Channel 4 supporters rewriting its past in privatisation debate
One of the most depressing things about the debate over the future of Channel 4 is the deliberate …
Could BBC Studios or ITV snap up Channel 4?
Proposals to privatise Channel 4 have infuriated the channel’s supporters. Some in the …
“No-one watches linear TV anymore”
There is something very dreary about the predictions of the end of linear television. Last night an …
Channel 4 privatisation on the cards – for real this time?
Yet again there is debate about the possibility of privatising Channel 4. As one newspaper …
ITV DSAT services in a game of musical transponders
A little mystery is unfolding thousands of miles above the equator. ITV is in the process of …
1982 BBC business programme provides useful insights into the launch of Channel 4
A report from BBC Two’s financial series The Money Programme provides a great insight into the …
Channel 4’s 80s takeover day sees old trailer graphics used as idents
Channel 4’s 80s-themed presentation is a fascinating glimpse of what might have been.
The demise of BBC Schools and Colleges branding
The return of a form of schools broadcasting next week has provoked inevitable nostalgia – and …
The channel brand that was bigger than its programmes
It was hugely fitting that Channel 4 paid tribute to Martin Lambie-Nairn on Monday night after his …
Channel 4 tribute to Martin Lambie-Nairn
Following the news today of the death of branding expert Martin Lambie-Nairn, Channel 4 tonight paid …
Martin Lambie-Nairn: a giant of TV branding
Martin Lambie-Nairn will go down in media history as the inventor of modern television branding.
From Thames “In Colour” – in 1989?
In an age when branding is taken so seriously, it’s interesting to look back on a time when it …