GCap’s announcement on Monday about its plans for the future were big news this week in the radio world (I’ll get around to some of my thoughts in due course), and the media sales trade magazine Media Week gave its cover lead to the story. GCap’s withdrawal from Digital One and the knock on effect that this might have on the DAB Digital Radio platform left some serious questions to be answered.
\nBut curiously, today’s issue of Broadcast, the trade magazine which is “The Voice of British Broadcasting,” can only find space to mention the story on page 14.
\nThis means one of two things: Either I’m living in the confines of a relatively small industry where such announcements are far more important that they are in the real world, or Broadcast has got its news values massively wrong.
\nIt’s worth noting that GCap’s announcement saw coverage on the BBC’s Ten O’Clock News that evening, and even The Sun covered it – and not on its business page.
\nI rather suspect that like the recent Broadcast Awards, if it doesn’t move on a screen, then they’re really not that interested in it. Certainly there’s a dedicated radio page, like there’s a dedicated multimedia page, but we’re in the 21st century now, and it’s really not all about TV.
\nAt the very least, I would expect some kind of comment or editorial piece on the move.
\nBut for Broadcast, the big news is that Five is planning to bring back Minder, with Shane Ritchie tipped to play Arthur Daley (I know. I just felt a shiver down my spine too).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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