All Comment articles – Page 170
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CommentMipTV: what a difference a year makes
The mood at MipTV 2011 may not have been quite as sparkling as the champagne, but still fizzed with more energy than its immediate two predecessors, weighed down as they were by the travails of the financial sector, writes Colin Howes.
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CommentOur special relationship with the US broadcasters
UK producers’ stock is high across the pond, so let’s take advantage, says Danny Fenton.
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CommentHow do you make news pay?
ITN’s content repackaging plan may be the answer, says Kate Bulkley.
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CommentMarriages of inconvenience
The market’s open for co-pro deals, but be careful who you partner with.
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CommentIgnore Midlands at your peril
Julia Higginbottom on ways for post houses to beat the recession.
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CommentTV’s frequently unasked questions
There are some things that baffle even the sharpest student of media, says Steven D Wright.
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CommentOpen up BBC training to develop skills base
I want to support some of Matt Born’s points in BBC Training: Friend or Foe? (Broadcast, 11.03.11) and try to take the discussion forward.
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CommentPlaying against stereotypes
On-screen portrayal of women of a certain age is still two-dimensional.
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CommentHow a recession diet got the UK TV industry in shape
The last couple of years have been pretty grim, but the survivors are leaner, tougher and certainly wiser, writes Thomas Dey. Now it is time to start talking growth and blowing the dust of those expansion plans.
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CommentThe days of vanity rebrands are over
Rebranding a channel was once an exercise in vanity for some. But those days are over and establishing your identity in an increasingly fragmenting market is key, write Marc Heal and Dom Sykes.
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CommentSoaps are worth every penny
NAO report’s focus on financials misses the point of continuing drama.
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CommentThe house that Netflix built
Video rental firm is taking on the global players, says Kate Bulkley.
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CommentBBC World News: still going strong after two decades
The world has changed much in 20 years, and so has the way we report, says Richard Porter.
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CommentVOD: spice up your rights
Jack Harrison negotiates the labyrinth of video-on-demand rights to offer a solution in how to grow reach across the market without having to renegotiate for a new viewing device or method of delivery.
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CommentWhat is missing from Ofcom's 4G plans
As Ofcom announces that it plans to auction off 4G licences in 2012, Tony Ballard addresses what the proposals fail to consider.
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CommentKiller Years, killer schedule
John Matthews, producer of BBC4’s Grand Prix: The Killer Years, relives conducting 20 hours of interviews in three languages across six countries in just 10 days.
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CommentBritain’s Underworld, Nat Geo
Executive producer Glyn Middleton reveals how a team of filmmakers entered the dangerous world of gangsters for a new National Geographic Channel series.
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CommentIndustry must confront failures of consolidation
Super-indies should restructure deals and nurture acquisitions, says Julius O’Dowd.
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CommentCompliance doesn’t mean not taking risks
It is hard to reconcile your suggestion of editorial risk aversion with recent TV output owing to the BBC’s compliance and editorial policy (‘Heavy hand of compliance’, Broadcast 11.03.11).