ITV Scraps Dividend, Along With Everyone Else

ITV is the latest big name to scrap its dividend payout, after they announced a pre-tax loss of £2.37bn this morning.

ITV has…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | March 4, 2009 1:14PM | 2 Comments »

New Phorm Board Member Kip Meek Presents Vision Of Broadcasting Future, “Alternative Ad Sources” Unsurprisingly On The Agenda

A couple of days back we had a look at Norman Lamont joining the board of Phorm, the shady internet advertising firm that…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | December 4, 2008 11:55AM | 12 Comments »

ITV Succumbs to Google “Parasites,” In Denial About Imminent Lobotomy

Oh dear. The UK’s biggest commercial TV station today bowed to the inevitable, and announced a deal with Google that will…

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Posted by Jack Roberts in Creative Economy | November 28, 2008 5:22PM | 2 Comments »

Morgan Stanley TMT Conference – Pearson Doing Fine During Crisis, Same Cannot Be Said For Breakfast

While print media lurches around in prolonged death throes, there is one bright point – the Financial Times, whose owners Pearson have been trumpeting their…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | November 20, 2008 11:00AM | No Comments »

Michael Grade Tells TV Midgets to ‘Share the Pain’

The good times are over boys. Michael Grade announced to the Sunday Times yesterday that overpaid TV talents like Ant and…

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Posted by Jack Roberts in Creative Economy | October 13, 2008 3:53PM | 2 Comments »