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CommentMedia Money: What would ITV look like if it were stripped of its PSB obligations?
Michael Grade told a sell-out RTS breakfast last week that an ITV without any of the rapidly diminishing perks of a public service licence would have “huge attractions”.
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CommentHot Topic: ITV
Tim Tate urges ITV to return to being a broad church in an open letter to Michael Grade.
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CommentBlog: The fame game
One of the most recent tilts at showbiz has been that it has been a prime contributor to the perception of today's young people that life delivers success without much effort on anyone's part, writes Geoff Motley.
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CommentHD video on a stills camera - viva la revolution
Guest blogger Colin Birch marvels at the possibilities offered by the arrival of stills cameras that also shoot HD video.
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CommentYou the Jury: Andre Singer and Malcolm Brinkworth
Andre Singer and Malcolm Brinkworth review the latest TV shows.
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CommentBlog: Language skills
BBC World Service broadcast journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou is on the BBC US Election bus for the 38 day tour from LA to New York. We hear about her attempts to find a cross-section of society in the bible-belt.
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CommentBlog: BBC US08: Gettysburg
The BBC's Global News division has sent a team of journalists on a bus trip across the US to gauge what America is talking about ahead of November's election. Jamie Angus, is taking a break from his job as Editor of Daytime Programmes, BBC World Service to lead the bus, ...
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CommentBlog: Celebrity spotting
As Peter Kay pulls in record audiences for C4, asking celebrities to play themselves on TV is always fraught with danger, writes Robin Parker.
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CommentCould the credit crunch be good business for TV?
Could it be that the global credit crunch and the unprecedented meltdown in financial markets carries the hint of a silver lining?
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CommentBlog: C4 Radio tunes out
As Channel 4 announces that it has scrapped plans to launch its own radio station, Robin Parker reflects on where it all went wrong.
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CommentWeapons-Grade ammo
Ofcom told it's my way or the highway as showdown looms over ITV regulation.
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CommentWeapons-Grade ammo
Ofcom told it’s my way or the highway as showdown looms over ITV regulation.
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Off Cuts - 10 October 2008
Funny stories, gossip and general off-the-record, wicked whispers from the broadcast industry.
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CommentHot Topic: Why the downturn is not all bad
British distributors should take full advantage of the slowing economy, says Steve Macallister.
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CommentBlog: Local TV is the very definition of PSB
Local TV is PSB. The rest of Europe gets it - but the UK, apparently, still doesn't, argues Peter Williams.
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CommentWhose line-in, line-out is it anyway?
In a world where technology transcends boundaries, Will Strauss stumbles across a debate about who the broadcast equipment customer really is.
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CommentYou The Jury: Adam Bullmore and Sophie Wurzer-Williams
Adam Bullmore and Sophie Wurzer-Williams review the latest TV shows.