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Satellite TV Stage Two ups the risk stakes
Published 24 August 2020
BSB launches this Sunday… let battle commence
How I grew up with ITV
Published 3 September 2018
Vic Gardiner of LWT remembers the first 25 years of ITV in 1980 – and his part in the network’s development
► The fall and fall of LWT
Published 4 August 2016
The BBC’s “24 Hours” looks at the troubled life of LWT in an audio recording from 1971.
Formula won
Published 29 July 2011
Aside from those wanting Rupert Murdoch’s influence to be curtailed, the News Corporation phone hacking saga so far hasn’t been bad news for BSkyB either, despite the fact that it’s…
The naked truth
Published 13 July 2011
If you wanted excitement, intrigue and unpredictability in the world of media news then this past week simply had the lot, starting off with what seemed like a minor escalation…
The improbable coming true
Published 11 July 2011
Never has a week seemed like such a long time in news. Go back a month and if anyone had said that the News of the World would soon be no more and that News International would be fighting for its reputation and survival, you’d think they were mad and would be preparing to get the doctors with the straight jackets.
Buying time
Published 6 July 2011
Can News Corporation still achieve its dream of taking over BSkyB despite what now appears to be difficult if not insurmountable obstacles that have been placed in its path? Up…
Sold for Sky
Published 3 March 2011
Admit it to yourself, this isn’t a surprise even if you initially thought it was. It seemed obvious that Sky News was going to be the sacrificial lamb in a…