Journalistic heavyweight Andrew Neil this week “resigned” as chairman and lead presenter of GB News, just 3 months into the broadcaster’s existence. Neil was very much the face of the station, sparking questions around his future when taking an extended summer break shortly after helping develop, launch and lead programming for the station. During GB […]
Sky… The TV audience alchemists
How much are individual TV spots worth when no-one is watching them? It’s not a trick question! The UK TV audience measurement panel, BARB, records millions of spots as ‘zero-rated’: officially, no-one is watching them. In the traditional TV trading world, they’re worth zero. Zilch. Nada. But, in Sky’s world, they’re worth much, much more… […]
Shifting young-adult viewing behaviour: 5 ways TV advertising campaigns will be affected
The notion that standard, linear TV… that’s what we call live TV you watch in your living room … is dead or dying is an often sensationalised vision of impending and speedy doom. Indeed its death has been forecast now for the 18 years of my media career. But even media old-timers like me can’t […]
