As the annual TV festival approaches, Arnell explains how the more things change, the more things stay the same.

C4 latest commissioning seems to be more focussed on grabbing headlines and “giving the people what they want” than making change.

Broadcasters searching for an answer to Netflix’s Squid Game reality show need look no further.

Underlying wider industry causes partly explain the exits of Raffaele Annechino and Peter Rice, as the inflation crisis takes hold.

As ITV partners with Twitter: ‘Who sups with the devil should have a long spoon’…

As Tim Davie prepares to shutter BBC4 and CBBC, has the DG selected the wrong targets, asks Stephen Arnell.

As Channel 4 and Sky announce their new slates, will familiarity breed contempt?

Caution advised as ITV and others enter ‘Web3’, the metaverse and the NFT market.

Stephen Arnell reviews the broadcasters’ performances at the BAFTA TV awards and how recent misconduct allegations may have played a role.

This Curate’s Egg has several crowd-pleasing proposals, but the more problematic parts may ultimately show the Culture Secretary’s hand.