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Fru Hazlitt is right, most people are boring, says Sells (BBH)

By November 21 2011, 2:39 pm Leave a comment

Peter Sells: “Basically I agree with Fru,” [most people are boring]. I’m pretty boring, and so are almost all of my friends”

‘Most people are boring’, claims ITV’s Fru Hazlitt

By October 19 2011, 2:50 pm 4 Comments

“UGC is a fallacy, most people are boring and no-one wants to read their stuff” – ITV’s Fru Halitt

X Factor’s ‘social glue’ keeps almost 12m tuned to ITV

By October 10 2011, 12:15 pm 1 Comment

Have to admit I’m still surprised by how much my personal Twitter feed filled with all things X Factor on Saturday night.

Granted most of the comments were either scathing put downs about the contestants, or were about the actual ads aired during the live talent contest (I have a bias feed),  but you can’t deny ITV’s singing juggernaut – now in its seventh series – has caught the imagination once again.
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Have you tuned into the success of TV?

By January 30 2011, 10:01 am Leave a comment

Family crowd round TV

The success of television in 2010 proves yet again the inherent wisdom in Nietzsche’s over-used adage; what doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.

Television, let’s remind ourselves, especially ‘linear television’, is that media relic from the last century. Pictures and sound emanating from a box in your living room, scheduled to someone else’s timetable and convenience. Read more »

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ITV to lose the ‘nasty horrible face’ of Gary Digby

By January 10 2011, 2:49 pm Leave a comment

Today’s news that ITV’s sales boss Gary Digby is be replaced at the broadcaster by Channel 5’s Kelly Williams, courtesy of Maisie McCabe, has ensured 2011 gets off to a flier.

The new look ITV, led by chief executive Adam Crozier and chairman Archie Norman, but still housing Peter Fincham, is starting to take an exciting new shape. Read more »

ITV takes its eye off the Ball

By September 25 2009, 11:44 am Leave a comment

In a move that will shock the city and the media industry alike, ITV has announced Tony Ball is no longer in the running to be its next chief executive, after a failing to reach agreement over terms and conditions.

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