Comment – Page 2
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CommentBBC and C4 must fight for their future amid political turmoil
A grown-up debate is required – but will the circumstances allow for a nuanced and intelligent exchange?
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CommentSteven D Wright: why is telly so shit?
30 years to the day after taking his first job, the producer asks how TV became a bland landscape of elves, celebrities and cheesemaking
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CommentRevivals can give broadcasters the edge over SVoDs
Debates over the ’laziness’ of reboots dominated Edinburgh but Scott Bryan argues familiar formats can be challenging and rewarding
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CommentKatz: a C4 recommission is about more than viewing figures
Linear and All 4 audience data, cost of production and whether a show hits our public service remit all come into play
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CommentLouisa Compton: Glad to be gay is C4’s default setting
‘The channel has always been true to its remit by speaking to audiences that others don’t’
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CommentHow two deaf friends became Hunted competitors
Executive producer Lucy Shepherd talks casting, communication and cohorts
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CommentJulia Lopez: C4 to be freed from straitjacket of public ownership
Now is the right time to equip broadcaster with the tools and freedoms it needs to guarantee its long-term future, says media minister
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CommentMaking sure Muslim stories are portrayed accurately
Sajid Varda reveals how charity UK Muslim Film helped C4’s comedy drama Screw avoid misinformed stereotypes
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CommentDigital UK: bringing the PSBs together
As Channel 5 joins Digital UK, chair Caroline Thomson looks ahead to a year of anniversaries
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CommentBlack hosts shouldn’t be seen as ‘risks’
My Channel 4 series The Money Maker was a rare example of a black business expert on British TV, says Eric Collins
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CommentSelling C4 would betray underrepresented voices
4Stories could not exist at a profit-driven broadcaster, say Ben Bickerton and Philip Trethowan
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CommentWe are all Channel 4 - and we can save it
Production newcomers from as far and wide as in Belfast, Glasgow, Birmingham and Brixton would be cut off at source by a sale, says Dermot Lavery
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CommentPreserving ‘did you see’ moments
The stories behind sporting glory are best told via free-to-air says Jonathan Thompson
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CommentBlack to Front: forging a legacy
We were tired of taking small steps, say Vivienne Molokwu and Shaminder Nahal
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CommentDon’t write off C4 – pushing boundaries is still in its DNA
It may not be the risk-taker it once was, but C4 still offers inspiration to many, says Danny Brocklehurst
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CommentResisting privatisation doesn’t mean keeping the status quo
There’s no doubt C4 needs to change – but that’s far more likely if it retains its public ownership
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CommentPrivatisation: Lessons from C4’s past
What does the previous failed attempt to privatise Channel 4 say about the prospects of avoiding a sale next year?
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CommentWhy I’m no longer talking to media execs about C4 privatisation
I want a public C4 and a new regulatory environment to formally introduce ring-fenced funds for diverse-led productions, says Marcus Ryder
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CommentDon’t let gov’t force our hand on C4 sale
The plan to sell broadcaster is a crude magician’s trick that we reject wholeheartedly, says Jon Swain
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CommentMaking the economic case for C4 is key to winning the fight
Broadcast editor Chris Curtis calls on the industry to argue that privatisation doesn’t stack up commercially