The Media Show: 15 Sep 10




Media Show show

Summary: Rupert Murdoch's plans to buy out BSkyB have been questioned this week, with the leak of a report calling for Business Secretary Vince Cable to refer any deal for review. David Elstein, former head of programming at BSkyB and Will Hutton, former editor of the Observer, discuss whether any takeover should be subject to scrutiny. The BBC has lost BBC One controller Jay Hunt and BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons. Media commentator Maggie Brown gives her view on what this means for the BBC. London's 95.8 Capital FM is to go national, as parent company Global Radio rebrands its local chart pop stations under the Capital name. Chief executive Stephen Miron explains what lies behind the change. The British Film Institute has announced the discovery of 100 hours of tv dramas from the 1960s in an archive in the USA. They include early performances by Sean Connery, Jane Asher and Dorothy Tutin. BFI curator Steve Bryant talks about the tv programmes "Missing, Believed Wiped".