The independent production companies outlining a proposal to bid for BBC Three should be congratulated for their creative thinking, rather than dismissed, writes Raymond Snoddy.
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With a new and ambitious Local TV advertising strategy on the cards, can the fledgling sector finally nurture some meaningful growth and revenue?
Raymond Snoddy examines how the British media has managed coverage of the Charlie Hebdo story – and asks if it was right or wrong to publish the cover image from the survivor’s issue.
There is only one certainty about the media in 2015 – it will be exciting and unpredictable and will come complete with more issues than you could shake a stick at.
From BT announcing it is trying to buy EE, to Channel 5 securing the rights to highlights of the Football League, we can be the sure that the media roller-coaster will run just as fast in 2015, writes Raymond Snoddy.
The greatest danger facing the ‘new’ BBC Three is not that it will be hopelessly bad – but that it will lack traction and purpose as it disappears into the endless abyss of the Internet.
Is it time the UK’s public service broadcasting rivals finally worked together to shake more money free from the US players?
From the DMGT reporting fantastic profits, to the launch of a new newspaper in the heart of London, it’s been a great week for the UK’s press, writes Raymond Snoddy. Can the industry keep it up?
As Ofcom kick-starts its investigation into Premier League TV rights, Raymond Snoddy says, as usual, it is the fans who will suffer the most in the search for “perfect competition”.
Following the Society of Editors conference this week, Raymond Snoddy reports on a change in government rhetoric over press freedoms.