Last month’s negotiations between the government and the BBC were far more intense and potentially malign than has been previously realised, according to a soon-to-be-published book.

As ITV and Sky are so well demonstrating, the UK broadcast sector is in rude health, writes Raymond Snoddy – but there is one major problem on the horizon.

Jeremy Clarkson’s move to Amazon will, in time, help reveal how much television has really changed, writes Raymond Snoddy.

Now the FT is in the hands of one of Japan’s biggest media groups, the vital issue of the paper’s editorial independence hangs in the balance, writes Raymond Snoddy.

Watching football on TV is growing painfully expensive and surely an indication of a market that is not working, writes Raymond Snoddy.

It’s time for everyone to wake up and realise how potentially malevolent this government’s plans for the BBC will be in their effect, writes Raymond Snoddy.

That the Government, this time without any Lib-Dem brake to apply, should impose such a deal for the second time in five years behind closed doors is nothing short of gobsmacking, writes Raymond Snoddy.

The closure of BBC Three as a broadcast channel sets a dangerous precedent as the BBC Trust will soon find out…if it survives long enough, writes Raymond Snoddy.

From the launch of Truffle Pig to Vice’s tie-up with Unilever, we’re seeing new levels of innovation in the media, writes Raymond Snoddy.

As the Daily Mail publishes a hugely misleading attack, Raymond Snoddy argues that the public mood is being manipulated to make it hostile to the BBC in advance of vital talks with Government.