All Comment articles – Page 163
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CommentDistribute your own content
Indie should avoid the temptation of Apple’s iTunes and create their own distribution platform, writes Alan Griffiths.
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CommentDQF leaves the BBC bruised but not broken
The BBC has done well to cut 20% without dropping services, but plenty of challenges remain, writes Lisa Campbell.
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CommentComedy overload is a bit of a joke
‘Being funny’ is clogging up the schedules, but money always talks, says Steven D Wright.
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CommentFreelancers: go on a date to forge a lasting relationship
Indie producers need to show freelancers the personal touch, says Susie Worster.
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CommentYour community needs you
Should TV do more to give communities a voice? asks Caroline Diehl.
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CommentPremier League rights ruling
The EU has ruled that it is not illegal to buy set top box decoder cards from foreign broadcasters, which could have a major impact on the way Sky and others buy sport, films and foreign TV rights. Mark Owen considers the consequences.
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CommentA happy ending for Mr Grumpy?
Chorion’s assets deserve an appreciative home, says Kate Bulkley.
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Comment‘The nicest bloke I ever worked with’
Saturday was a sad day for television, and most certainly for Tiger Aspect, when dear colleague and friend Nigel Farrell passed away after a short illness, writes Paul Sommers.
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CommentThe art of extracting a confession
Joan Bakewell explains David Frost’s ‘subtle but effective’ technique for interviewing Nixon.
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CommentShowing the real conflict on the frontline for C4
This is a golden age for military access docs due to a more open MoD, says Simon Ford.
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CommentSmooth Radio: one year on
Commercial radio’s challenger to BBC Radio 2 celebrates its first birthday as a national network with a mixed report card, writes Paul Robinson.
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CommentBlue Peter 2.0
Blue Peter editor Tim Levell reveals the thinking behind the latest revamp of the BBC children’s show, which was broadcast from Salford for the first time this week.
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CommentGet off your arse and make your show
Bigger Picture’s John Matthews responds to the anonymous anti-commissioner tirade by ‘Gerri Gossage’ that ran last month in Broadcast – and he’s none too impressed.
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CommentWorld Service will not wither
Change will strengthen the BBC’s global ‘lifeline’, says Lord Patten.
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CommentEvolution is the key to Songs Of Praise survival
50th anniversary of the Sunday staple reflects commitment to quality, says Aaqil Ahmed.
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CommentLight amid the doom-fest
RTS was the most upbeat in years as cross-platform strategies emerged.
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CommentBBC’s schizophrenic faultline
In an extract from Bafta’s annual TV lecture, Peter Bennett-Jones claims there is a schizophrenic faultline in its make-up and management of the BBC.
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CommentHas data become the enemy of originality?
In an extract from Bafta’s annual TV lecture, Peter Bennett-Jones claims original and polemical programming is in short supply - and data could be the culprit.