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Sarah Mulvey’s death is a huge loss to TV
As independent producers, we would like to express our great sadness at the untimely death of Channel 4 commissioning editor Sarah Mulvey.
Lifting placement ban levels the playing field
Mark Murphy seems to have missed some of the key arguments when he says that the recent lift of the ban on product placement “puts UK indies at a significant disadvantage in the international TV marketplace” (Broadcast letters, 19.2.10).
Nanny state is no help on product placement
Last week saw the resurgence of the UK nanny state as Ben Bradshaw announced the government’s “cautious approach” to product placement in the UK.
5.1 story sends out the wrong signal
Your article on ‘5.1 surround sound: Sound of things to come’ (Broadcast, 22.01.10) was at best confusing.
Colour mis-match mars a great match
It’s not like me to gloat over England’s (30) wonderous victory over Wales (17), but I did. Was I there… No. Did I watch it in 3D? No. Did I watch it in HD? No. Did I watch it in SD? Yes, along with several million other viewers.
Tropic Of Cancer / Comedy Exchange / Dom Joly And The Black Island
Wingspan Productions’ Archie Baron and the BBC’s Krishan Arora on travel, trading places and seeking Tintin
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Comedy bubble bursts
New BBC2 topical quiz The Bubble contained jokes about everything from Mossad hit squads to the BBC’s refusal to allow its own news teams to film fake reports.
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THE EDITOR
All change as TV gets serious
The cancellation of The South Bank Show was one of the sadder programming decisions to have been made recently (and its prompt, if short-term, reincarnation as The South Bank Show: Revisited one of the odder ones).
EMILY BELL
Live TV gives linear a lifeline
Television has a unique opportunity to champion mass participation, writes Emily Bell.
IN MY VIEW
Portals struggle to gain ground in the race for VoD share
Since the dawn of television, the power of broadcasters as gatekeepers to what consumers watch, and what independent producers make, has been absolute.Over the past 25 years, this absolute power has been marginally reduced and spread around through the inception of satellite and cable. More recently, it hasbeen further reduced through increasing developments in the online space.
