As Jamie Oliver ends his ‘golden handcuffs’ deal with Channel 4, is the erstwhile Naked Chef likely to find riches in SVOD land or is a return to terrestrial inevitable?
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Lord Michael Grade is reportedly in the frame for the top job at Ofcom, following the Dacre debacle. But why would he want the job, especially now?
New Channel 4 chair Dawn Airey has certainly become a British Broadcasting Heavyweight. But does she have a genuine passion for TV?
As celebrities continue to launch their own production companies, Stephen Arnell considers the offers
With BBC Three set to find itself back on our TV screens, broadcast consultant Stephen Arnell evaluates the challenges the channel will face.
Broadcast consultant Stephen Arnell worries that Channel 4 has struck the wrong chord with its plans for a Black Takeover Day
Stephen Arnell, a former editorial consultant on BritBox, evaluates whether the streaming service’s new slate of original shows will be enough to cut through an overcrowded SVOD marketplace.
Stephen Arnell examines two important media news stories, both of which have a pandemic connection.
Rather than giving the ubiquitous chef yet another gig, the broadcaster could have made a much stronger connection with financially anxious viewers, writes Stephen Arnell.
The original Spitting Image was very much ‘water cooler TV’ with audiences of 15m. With only an estimated few hundred thousand subscribers, there’s no way it can perform this feat for BritBox.