Fat Pets, Fat Owners documentary extended into 360 degree series

Sky Real Lives has extended etv productions’ latest commission, Fat Pets, Fat Owners, into a three part series with an additional hour long special. The programme will have its own web portal which will launch this week ahead of the first episode’s transmission date of 16th July 2009 at 8:30pm.
The 360 degree elements of the [...]

Andy Roger’s Campaign magazine vox pop

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Stealing the march by offering digital development for free

We are in changing times; marketing and advertising agencies are scrambling to become more digital while digital agencies are trying to elbow their way into the strategic and creative roles played by more traditional agencies. In the end it seems the whole top end of the creative and strategic industry is becoming homogenised; with all [...]

Mark Moraghan to star in Gala TV’s Soap Star Bingo

Mark has appeared in many British drama series including Peak Practice and Heartbeat. However, he is most famous for his roles as Greg Shadwick in Brookside, Ray Wyatt in Dream Team, and Owen Davies in Holby City. He was a finalist on both Just The Two of Us & Celebrity Masterchef. He is currently headlining [...]

Female Soap Actress Julie Peasgood to appear on Gala TV

Celebrities join Chris Parker as guests on ‘Soap Star Bingo’ this June. Experienced actress Julie Peasgood will join Chris Parker on this Friday’s ‘Soap Star Bingo’ show.

Digital Britain Disappointment

Perhaps it was too much to hope for, but after the PR build up, the publication of Digital Britain has proved to be something of a damp squib.

Please, please god, don’t revive The Face.

Particularly not by smearing ink on dead trees. It was a magazine of its time and place and I’d like to remember it in its marvellously self-conscious Phil Oakey glory years.

brands and digital media – there’s no place to hide

Whilst we all concentrate on the media revolution that digital has brought about it’s easy to overlook the likely impact upon brands going forwards. Digital media (and especially web 2.0 and 3.0) will disintermediate media owners and their advisors and create a more open relationship between brands and consumers.

Chris Parker joins Gala TV this summer

TV Presenter, EastEnders star and Strictly Come Dancing finalist joins the team
Leading digital media company, etv media group has signed up Ex-EastEnder and Strictly Come Dancing star, Chris Parker, to join the presenting team on Gala TV from Friday, 5 June 2009.

I submitted an idea to a broadcaster last year and heard nothing back. Recently I noticed a programme on air which is remarkably similar. Can anything be done about it?

The short answer is that you probably cannot do anything. There is minimal legal protection for formats under UK copyright law. But in any event, you would need to be able to establish that the broadcaster has substantially copied the idea you submitted.