All Comment articles – Page 166
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CommentStill rocking after 30 years
With so much to celebrate, why is MTV shying away from its past?
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CommentRobinson on Andy Parfitt
Chris Moyles only has to drop a few listeners to make headlines, but the departure of Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt, whilst barely reported outside the industry, is potentially much more significant for the BBC’s pop network, writes Paul Robinson.
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CommentOfcom can hold its head high
The hacking scandal has silenced critics of the broadcasting watchdog.
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CommentStart of a new era for UKTV
Plans are beginning to emerge after Scripps deal, says Kate Bulkley.
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CommentScandal shows need for better media education
The development of our industry depends on questioning practices, says Jon Wardle.
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CommentIs TV the last bastion of market restrictions?
Uncertainty is spreading in Europe about the legality of granting TV distribution licences on an exclusive territorial basis, writes Tony Ballard.
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CommentParfitt says goodbye to Radio 1
After 13 years as boss of BBC Radio 1, Andy Parfitt writes about leaving on a high.
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CommentHow do we protect plurality?
Media firms can’t be allowed to grow too big, says Damian Tambini.
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CommentWe film-makers are part of the story: get over it
Returning to the gypsy community, Richard Parry finds closeness to his subjects a plus.
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CommentIn the eye of a media storm
Frailty played to PR strategy - but shareholders will be less sympathetic.
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CommentTV as a shop window
Spun Gold’s Nick Bullen on the exploitation and commercialisation of TV brands.
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CommentLend a hand to young TV talent
Talent is precious but it is the young who really need help in taking their first TV steps, writes Camilla Lewis.
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BBC still has faith in creativity and training
I want to respond to Mark Damazer’s observations (‘Young, gifted and blanked’, Broadcast, 8.07.11 ) that the BBC “has lost faith in the idea… of picking people with nothing to offer but creativity, flair, cleverness, intelligence and motivation”.
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CommentDecisive action sets TV apart
NI and the wider press need not look far for lessons on morality.
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CommentColleagues and friends remember C4's Sarah Mulvey
Friends and colleagues remembered the late Channel 4 commissioning editor Sarah Mulvey at a commemorative event this week. Here, science commissioning editor David Glover and Louisa Bolch pay tribute to a much-missed colleague.
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CommentPaula Milne: give the audience what they need
Acclaimed screenwriter Paula Milne, who penned Small Island and tonight’s BBC drama The Night Watch, says give them not what they want but what they need.
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CommentRobinson on the Arqiva Awards
If you have had your fill of Murdoch severing a hundred year old newspaper then the good news is that commercial radio (aged 38 yrs) is thriving. The Arqiva awards, held in London this week celebrating success in ad funded radio, were the best yet, writes Paul Robinson.
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CommentNo experience necessary in the hunt for fresh ideas
We’re opening up to the world beyond TV, says C4’s Richard Davidson-Houston.
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CommentOff Cuts: FX's telescopic vision
Here at Off Cuts, we gratefully receive all bribes, but admit to being vexed upon receiving a telescope a fortnight ago.