That Which We Call a Rose - By Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet
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The RAIN summit  Europe - held in London this week - was enjoyable, not least because it gave me an excuse to go inside the British Museum, having turned down the infant school invitation in the seventies to see the Tutankhamun exhibition. The session I was asked to moderate was on on-demand audio …

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How does Ofcom feel the BBC is doing?
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The question of BBC regulation is always going to be a sticky one. As a respected, independent regulator, Ofcom is probably the best alternative, not least at a time the BBC is under siege on various matters. Indeed, to be able to cite an independent arbiter is likely better than a tin hat for the …

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Some Thoughts on Broadcast Journalists and Bias
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Your taxi driver drives where you tell them to - not just where they fancy having a drive. That’s their job. A broadcast journalist does the job they are paid to do – whatever their personal views. Happening to hold political views, or have a political history, does not disqualify a journalist. I’d…

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Can Local TV Survive?
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Ofcom tells us this week that local TV rollout is not to progress “in the light of the significant financial challenges that the local TV sector is facing”. For those who know anything about local advertising revenues that’s not a surprise. It  was the idea of a smiling Jeremy Hunt in 2010, sat in …

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