15-02-2023, 08:29 PM
A couple of points:
It struck me then that there wasn't much coverage of Oracle losing its licence. To me Oracle was far better than Teletext.
From what little I know about CPV it seemed that hubris that Frost seemed to generate at LWT and TVAM may have played a role in CPV's failure to win the London Weekday licence. As stated above the lack of a back-up plan from CPV regarding what would have happened if they had won and TV-AM had lost shows that there wasn't much actual planning.
Can I suggest a book called "Under The Hammer" which is a fascinating read about the behind the scenes machinations surrounding the franchise round:
www.amazon.co.uk
It struck me then that there wasn't much coverage of Oracle losing its licence. To me Oracle was far better than Teletext.
From what little I know about CPV it seemed that hubris that Frost seemed to generate at LWT and TVAM may have played a role in CPV's failure to win the London Weekday licence. As stated above the lack of a back-up plan from CPV regarding what would have happened if they had won and TV-AM had lost shows that there wasn't much actual planning.
Can I suggest a book called "Under The Hammer" which is a fascinating read about the behind the scenes machinations surrounding the franchise round:
www.amazon.co.uk