By way of an attempt at gentle ribbing, Stephen Arnell gives his industry predictions for the ‘telly’ world over the coming year.

As the UK networks release their holiday season schedules, Stephen Arnell asks: ‘was Christmas Telly better in the olden days?’

Major celebrities’ decisions to promote the Qatar World Cup are in the spotlight, but so are the streaming companies that seem so eager to feature them in softball documentaries, writes Stephen Arnell.

On the plus side, ITVX has been set a low bar for success, at least in terms of perception.

Despite the blindingly obvious failure of the entire Brexit Project, the BBC, ITV, and Sky aren’t yet emboldened to challenge the new orthodoxy.

Stephen Arnell discusses how greed has led to hypocrisy among players in the media and in football alike.

With a $125m securitization deal, Simon Cowell’s Syco seeks to expand via “a mixture of strategically aligned acquisitions and organic growth.” But what does that mean for the talent show format?

As Amazon take a wrecking ball to Tolkien, how will Netflix handle the CS Lewis ‘Narnia-verse’?

Have commissioners dangerously devalued the process with their clichéd insistence on ‘disruptive’, ‘ground-breaking’ and ‘immersive’ shows?

In the light of the Queen’s passing, Channel 4 may well have to rethink its 40th anniversary ‘Truth or Dare’ season, argues Stephen Arnell.