All Comment articles – Page 311
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CommentBlog: Don't write off DAB
Doubt was cast over the future of commercial digital radio after GCap announced it was dramatically scaling back its DAB services, but the BBC's Mark Friend says the medium is here to stay.
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CommentBlog: Do you work too many hours?
The TUC is urging media professionals to boycott working unpaid overtime next Friday, but will it make any difference asks Robin Parker.
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CommentSo good for you?
Reviving Arthur Daley could work - but why does TV keep running to the archives?
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Off cuts - 15 December
Funny stories, gossip and general off-the-record, wicked whispers from the broadcast industry.
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CommentMedia Money: What is Virgin Media's strategy now?
To be content-led or not to be content-led? That was the question for Virgin Media's acting chief executive, Neil Berkett, but he seemed to answer it quite definitively last week when he said that the cable company, which less than 18 months ago made a bid for ITV, is now ...
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CommentMedia Money: How big a deal is time-shifted viewing?
The extent of the cudgelling of traditional TV advertising by the PVR has been debated ad nauseam: is the PVR the death of the 30-second spot? The jury is still out, but some new facts about the power of time-shifted viewing make for interesting reading.
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CommentThe Insider: Why we're staying put
An exodus of producer talent will leave 5 Live rather than go to Salford.
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CommentHow average is the average post company?
In the week that Broadcast publishes its Post Survey 2008, Will Strauss looks at the characteristics of the 'average' UK facilities company.
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CommentBlog: Wind of change for DAB
The announcement of an abrupt U-turn on DAB digital radio by Fru Hazlitt, new chief executive of GCap Media, has sent a cold wind through the entire UK radio industry, says Paul Robinson.
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CommentYou the jury: Bob Mills and Joel Wilson
Bob Mills and Joel Wilson look at the latest TV shows.
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CommentBlog: How racist is our industry?
Comedian Lenny Henry has brought the acute lack of diversity in the TV industry back into the headlines. But how much difference will it actually make, asks Robin Parker.
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Off cuts - 8 February
Funny stories, gossip and general off-the-record, wicked whispers from the broadcast industry.
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CommentLooking on the bright side
Five wants to boost its bulletins with good news - but will doom-loving viewers buy it?
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CommentYou the jury: Johnathan Young and Sanjay Singhal
Johnathan Young and Sanjay Singhal look at the latest TV shows.
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CommentMedia Money: Why should TV folk care about Microsoft's $43bn bid to buy Yahoo?
Size has always been important in the TV world - particularly audience size. The same is true online, but with an additional complication: attaching revenue is a bit trickier than simply selling a 30-second spot.
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CommentMedia Money: What implications are there of BBC Worldwide buying stakes in indies?
The traditional power of the broadcaster is changing.
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CommentEmily Bell: Cheating the crunch
Recession is coming - but fast-thinking TV staff can dodge the downturn.