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”.
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Following the Society of Editors conference this week, Raymond Snoddy reports on a change in government rhetoric over press freedoms.
With the launch of the Press Recognition Panel this month, Raymond Snoddy notes that there seems to be a much greater appetite for regulating the press in the UK than protecting its freedoms.
MPs in particular are failing to provide the right solutions, says Raymond Snoddy. So what should the decision-makers do to ensure a fair and stable system to fund the Beeb?
Based on compelling new evidence, the idea that digital advertising is going to suck the life out of traditional television is looking increasingly unlikely, finds Raymond Snoddy.
The latest local TV channel to launch today – Made in Cardiff – has a strategy its producers say will ensure its success. But will it bring in the viewing figures advertisers need?
Now that Viacom has sealed its £450m deal for Channel 5 – what does it plan on doing to shake things up in the UK? Raymond Snoddy hears from the company’s CEO, Philippe Dauman.
It’s not clear whether the bigger and better data so desperately sought by the media industry is matched by an equally urgent desire to pay for the research that would deliver it, writes Raymond Snoddy.
At this year’s IBC, broadcasters admitted that they were rubbish at innovation – but they’re doing themselves down argues Raymond Snoddy, who cites a whole host of reasons why they’re wrong.
The referendum vote gives Rupert Murdoch a chance for revenge – and he rarely passes up a chance for retribution, writes Raymond Snoddy.