Comment – Page 19
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CommentThe jewel in the year’s TV crown
The Jubilee will be a traditional affair – has the BBC got it right?
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Comment'Gerry was mentoring before it was invented'
BBC producer Geraldine McClelland died at the Dignitas Clinic yesterday. Donna Taberer and the industry at large remembers her.
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CommentDQF: let’s cut the crap
BBC report will not be the final word on changes at the broadcaster.
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CommentWorld Service will not wither
Change will strengthen the BBC’s global ‘lifeline’, says Lord Patten.
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CommentProtect the World Service
Will changes to funding damage or revolutionise this key resource?
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CommentPanorama’s lasting damage
Primark row goes against cautious view of BBC expressed in our survey
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CommentTVC outcry is short-sighted
Nostalgia cannot stand in the way of what’s best for the BBC, and us.
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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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CommentBBC will not trample the training market
After concerns were raised over the BBC’s role in training the wider industry, Eddie Morgan, head of the BBC College of Production, says it will not “trample the market”.
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CommentWho’s got Vision for BBC?
One of the most important roles in British broadcasting needs filling.
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CommentBBC not guilty over Accused
Attacks on the corporation from the head of the army are unwarranted.
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CommentBBC WoCC review: next steps
The BBC’s “window of creative competition” is understandably not something which audiences are familiar with, even though much of what it produces is, writes BBC Trustee Rotha Johnston.
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CommentNo cause for celebration
The BBC battled hard over the licence fee, but the real work starts now.
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CommentDoes British drama lack balls?
Following Paul Abbott’s attack on drama commissioning, Jake Kanter asks if British viewers have the appetite for long-running homegrown drama.
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CommentInternational iPlayer ideal time to innovate
The BBC’s decision to roll out the iPlayer globally is a welcome - albeit long overdue - move but it must now ensure it delivers both a comprehensive and profitable commercial service, writes Alex Farber.
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CommentTrust findings shouldn’t be a licence to heap criticism
BBC ambition must be admired, even though there is still much to do, says David Liddiment.
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CommentITV's World Cup ratings defeat points to wider issues
As World Cup finalists Spain and Holland battled it out in a dry affair last night, a similar showdown took place on screen as the BBC and ITV squared-up for the first time during the football tournament, writes Jake Kanter.
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CommentThe changing face of BBC Daytime
BBC Daytime was criticised by the BBC Trust this week for falling short of audience expectations and needing more “quality and ambition”. BBC Daytime controller Liam Keelan responds.
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CommentWho will fund fast broadband?
Government’s latest broadband proposal risks setting a dangerous precedent, writes Emily Bell.