He’s suffered one of the biggest career implosions of 2020. So when Pete Evans, 47, returned to mainstream television on Monday afternoon, viewers were understandably confused. In an embarrassing gaffe, Channel Seven bizarrely aired a rerun of Better Homes and Gardens featuring a glowing profile of the disgraced chef, filmed prior to his spectacular fall … Read more
News by Netflix? Warning streaming sites could provide public service broadcasting as Ofcom proposes radical shakeup of rules for BBC and ITV TV regulator found that viewers are increasingly ebbing away from TV channels Ofcom warned traditional broadcasting is ‘unlikely to survive in the online world’ PSBs could be allowed to fulfill obligations on other … Read more
Another day, another deluge of Matthew Hancock. Oh goody. Just what a weary nation needed on a dreary Monday. It was one of those mornings when you couldn’t get away from the Health Secretary. Sky News, LBC, Radio 4. Everywhere you flicked, there was that self-satisfied voice, trotting out the usual government lines with customary … Read more
BBC media editor Amol Rajan has questioned director general Lord Hall about fears among colleagues that the corporation is becoming ‘the broadcasting wing of the Black Lives Matter movement’. Outgoing director general Tony Hall appeared on The Media Show yesterday to discuss the crises and successes of his time in charge of the outlet, covering topics … Read more
TV historian David Olusoga said racism in broadcasting left him clinically depressed. The Civilisations presenter said it is ‘lonely’ as a black person in the television industry and he has often been left feeling ‘patronised and marginalised’ throughout his career. Speaking in the wake of the global Black Lives Matter movement, the historian said the industry … Read more
TV reporter accidentally films her husband naked in the shower in clip about how to give yourself a DIY lockdown haircut A California news reporter accidentally showed off her naked husband in the shower during a live broadcast from her bathroom Melinda Meza is a correspondent for KCRA 3 in Sacramento and was filing a … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more