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What the music industry says.(TOTP news special)
The irony is TOTP is one of the greatest music brands ever. If you sit down with Eminem or any of the key international artists the only programme they associate with the UK is TOTP; they want to do TOTP
Lucian Grainge, Universal Music Group International chairman and CEO
It is an iconic brand, hut it doesn't surprise me. The landscape has changed from when there was only a handful of channels and we know that pure pop music is not as powerful as it once was. Recently, other brands have been removed from the landscape such as Party In The Park and Smash Hits
Phil Critchlow, formerly Unique Broadcasting director of programmes
It's sad because it is an institution. The BBC can try something fresh and different, hut it can't replace TOTP because it was the first to pioneer music on TV. I'll miss going down there
Soraya Munro, Fleming Connelly Lander PR TV promotions manager
What does this say about the music strategy of the BBC? The charts have never been more interesting and diverse. We are only talking about half an hour in the BBC's schedules
- Good riddance!: BBC should have axed TOTP years ago.(VIEWPOINT)
- Magazine article from: Music Week Dann, Trevor July 1, 2006 700+ words
...writing was on the wall. The BBC is looking at all its heritage...with them. In a way, TOTP and Grandstand are similar...programme at a time when the BBC more or less had all sports...just important that the BBC invests the TOTP budget in something else...
- It's an outrage!: BBC could have made TOTP work.(VIEWPOINT)
- Magazine article from: Music Week Robinson, Peter July 1, 2006 700+ words
...the recent treatment of TOTP, and easier said than...The Pops TV show. The BBC'S mismanagement of TOTP bordered on insanity...for sentimental reasons, TOTP could and should have been saved. And the BBC need to remind themselves...
- TEXT MESSAGING WORKS.(BBC Worldwide's TOTP magazine wins prize)(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Kids Marketing Report December 1, 2000 700+ words
BBC Worldwide's TOTP magazine took top prize at Marketing's first 'Connections Awards' for a text messaging campaign. The campaign, created by...
- BBC softens stance on TOTP.
- Magazine article from: Music Week January 31, 2009 700+ words
...also copied to director of BBC Audio and Music Tim Davie and BBC One controller Jay Hunt. "We watched the Christmas TOTP live as it came on before...offering his services to the BBC to discuss ideas for TOTP's future. Copyright...
- Bold BBC decision could save TOTP: Top Of The Pops' move to a different slot...
- Magazine article from: Music Week Talbot, Martin December 4, 2004 700+ words
...fans of today The BBC's decision to move...twice the audience of TOTP, despite the fact...terrestrial channel, gives TOTP the chance to reinvent itself. The BBC will have the opportunity...also is that if the BBC had not noted the...the Beeb has given TOTP the chance for a new...
- TOTP wins 'fresh start' on BBC2: BBC aims to switch focus away from viewing...
- Magazine article from: Music Week Talbot, Martin December 4, 2004 700+ words
...speculation that the BBC has been planning to shift TOTP from terrestrial television...Lorraine Heggesey that TOTP might sit comfortably...distal channel. The BBC also hopes the move...hiding to nothing." "TOTP is a show with huge BBC heritage," he adds...
- Life beyond TOTP: as the BBC axes its long-running chart show, the music...
- Magazine article from: Music Week July 1, 2006 700+ words
...of television Jana Bennett and BBC Two controller Roly Keating...after 10 years in July 2004. BBC head of entertainment group Mark...business, voices disappointment at TOTP's demise. "There has been...says. "The degree to which the BBC valued it indicates to what degree...
- Mark Ritson on branding: TOTP's final top 10 is lesson to us all.(Top of the...
- Magazine article from: Marketing August 2, 2006 700+ words
...disastrous move, the BBC shifted TOTP from Thursday to Friday...habitual viewing and put TOTP up against arch rival...audiences dwindling, the BBC mistakenly ignored...to consider. The BBC could have sold the...style, but what about TOTP's relatively successful...
- PEOPLE: Appointment at Top of the Pops (TOTP) music show.(Simon Kendall, new...
- Magazine article from: Revolution April 24, 2002 700+ words
...has been appointed brand manager for the BBC's Top of the Pops (TOTP) music show. He will aim to promote the...new-media executions and the official TOTP web site (www.bbc.co.uk/totp). Kendall assumes the role from 6 May...
- TOTP launches digital magazine.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire September 1, 2006 700+ words
...website." Confusingly, the BBC already has a TOTP website - which was linked to the TV show - on its BBC.co.uk website, despite...to the TV show but to the TOTP magazine, which is published by BBC Worldwide - the commercial...
