19 July 2021
Who’s promising what in the race to be Britain’s first breakfast TV contractor?
9 November 2020
There’s a new kid on the Granada block: Phil Redmond aims to take the North West franchise in 1991
19 October 2020
A look at the three bidders for Grampian’s franchise in 1991, North of Scotland TV, C3 Caledonia and Grampian themselves
27 June 2019
Reading’s Evening Post rushes out a front page splash to announce that Southern TV has lost its franchise in 1980
17 January 2019
The British cabinet discusses what ITV should be showing on Sunday afternoons in 1955
7 January 2019
The Independent Television Authority took on new powers in 1964. The TVTimes in February 1965 explains what these are and how the ITA is structured
23 July 2018
The Daily Mirror reports on the decisions taken by the ITA in the ITV franchise round of 1967
18 June 2018
Has the IBA managed to bring peace to the Westward board room? And even if so, will they force Westward to merge with a rival bidder? Peter Fiddick of The Guardian speculates in October 1980
31 May 2018
What will Thames, TVS, TSW and TV-am do next? Broadcast magazine speculates in September 1992
14 May 2018
Thames is left as the sole bidder for the new Channel 5 licence in 1992… but investors are restless
10 May 2018
The Wall Street Journal looks on aghast at the 1991 ITV franchise auction
24 July 2017
A report wonders if children’s television is good for 1959’s children
14 February 2017
A tongue-in-cheek list of simple dos and don’ts of applying for an ITV contract from the IBA
14 November 2016
Lord Hill of Luton’s statement about the 1964 franchise round
16 May 2016
A recently retired Lord Justice of Appeal tells the TVTimes in 1961 that violence on TV has no effect on anybody and should be banned
11 April 2016
Michael Foot takes aim at those who want to see television made cozy
21 March 2016
Charles Curran interviews Lord Hill of Luton about sex on ITV in 1966
27 January 2016
The TVTimes in 1965 wonders why there are only 50 hours a week of TV programmes
23 March 2015
CREATING INDEPENDENT TELEVISION: Setting up ITV gets serious – transmitters (or the lack of them)
9 March 2015
Private Eye’s Footnotes column explains what happened behind the scenes in the 1967 franchise round
5 January 2015
CREATING INDEPENDENT TELEVISION: The ITA picks the players for the new ITV in 1954
6 October 2014
CREATING INDEPENDENT TELEVISION: How vague legislation created a pin-sharp television system
1 September 2014
Lord Hill thinks aloud about ITV’s future in 1963, while A-R doesn’t listen
20 July 2008
The premium rate phone scandal, continued
1 April 2007
What will be the outcome of the BSkyB – Virgin Media bun-fight?
30 September 2005
“The People’s Channel” is off-course and heading downstream to disaster, says Glenn Aylett