Comment – Page 291
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CommentLeader: Make room for risk
Taking a risk on new formats and ideas is at the heart of TV programme success.
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CommentHot Topic: Edinburgh
An upbeat festival celebrates creativity despite a tough year in TV, says Andrew Mackenzie.
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CommentMedia Money: Does paying big money for the Olympics pay off?
For commercial broadcasters, airing the Olympics means big money and big risk. I'm over in the US (before jetting in to Edinburgh) and watching the Olympics here has reinforced how high-value sport with a local hero can still bring in big money.
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CommentMedia Money: Can indies really bypass broadcasters and still make good programmes?
ITV executive chairman Michael Grade believes a free market is a better market and says he wants to tear up the terms of trade and deal with independent producers in the same way that Tesco deals with its suppliers.
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CommentYou the Jury: Muriel Gray and Daisy Goodwin
Muriel Gray and Daisy Goodwin review the latest TV shows.
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CommentCan the broadcasters afford to provide HD services?
As C4 and ITV put in their Freeview HD applications, Will Strauss wonders if the figures actually add up.
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CommentBlog: O Canada!
Pioneer Productions' head of development Jeremy Dear runs through the basics of co-production in Canada.
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CommentTwo heads better than one
Partnering can help creatives get more from their IP - critical in today's climate.
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CommentTalking Radio: Chantal Cooke
Passion for the Planet's co-founder issues a call to arms over the migration to DAB and the much-discussed prospect of FM switch-off.
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CommentHot Topic: generation next
Talent schemes like C4's help stop future TV stars slipping though the net, says Jason Manford.
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CommentYou the Jury: Stuart Carter and Nick Godwin
Stuart Carter and Nick Godwin review the latest TV shows.
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CommentGood and bad news for mobile TV
Disappointing industry research results point to a difficult future for mobile television in this county. So maybe it's time for a different approach, suggests Will Strauss.
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CommentBlog: The case for Channel 6
There's a late runner coming up on the rails as the debate rages over the future of public service broadcasting - it's called Local TV, writes Peter Williams.
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CommentHot Topic: BBC plans for 2012
The BBC has set ambitious targets for covering the UK's biggest ever event, says Roger Mosey.
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CommentCrunch time at ITV
The broadcaster's predicament sums up all the problems faced by old media.
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CommentMedia Money: Can SMG make it as a regional broadcaster?
The nationalist government in Scotland has been in place for about a year and as far as SMG boss Rob Woodward is concerned, Scotland will become increasingly devolved, creating an opportunity for SMG to become a sort of super Scottish media company.
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CommentMedia Money: Does Sky have The Force to reach its 10 million sub target in a recession?
I have always been a big Star Wars fan, and Luke Skywalker was a favourite - but I never thought a Skywalker would come into my life.