Alex Mahon: 'she will fight Channel 4's corner and fight it well'
Channel 4’s new chief executive will need all her intelligence, charm and contacts to meet the challenges facing the broadcaster
January 2016
Media Monkey
Who they gonna call … Are TV executives set to cross the streams?
ITV director of television Peter Fincham to be replaced by Kevin Lygo
November 2015
John Cleese launches attack on BBC and vows never to work for it again
Monty Python star says corporation’s commissioning editors have ‘no idea what they are doing’ and speaks out against fly-on-the-wall filming techniques
August 2015
ITV boss refuses to rule out possible revival of Cold Feet
Peter Fincham says talks always ongoing regarding relaunches of ‘past glories’ such as Poldark, and calls scheduling of X Factor and Strictly ‘a game’ to BBC
April 2015
Media interview
‘We’ll have Clarkson back on Have I Got News For You when he is ready’
Executive producer Richard Wilson on why he would like to book Jeremy Paxman as a guest host – and not marking 25 years of the show
December 2014
MediaGuardian 100: corporate giants dominate a more vulnerable digital landscape
The power of the digital big beasts – Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon – continued to grow in 2014, but so did questions about how they use our data
MediaGuardian 100
Who are the most powerful people in the UK’s media right now?
Good Morning Britain to close New York office
ITV makes decision as part of efficiency drive as executives seek to boost rating figures, which averaged 592,000 in November
August 2014
Media Monkey
Monkey at Edinburgh: Keith Lemon naked, Peter Fincham’s man cave
Read Media Monkey at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival
July 2014
Peter Fincham: TV has conquered the internet
ITV boss claims those who predicted digital would kill viewing were wrong, saying there is a strong appetite for quality shows. By Mark Sweney
May 2014
Media Monkey
Media Monkey's Diary: Helen Boaden, Jill Abramson, and Peter Fincham
ITV director defends breakfast show after ratings dip to below 400,000
March 2014
Media Monkey
Lenny Henry goes Bafta basics and adds fun to television lecture
Media Monkey: The actor pulled no punches as he went back to his comedy roots
December 2013
Addison Cresswell – the best agent I ever dealt with
Peter Fincham: he was 'one of the key figures responsible for turning comedy into the industry it is today'. By Peter Fincham
September 2013
MediaGuardian 100 2013 1-100
12. Peter Fincham
Job: director of television, ITV Age: 57 Industry: broadcasting 2012 ranking: 14
August 2013
Media Monkey
Media Monkey's Edinburgh diary: Tony Hall, Peter Fincham and Club X
Coronation Street 'not in trouble', says ITV boss Peter Fincham
ITV commissions new series of Vicious
BBC calls in auditors to widen search for improper executive payoffs
