The conference was not just about the BBC and Sky – it was about an industry that felt it delivered world-class, diverse and (often) risk-taking content, but was not getting enough recognition and that was suffering unreasonable pressure on production budgets…
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During the MacTaggart Lecture, the BBC director general Mark Thompson seemed keen to throw the commercial channels a number of olive branches, albeit this was a political lecture and there were further implications to everything he said.
Raymond Snoddy on Mark Thompson’s lecture; the value of the BBC; and how Jeremy Hunt “has got the hang of dodging tricky questions with commendable speed”…
BARB has appointed Joe Lewis as the new research manager. Lewis will be taking over from Simon Bolus, who has in turn been promoted to research director.
ITV1’s long-running series The Bill finished last night, with the second episode of a two-part finale winning the peak slot of 9pm to 10pm
News Corp’s controversial plans for a full takeover of Sky came under scrutiny at this year’s MediaGuardian International Television Festival.
Radio merited relatively few mentions around Edinburgh over the weekend – reasonable enough as it is a TV conference – but the BBC director general Mark Thompson’s radio comments – not reported much – were significant on two fronts.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will be given new powers to regulate brands’ websites and free online spaces from March 1 next year.
Derek Jones, MD for MediaTel Group, asks if “the temptation in the digital world is more and more to play safe, save time (and cost) and use the middleman…?”
Jason Cromack, chief executive officer of Lateral Group, explains how the future of government advertising depends on communicating with the public “in a way that succeeds in combining the traditional platforms through which campaigns are conducted…”