All Comment articles – Page 163
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CommentRobinson on the Rajars
The latest radio audience figures from Rajar are not about audience losses by Chris Evans or Chris Moyles, but the steady migration of radio to digital, writes Paul Robinson.
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CommentLast Shuttle: Our Journey, Discovery
Producer/director Jamie Lochhead takes Broadcast behind the scenes of documentary Last Shuttle: Our Journey.
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CommentBlack British comedy is a thing of the past on TV
The 1990s had The Real McCoy, but where is today’s equivalent? asks Carlton Dixon.
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CommentBig Brother: will we watch?
Desmond needs media rivals to help revive interest, says Dan Wootton.
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CommentThe horrible art of being a TV boss
A panel at Edinburgh will ask what makes a TV bully. Steven D Wright has all the answers.
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CommentCan anyone solve the Torchwood mystery?
The latest series of Torchwood is a glamorous and glossy affair, but does anyone with knowledge of all things geeky in the technical department know why the show’s visuals have a strange strobing effect every time the camera pans or moves slightly?
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CommentStill rocking after 30 years
With so much to celebrate, why is MTV shying away from its past?
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CommentRobinson on Andy Parfitt
Chris Moyles only has to drop a few listeners to make headlines, but the departure of Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt, whilst barely reported outside the industry, is potentially much more significant for the BBC’s pop network, writes Paul Robinson.
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CommentOfcom can hold its head high
The hacking scandal has silenced critics of the broadcasting watchdog.
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CommentStart of a new era for UKTV
Plans are beginning to emerge after Scripps deal, says Kate Bulkley.
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CommentScandal shows need for better media education
The development of our industry depends on questioning practices, says Jon Wardle.
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CommentIs TV the last bastion of market restrictions?
Uncertainty is spreading in Europe about the legality of granting TV distribution licences on an exclusive territorial basis, writes Tony Ballard.
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CommentParfitt says goodbye to Radio 1
After 13 years as boss of BBC Radio 1, Andy Parfitt writes about leaving on a high.
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CommentHow do we protect plurality?
Media firms can’t be allowed to grow too big, says Damian Tambini.
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CommentWe film-makers are part of the story: get over it
Returning to the gypsy community, Richard Parry finds closeness to his subjects a plus.
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CommentIn the eye of a media storm
Frailty played to PR strategy - but shareholders will be less sympathetic.
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CommentTV as a shop window
Spun Gold’s Nick Bullen on the exploitation and commercialisation of TV brands.
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CommentLend a hand to young TV talent
Talent is precious but it is the young who really need help in taking their first TV steps, writes Camilla Lewis.
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BBC still has faith in creativity and training
I want to respond to Mark Damazer’s observations (‘Young, gifted and blanked’, Broadcast, 8.07.11 ) that the BBC “has lost faith in the idea… of picking people with nothing to offer but creativity, flair, cleverness, intelligence and motivation”.