All MacTaggart Lecture articles
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FeaturesFive takeaways from the Edinburgh TV Festival
Broadcast bids farewell to Edinburgh by casting an analytical eye over the final TV Festival in the Scottish capital
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NewsAmol Rajan: Alternative MacTaggart lecture in full
“History will be very kind to Tim Davie, who had the toughest job of any DG and was, in my view, one of the greats”
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NewsMacTaggart: YouTube and PSBs on collision course over prominence
Platform’s EMEA boss Pedro Pina warns putting PSBs at the front of the queue will threaten indie livelihoods
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NewsPedro Pina: MacTaggart lecture in full
“The way to achieve prominence on a platform like YouTube is to make good quality content people want to watch”
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NewsJames Graham: industry continues to let down working class creatives
Sherwood writer warns scripted talent pipelines are prohibitively expensive
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NewsAmol Rajan to deliver the Alternative MacTaggart
University Challenge presenter, Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen among first speakers at this year’s festival
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FeaturesAnalysis: Super-indies get on board with AI
All3Media, Banijay, Fremantle and ITV Studios lift lid on how they’re using the emergent tech
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NewsMunya Chawawa: Alternative MacTaggart lecture in full
“British TV isn’t dying because of TikTok. It’s because it’s lost its willingness to take risks”
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NewsJames Harding: ‘chilling’ government interference in BBC must end
MacTaggart lecturer suggests national broadcaster’s independence from politicians is a mirage
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NewsJames Harding: MacTaggart lecture in full
“We need to get on with putting the country’s most important editorial and creative organisation beyond the reach of politicians now”
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CommentFatima Salaria: Long may heretical voices be heard at MacTaggart
The industry and the festival both need to be prepared to engage with the uncensored truth
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FeaturesHow the MacTaggart has evolved
Broadcast identifies the core trends of the event which has been Edinburgh TV Festival’s centrepiece for 50 years
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FeaturesMacTaggart at 50: the speeches that made a mark
Previous MacTaggart speakers reveal their favourite lectures of the past half century
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NewsJames Harding to deliver 50th MacTaggart lecture
The former director of BBC News is expected to explore the current news media landscape in his address
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NewsJames Graham: It will take at least a decade to break down TV class barriers
Last year’s MacTaggart lecturer tells Broadcast change would take time, but he is optimistic progress is being made
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VideoVideo: Carol Vorderman, Alternative MacTaggart
Broadcaster used address to blast ‘snobbish’ TV industry
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NewsCarol Vorderman: TV played a role in the riots
Former Countdown presenter uses Alternative MacTaggart Lecture to blast ‘snobbish’ TV industry
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NewsCarol Vorderman: Alternative MacTaggart lecture in full
‘Regional snobbery is rife. Our industry is now more heavily weighted to London than ever before’