do something very simple that you should be able to do in this day and age but can’t. At the weekend I thought I’d try to get…

  • RAJAR Q3 2009

    Today sees publication of the latest RAJAR figures and there are a few things that are food for thought. FIrst of all, it wasn’t the greatest RAJAR for commercial radio which slipped back a little against a strong BBC which saw increases in share for all its national analogue networks with the exception of Radio…

  • London Newspapers

    Associated Newspapers has just announced that the London Lite will shortly be closing. This has surely been inevitable since the Evening Standard went free a week or so ago. Clearly as well the journalists mentioned in the The Guardian’s report, there are also an awful lot of part-time distributors losing their jobs, as well associated…

  • Watching Football on the Internet

    And so it has come to pass – this weekend’s dead rubber between the Ukraine and England, will only be available online or at your local Odeon cinema. The prices seem to range from £4.99 if you book now to £11.99 if you book on the day of the game. Odeon cinemas seem to be…

  • Content

    Warning. You are about to read a bit of a rant: if you haven’t already stopped reading already that is. It’s been a long time in coming, but I feel I have to say something about it. I loathe content. The word “content” that is. I really, really loathe it. It’s a hideous and yet…

  • BBC, Ofcom and James Murdoch

    The Edinburgh TV Festival is all very depressing isn’t it. The stories coming out, during a recession that’s probably hit TV today to a greater extent than ever before, all seem to be about shutting things down, and leaving well alone. James Murdoch has come out swinging with his McTaggart lecture and it’s depressing stuff.…

  • All The Broadcast News That’s Fit To (Re)Print

    As the Edinburgh Television Festival approaches, and Autumn line-ups begin are announced and begin, this week’s Broadcast magazine is chock full of exciting, and mostly slightly less exciting news. The big story is ITV reworking Blind Date into a new speed-dating format. Since even C4 who have previously piloted show called it “the cattle market…

  • STV plc v ITV plc

    Back in the summer of 2008, the radio station I work for was then called Virgin Radio which in turn was owned by SMG plc. Once upon a time SMG was a media force to be reckoned with. It also owned the Glasgow Herald, the cinema advertising group Pearl & Dean, an outdoor advertising company…

  • The Ashes on TV

    Yesterday evening, England won the final Test at the Oval, and doing so regained the Ashes. It was a fine moment. And it was a moment that I experienced via the radio listening to Test Match Special on Five Live Sports Extra. As it happened I spent most of the weekend at the V Festival…

  • The London Paper’s Closing Down, Closing Down, Closing Down

    Having launched three years ago (when this photo was taken), News International has today announced that following a £12.9m loss, it’s closing down. Obviously this is sad news for everyone who works there, including the street vendors (although I have mixed feelings about them). But I can’t say that I’m surprised. First, Associated launched the…

  • The Observer

    News emerged at the weekend that Guardian Media Group is said to be discussing the future of The Observer – one of the oldest newspapers in the world. One idea seems to be to turn it into a weekly news magazine – I assume in the style of Time, Newsweek or The Economist. That’d be…

  • The MediaGuardian 100 – 2009

    The annual nonsense that is the MediaGuardian 100 has once again been published. And as ever, there are lots and lots of telly folk on the list. And plenty of representation from the dead tree media. But once again, nearly nobody from radio! Aside from a handful of presenters, you’ve got Tim Davie, Mark Damazer…

  • Newspapers and the Internet

    There are two interesting developments in the world of newspapers and digital today. First up is Rupert Murdoch who’s reported to be introducing a charge for reading currently free newspapers on the internet. He’s looked at the model operated by the Wall Street Journal and wants to roll out some kind of system to his…