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Merry Michael thanks his retail friends
Posted in General, Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs March 5th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Michael Grade was his charismatic showboating self at this week’s presentation of ITV’s full year results, even alluding to “sucking a fisherman’s friend” to ribald laughter. And he had reason to be merry with ad revenues staying flat rather than sliding.
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Tags ITV, TV, Media, Michael Grade
Grade for Pope?
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs October 18th, 2007 by Branwell Johnson
Now we have the ITV apology for its abuse of premium phone line services, the broadcaster will hope the lid is back on that particular Pandora’s box. Although Michael Grade’s comments do raise some questions.
Tags Michael Grade, ITV, Phone Scandal, BBC, Media
Can you count on ITV?
Posted in Media, Digital, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs September 12th, 2007 by Branwell Johnson
With a flourish and Churchillian ring of confidence Michael Grade has unveiled his vision of the future for ITV and its looks to rest on enhanced content creation and exploitation – aprticualrly online.
Tags ITV, Michael Grade, Online video streams, Digital
No ITV Play after extra time
Posted in Media March 14th, 2007 by Branwell Johnson
So, ITV has pulled ITV Play after the whole interactive premium phone service issue blew up in the face of broadcasters last week. One would like to think that ITV pulled the service because it realised that it – or its contracted suppliers – may have been acting in an underhand and devious way and taking advantage of the good faith of its audience.
Tags ITV, ITV Play, Michael Grade
Quizzing ITV
Posted in Media March 9th, 2007 by Stuart Aitken
As Michael Grade completes his 100th day in charge at ITV trouble is brewing on all sides. Poor financial results coupled with the postponement of the extremely lucrative call TV quiz shows has placed Grade very much at the centre of the media storm.
Tags ITV, Michael Grade, Quiz Shows
I’m going to be anorexic…because I don’t know what to eat
Posted in Advertising March 2nd, 2007 by Melinda Varley
Like a gloating git I showed my father the coverage on mad.co.uk of Ofcom’s decision to green light its ban on advertising products that are high in fat, sugar and salt to children under 16.
Tags Ofcom, Food, McDonalds, Michael Grade, Prince Charles
Grade takes centre stage
Posted in Media December 11th, 2006 by Branwell Johnson
The appointment of Michael Grade as executive chairman may seem to bring the curtain down on recent turbulence that has seen both Rupert Murdoch and Richard Branson keen to tread the boards at ITV.
Tags ITV, Michael Grade, Richard Branson, Sky, NTL, BBC
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