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CommentA resilient industry will forge new paths
From virtual commissioning to avatars and thermal cameras, TV is finding ways to adapt, says Tara Conlan
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CommentStakes are high as broadcasters seek right answers
Tricky questions in the offing about who should foot lockdown bills
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CommentLockdown TV: it’s time for phase two
Right now, viewers want escapism - not self-filmed fodder or coronavirus docs that feel like an endurance test to watch, says Mark Downie
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CommentMy Mentor: Meryl O’Rourke on Saskia Schuster
Saskia Schuster made me learn how to enjoy the writing skills I possess, says Meryl O’Rourke
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CommentHow Red Sky scored commissions during lockdown
The current climate forced us to essentially rip our indie up and start again, but new business shows we made the right choice, says Jane Rogerson
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CommentModesty is The Repair Shop’s biggest asset
The show’s successful move from daytime to peak continues a long-held BBC tradition, says Carla-Maria Lawson
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CommentOnline takes on big beasts in entertaining the nation
Content creators are using their strengths as agile risk-takers to shine in lockdown, says Deborah Coughlin
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CommentReality smash offers reasons to be cheerful
Too Hot to Handle should pave the way for a British boom in Netflix non-scripted
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CommentCovid-19 poses unprecedented challenge to TV
The route to recovery is uncharted and only innovation will guide broadcasters through the choppy waters ahead, says Kate Bulkley
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CommentAnalysis: Netflix results mask coronavirus threat
A slowing of the original content pipeline will reveal itself later this year, writes Jonathan Broughton
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CommentAlternative thrills: Why esports is like punk rock
Ross Video esports business development manager Cameron Reed on the anti-establishment appeal of esports
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CommentLockdown has scotched Quibi’s strategy
We may never know if the audience the mobile-only service’s owners were chasing actually exists, writes Broadcast Intelligence’s Jonathan Broughton
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CommentBen de Pear: lockdown’s untold stories and unsung newsroom heroes
In his second dispatch, the Channel 4 News editor reflects on the challenge of late-changing running orders and salutes his team’s ‘holy trinity’
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CommentLogjam looms as novelty of lockdown TV wears off
Impossible for every show to swing into production this autumn
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CommentMy Mentor: David Sumnall on Ben Frow
Ben Frow is not my mentor in the traditional sense but his actions changed my life
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CommentWhy Covid-19 could create opportunity in Italy
Country is likely to be Europe’s first to leave lockdown and international broadcasters may move productions there, says Giuliano Papadia
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CommentQuibi bids to overcome mobile SVoD curse
Loud and vivid but lacking depth is Broadcast insights editor Jesse Whittock’s first impression of fledgling service
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CommentGoing inside the ICU
ITV News health correspondent on striking the right tone in the ‘red zone’
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CommentA time for bold ideas to bloom
There’s never been a more important moment for indies to think even more creatively, says STV Productions chief David Mortimer
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CommentThe monumental fight facing C4
PSB could take inspiration from commercial rival as it battens down the hatches