I don't know what I'm doing but I'm doing it anyway

I was beginning to think it wasn’t possible, but the Secretary of State for DCMS has managed to embarrass herself even more by suggesting Channel 4 is in receipt of taxpayers’ money when, in fact, it is funded entirely by its own commercial activities.

In a further desperate attempt to wriggle her way out of the blunder, Nadine Dorries claimed C4 borrowings sit on the government balance sheet. Its accounts show no government loans.

It generated a pre-tax surplus of £74m in its last financial year and reported cash reserves of £201m. Profits go straight back into the independent production sector to deliver more diverse public service programming for underserved audience.

Don’t worry though, it’s not like she’s deciding the channel’s future or anything... ah, bollocks.

Supermarket Sweep(ers)

Australian supermarkets Coles and Woolworths are using radio to do battle.

After expanding to DAB+ several years ago, Coles Radio - the chain’s in-store station - is run by NOVA Entertainment, and now beats every other digital-only station across the five metro markets.

Music is programmed by daypart, depending on the typical demographic of shoppers at that time, and adverts run for products available in-store.

Woolworths, Coles’ biggest rival, has teamed up with ARN to deliver a product with similar functionality.

They’ll have a number of services drawing from a range of genres, eras and artists with a special focus on new and established Australian artists.

The stations will be available on ARN’s iHeartRadio platform.

Working with digital audio advertising provider Adswizz, Woolworths Radio will allow suppliers to book ads through its media buying business Cartology.

Could we see Woolworths also obtaining DAB+ spectrum?