Jon Snow
I was intrigued to hear BBC Radio News this morning using its own airwaves to “report” its decision to supply video content to a number of newspapers for free. Not a corporate announcement, of course, but a news story of sufficient importance to warrant its place midway through the main bulletin during the peak period…
Jon Snow
I was minding my own business on Sunday morning, doing the washing-up from the night before. As is my want, I had Radio 4 on – tuned to Broadcasting House. As usual they had a panel of celeb newspaper reviewers on. Somehow Paddy O’Connell, for it was he, fell to asking the panel: “what’s the…
Jon Snow
Further to the Carol Thatcher, Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Jeremy Clarkson controversies at the BBC, I think I may be on to something. I’m pretty certain that each has collided with the new “sub-genre, multi-platform delivery structures” being put in place at the BBC.
Jon Snow
The appeal for the Disasters Emergency Committee goes out on Channel 4, ITV and Channel Five tonight. Before the televising, a mere £600,000 had been raised. The TV appeal would normally be expected to raise about £5m (Congo raised £6.2m last month). But we may soon get a sense of whether the political row over…