Broadcast
Emily Booth
Emily Booth is group special projects editor covering Broadcast, Screen International and Shots.
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Charlotte Moore, BBC1 docs
2-Sep-2010
The documentary commissioning editor for BBC1, BBC2, BBC3 and BBC4 is looking for series and one-offs with “purpose” and “proposition” that can really make an impact. -
Mongrels / Home Movie Roadshow
19-Aug-2010
Emily Booth and Robin Parker share their love and loathing of two of the week’s shows. -
Bigger isn’t always better
3-Jun-2010
Size is key for the super-indies, but there’s still a place for the minnow. -
Tackling the TV industry’s gender gap
13-May-2010
How can issues highlighted by the results of Broadcast’s Women in TV survey be addressed? Emily Booth and Lisa Campbell find out at our roundtable. -
Time for TV’s own coalition
13-May-2010
Working together produces the best results for broadcasters and indies. -
Don’t mention the 'R' word
14-Apr-2010
MIPTV: Mip is about doing business. But many of the exhibitors I’ve talked to have stressed how particularly business-focused, and forward-looking, this market is, writes Emily Booth. -
MIPTV: casting a wide net
13-Apr-2010
It’s nice to be at a market which feels buoyant again, writes Emily Booth from MIPTV in Cannes. -
MipTV: Bring on the big brands
8-Apr-2010
As producers and distributors head for MipTV, the message from channel buyers is that they want big brands that lift their schedules, writes Emily Booth. -
No substitute for star power
31-Mar-2010
Top talent is the ultimate draw as the Queen and Louie Spence prove. -
Website comes to the aid of TV’s freelancer parents
31-Mar-2010
A jobs and social networking website called Media Parents is being set up to help TV freelancers who are struggling to balance the demands of working in television and childcare. -
All change as TV gets serious
11-Mar-2010
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). -
Brands on the box: what will it mean for UK?
25-Feb-2010
As the debate over product placement continues, what do leading industry figures think? Emily Booth and Kate McMahon find out at our roundtable. -
EastEnders Live / Britain's Really Disgusting Food
25-Feb-2010
Emily Booth and Alex Farber share their love and loathing of two new shows. -
Dinner With Portillo / Great Office of State
18-Feb-2010
Chris Curtis and Emily Booth cast their eye over two of the week’s shows. -
Have Your Say!
15-Feb-2010
Broadcast is putting together a report about women in TV - and we need your help. -
TV’s women in recession
11-Feb-2010
Industry is losing its female voice and it’s hitting the creative process. -
Birt: TV has nothing to fear from Tories
5-Feb-2010
Former BBC director general Lord Birt has said that the television industry has nothing to fear from a potential Conservative government. -
Kevin McCloud: Slumming It / The Persuasionists
21-Jan-2010
Emily Booth and Michael Rosser share their thoughts on two new shows. -
C4 News / Male-heavy panel shows
14-Jan-2010
Emily Booth shares her love of Channel 4 News and her loathing of the lack of women on panel shows. -
The format for excellence
12-Nov-2009
Popular factual programming will drive Channel 4’s creative renewal. -
Mipcom: A fine time to get together
8-Oct-2009
The sun raised spirits at Mipcom and delegates warmed to collaboration. -
International inspiration
2-Oct-2009
Despite the recession, there is much to be optimistic about in the international marketplace. -
Everything changes, again
17-Sep-2009
Cuts looming and boardroom musical chairs - we’ve been here before. -
Distributors Survey 2009
15-Sep-2009
Welcome to Broadcast’s fifth annual survey of the UK distribution sector. This year’s survey includes 32 of the UK’s leading distributors. -
Waking the Dead / Christmas TV
10-Sep-2009
Emily Booth and Lisa Campbell give their verdict on two of the weeks shows. -
Edinburgh special
3-Sep-2009
Emily Booth airs her view on the best and worst of the fest. -
Peston responds to Murdoch's BBC bashing
29-Aug-2009
EDINBURGH: Robert Peston has admitted that the BBC’s offering – particularly its online news – may look like “unfair competition” in a news market where commercial players are moving to charge for online access. -
Virgin rules out Big Brother acquisition
29-Aug-2009
Virgin Media TV will not buy Big Brother, the broadcaster’s director of television Claudia Rosencrantz has confirmed. -
Wire creator urges bravery in drama
28-Aug-2009
EDINBURGH: David Simon, creator of acclaimed US crime saga The Wire, has said that TV drama should be brave enough to appeal to a niche audience. -
The great pension problem
30-Jul-2009
Pensions. Not a subject most of us warm to. Many people, if they take out a pension at all, just about manage to sign a form and the paperwork then lies buried at the back of a cupboard. -
Sky at loggerheads with Ofcom over pay-TV sales
2-Jul-2009
BSkyB and Ofcom have clashed over the regulator’s plans to intervene on how Sky wholesales its premium channels, with the satellite broadcaster claiming Ofcom’s proposals will undermine investmentin content. -
Richards: No change to Sky proposals
30-Jun-2009
Ed Richards has said that the arrival of ESPN into the UK sports broadcasting marketplace does not mean that Ofcom’s proposals to curb Sky’s dominance are out of date. -
Airey: content providers "staring into abyss"
30-Jun-2009
Dawn Airey has warned that if British broadcasters fail to build mutually beneficial partnerships “the creators and providers of UK content are not so much looking at a perfect storm as staring into the abyss.” -
Embarrassing Bodies / May Contain Nuts
18-Jun-2009
Emily Booth and Stephen Kiernan each give their verdict on new shows. -
Scrutiny and stability
6-May-2009
The Tories' desired freeze on the licence fee would have an impact on programming. -
A strain on relations
29-Apr-2009
ITV and its indies must practise give and take to maintain their mutual advantages. -
Showmanship not enough for ITV
23-Apr-2009
What a week for Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster. ITV has gone from world domination with singing sensation Susan Boyle, to TV’s consummate showman planning to step down early from the executive chairman role. -
A hit across all platforms
22-Apr-2009
Susan Boyle's dramatic rise is a perfect example of a multimedia crossover. -
Five gets Woolfe factor
15-Apr-2009
Airey's new channel controller will bring much-needed showmanship to Five. -
Engineering degrees
7-Apr-2009
The debate on top-slicing may be dry, but the outcome will be crucial. -
Love & Loathe
7-Apr-2009
Five Minutes to Heaven and All the Small Things -
Getting down to business
1-Apr-2009
The mood is sober at MipTV as execs negotiate a path through the downturn. -
The masters of spin
25-Mar-2009
Spin-offs are winners in many ways for the UK, but don't let them stifle new ideas. -
Let's hear it for indies
18-Mar-2009
It’s Indie Survey time again - and it gives me great pleasure to report that, based on 2008 numbers, the sector has had a successful year. -
Problems of perception
11-Mar-2009
We can see the industry is taking the hard times seriously. Andy Burnham, take note. -
ITV's regional roots
5-Mar-2009
ITV should remember that the regions have been one of its traditional strengths. -
Brave, but not reckless
25-Feb-2009
The industry faces extraordinary challenges, and so must keep its head. -
A licence to lose money?
18-Feb-2009
ITV is facing up to the fact that its business model is in need of a radical overhaul -
ITV's dramatic changes
11-Feb-2009
ITV is rethinking its drama line-up - as financial pressures loom large. -
Kangaroo loses bounce
5-Feb-2009
The Competition Commission's ruling could be seen as a blow to collaboration. -
Passionate about PSB
28-Jan-2009
Too much rests on the future of PSB for us to duck this fiendishly challenging riddle. -
A crucial time for TV
14-Jan-2009
Broadcasters have a lot on their plates - and that includes the future of PSB. -
The Broadcast Interview: Mark Thompson
14-Jan-2009
The BBC's director general talks to Emily Booth about shaping the digital future, wrestling with editorial standards - and why slicing up BBC Worldwide is a very bad idea. -
TV in a cold climate
17-Dec-2008
Reviewing 2008, it's clear the industry must look to its strengths in the year ahead. -
The crunch bites
10-Dec-2008
Tough times tend to mean suppliers get squeezed - so Pact has its work cut out. -
How to bounce back
3-Dec-2008
Project Kangaroo needs to box clever if it is to deal with concerns over competition. -
A change for the better
27-Nov-2008
The revamped Broadcast delivers the best content that meets our readers' needs. -
The future is online
19-Nov-2008
As traditional TV funding comes under threat, the web offers a way forward. -
The greening of television
12-Nov-2008
The industry is making real progress on green issues, but more needs to be done. -
BBC news must be global
5-Nov-2008
Foreign news matters more than ever and the BBC must be ready to provide it. -
Solutions to the Google row
22-Oct-2008
Why Duncan and Grade may be better off building bridges with Google. -
Weapons-Grade ammo
9-Oct-2008
Ofcom told it's my way or the highway as showdown looms over ITV regulation. -
Weapons-Grade ammo
8-Oct-2008
Ofcom told it’s my way or the highway as showdown looms over ITV regulation. -
Regional news pays price
1-Oct-2008
The decision to scale back ITV's regional news operations is bad for staff and viewers. -
Solving TV's cash crisis
24-Sep-2008
It's time for clarity over the future funding of our cash-strapped commercial PSBs. -
Mining for comedy gold
17-Sep-2008
Comedy is one of the toughest genres to get right - but one viewers value highly. -
The axe-man cometh
10-Sep-2008
C4 has outlined its belt-tightening plans this week. It's an industry-wide issue. -
Stepping out of London
3-Sep-2008
BBC's move to hand more commissions to the nations is a long overdue boost. -
Leader: Damned if they do...
27-Aug-2008
It's crunch time for BBC Worldwide if it is to head off its growing band of critics. -
Bennett: BBC2 unhurt by digital channels
24-Aug-2008
Edinburgh 08: Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision, has rejected the argument that BBC3 and BBC4 have weakened BBC2. -
Calls to scrap Cultural Diversity Network
23-Aug-2008
Edinburgh 08: Veteran broadcaster Pat Younge, president and general manager of Travel Channel Media, has called for the Cutural Diversity Network to be scrapped. -
Jay Hunt Interview: Q&A extra
23-Aug-2008
Additional questions and answers from Broadcast's interview with BBC1 controller Jay Hunt. -
Leader: Make room for risk
21-Aug-2008
Taking a risk on new formats and ideas is at the heart of TV programme success. -
Jay Hunt Interview: One to watch
20-Aug-2008
With her dream job as controller of BBC1 now in hand, Jay Hunt is championing creative risk and encouraging people to come to her with big ambitious ideas in drama, comedy, factual and entertainment. -
Two heads better than one
14-Aug-2008
Partnering can help creatives get more from their IP - critical in today's climate. -
Crunch time at ITV
6-Aug-2008
The broadcaster's predicament sums up all the problems faced by old media. -
Leader: Lessons learnt?
31-Jul-2008
The BBC has been handed a record fine - but that isn't the end of the trust crisis. -
ITV to film armed police for ‘big access' two-parter
9-Jul-2008
ITV will follow the Metropolitan Police's secretive CO19 squad, Britain's largest firearms division, in a hard-hitting new documentary series which will air in the late autumn. -
ITVW trebles indie fund
27-Jun-2008
ITV Worldwide has tripled its development and acquisitions investment fund to grow its work with independent producers. -
BBC4 scoops digital channel award
4-Jun-2008
BBC4 fought off the challenge of Dave, which won two awards in its own right, to land channel of the year at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards 2008. -
Behind the news: From cult to mainstream
23-Apr-2008
Sunday's Baftas saw shows such as Britain's Got Talent overlooked in favour of TV Burp, Gavin & Stacey and Fonejacker. So how do shows make the leap from cult to mainstream and is this an increasing trend? -
Models of flexibility
9-Apr-2008
The first part of Ofcom's PSB review faces up to the challenges of a digital future. -
Narrow perspectives
27-Feb-2008
TV's white, middle-class bias will remain unless attitudes to diversity change. -
Clicking into place
14-Nov-2007
Bebo’s deals with key broadcasters spell rapid change for TV - but also opportunity. -
Why we still need C4
1-Nov-2007
No matter what Ofcom concludes on PSB, this born risk-taker is vital to UK television -
Reasons to be cheerful
25-Oct-2007
After the furore following the Deloitte report, we can still be proud of British TV, says Emily Booth. -
Time to halt the PR circus
2-Aug-2007
TV should tone down the hype and allow films like Watson's to speak for themselves, says Broadcastdeputy editor Emily Booth -
BBC1 wins channel of the year award
25-Jan-2007
BBC1 was this week named channel of the year at this week's Broadcast Awards while independent producer Kudos Film and Television won indie of the year.
