All Comment articles – Page 210
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CommentInvestment in training bears fruit
As training providers, we are all too familiar with the challenges that programme-makers, especially freelancers, face in terms of career support and ongoing training (‘Why TV faces a growing skills gap’, Broadcast 21 January).
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CommentNew Communications Act is the big issue, not local TV
There’s no time for delay in updating the UK’s media legislation, says Andrew Harrison.
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CommentAll3 rides out the Skins storm
Controversy will not dent firm’s US ambitions, says Kate Bulkley.
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CommentBBC counts the cost of cuts
When Broadcast broke the World Service cuts story yesterday it prompted immediate reaction from shocked staff. Lisa Campbell considers the impact.
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CommentView from the North
The view from the North is rapidly becoming the view of the South as I travel down on one of my now weekly trips to London, writes Tom Harvey.
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Comment25 Jan ‘11
“It’s a shame Horizon is only a TV show, and not a four-year degree course in climatology.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment24 Jan '11
“Series three looked fresher and funnier than the last.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment21 Jan '11
“I learned a lot about ancient cement, but rather less about ancient Rome.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentHunt's proposed online TV crackdown
Reports of the Oxford Media Convention suggest that Jeremy Hunt holds strong views about the regulation of online TV but it is not clear what they are. Informal hints from officials, however, suggest that content regulation may be extended beyond the new AVMS framework, writes Tony Ballard.
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Comment10 O'Clock Live: the verdict
Channel 4’s 10 O’Clock Live nearly broke Twitter with mixed audience reaction. Robin Parker gives the Broadcast verdict.
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Comment20 Jan ‘11
“Everything about Hattie is good – the performances, the writing, the direction, the lot.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV
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CommentTraining should be open to all
Help freelancers develop or we’ll lose them, says Donna Taberer.
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CommentStill making the Grade
Lord Michael Grade had the audience rolling in the aisles following a screening of his new BBC documentary The Story Of Variety, recounting old gags and anecdotes from performers past.
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CommentTime to switch on local TV?
Jeremy Hunt’s plan is laudable, but lessons must be learned from radio.
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CommentGet a Passport to free freelancer training
I read with interest the results of the Broadcast Freelancer Survey (Broadcast, 7 January) and thought I might draw attention to an initiative looking to support consistency in health and safety across the industry and provide freelancers with training bursaries.
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CommentLand Girls / Rome Wasn't Built In A Day / Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
Icon Films’ Thomas Kelpie and Wise Buddah’s Chris North on bad accents, builders’ bums and big dresses.
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CommentYoung people need factual content about wider world
Report shows youth of today are interested in international affairs, says Sophie Chalk.
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Comment19 Jan '11
“Gimmick-free, grown-up television about different ways of life.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment18 Jan '11
“Tony Robinson looked at how our diverse landscape offers clues to the ways in which it was formed 60 million years ago.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.