Comment – Page 60
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CommentUS Elections: the highs and lows of Super Tuesday
CNN’s Jeff Kepnes and Peter Hamby on covering the race to find a Republican candidate.
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Comment‘Hot’ Israel shows the value of proven success
With format battles raging, having a hit in other territories counts, says David Clarke
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CommentSeeking balance in broadcasting
Monitoring of the big four morning shows reveals little progress, says Lis Howell.
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CommentConstructed reality is doing serious business
Borne out of economic reality, the genre is wooing German fans, says Felix Wessler.
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CommentFormats go native but UK drama is in a golden age
There are barriers to enter reality TV, so look instead to drama, says Ben Silverman.
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CommentIt’s time to move our archives into the future
We have a duty to preserve TV’s heritage and digitation is the way, says Andy Williams.
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CommentPreparing freelancers for radio’s brave new world
Radio Fast Train may only be one day of training, but it’s a start, says Donna Taberer.
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CommentBritcoms can still work in the land of opportunity
Struggling to sell finished sitcoms to US networks? Go local, says Don Taffner Jr.
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CommentCo-operation is key to cracking Latin America
The region is opening up for international format sales, says Barnaby Shingleton.
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CommentDon’t go west when you can head Down Under
UK shows sell well in Australia so consider targeting there first, says Jay Kandola.
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CommentTime to redraw animation strategy
Investor incentives must be a priority to keep the UK best in class, says Edward Glauser.
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CommentPlatforms will provide new outlets for docs
The news that More 4 is to morph into a fully-functioning lifestyle channel and that True Stories is going to be cut from 40-plus yearly episodes to 20 (C4 gives True Stories original order boost, Broadcast 18.11.11) were talking points among distributors at this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
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CommentPrivate broadcasters with benefits
Regulators must recognise that we are entering an era of mixed funding, says Dee Forbes.
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CommentWhy TV needs butterscotch
Innovation comes from being free to make mistakes and achieve great things, says Mark Rock.
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CommentAnimation industry needs a break
Future for the sector looks very bleak without government help, writes Miles Bullough.
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CommentWhere is the diversity on Loose Women?
In June 2009, when I was working from home, I came across the programme Loose Women. I remember noticing four white women on the panel and wondered ‘why isn’t there black representation?’
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CommentComedy overload is a bit of a joke
‘Being funny’ is clogging up the schedules, but money always talks, says Steven D Wright.
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CommentThe art of extracting a confession
Joan Bakewell explains David Frost’s ‘subtle but effective’ technique for interviewing Nixon.
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CommentWhat to dump in comms bill skip
There are no easy answers to Jeremy Hunt’s big issue of media plurality, says Steve Hewlett.
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CommentHow to get a TV show trending on Twitter
All the pointers that Glenn Brown, director of business development at Twitter makes (‘Four steps to making most of Twitter on TV’ Broadcast, 02.09.11) are good and very true, but having interesting hashtags and pushing a show on air will not always get it trending.