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UK´s image needs a pickup ahead of Olympics

International TV News coverage on the UK: July – December 2011

2012, the year of the London Olympics, and the UK has not yet had particularly positive exposure around the event yet. Reports on massive expenditure, ticket issues and terrorism has so far been the norm.


No Hope for Afghanistan

The share of negative coverage for Afghanistan has continued its upward trend. Even as the US prepares to withdraw from the nation, there is little media conviction that the situation there has improved – either politically or for its citizens.

Basis: 526,611 news stories in 14 international TV news shows, 23,089 focusing on Afghanistan.


TV Prophecies of Economic Doom hurt Cameron

The recent departures of Zapatero, Berlusconi and Papandreou add to 16 the number of European prime ministers that left power since the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008. With news that recession is here to stay, can the UK Government survive the economy?

Basis: 10,760 political statements ( 3,049 regarding the Coalition Government and 591 regarding Labour).


Challenge for Ed Miliband

The latest poll this week finds that nine months into the job the Labour leader is even more unpopular than Ian Duncan Smith was as Conservative leader in 2002. This is not a big surprise as Ed Miliband has so far managed to attract only little media attention.

Basis: 1,460 political statements on Ed Miliband on BBC One 10 o´clock News, ITV Late News and BBC Two Newsnight


Prince William Most Popular Royal

Coverage of the British royal family since 2010 has focused mostly on Prince William, who was already extremely popular before the royal wedding was announced, with some media speculating that the succession could skip Prince Charles in favor of his son to help preserve the institution.Basis: 298 news stories in international TV media


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