Raymond Snoddy sees Channel 4 as the big loser from yesterday’s Digital Britain report with “hard choices largely ducked”.“Helpfully the Government added in a very odd phrase indeed that perhaps Channel 4 was ‘too-television centric’. Many people will think that is because it is a television company…”Thank God for the 50p broadband tax on telephone… Continue reading Raymond Snoddy is disappointed with the Digital Britain report

Raymond Snoddy discusses Digital Britain over coffee with Andy Burnham … and then he’s gone to tackle the NHS, leaving our new weekly commentator with the view that Digital Britain is unlikely to have much immediate effect on the marketing community, if anything happens at all …“We all know that Gordon Brown has a lot… Continue reading Raymond Snoddy on Digital Britain

Ray Snoddy, former media editor of the Times and the FT and current presenter of the BBC’s Newswatch will be writing weekly for MediaTel NewsLine from mid-May. Here’s a taster of what’s to come with Ray’s reflections on a conference session and interview with Martin Sorrell at MIPTV in Cannes last week, and on Zillion… Continue reading A Zillion reasons why Sorrell might be right

Journalist and broadcaster, Ray Snoddy, gave delegates at the 2005 Radio Festival in Edinburgh an informative and entertaining look over the past year in radio this afternoon, as well as making predictions for what 2006 holds for the radio industry.First to be given a “sideways” look was the merger between GWR and Capital Radio, creating… Continue reading Snoddy Sums Up A Tumultuous Year In Radio