All Comment articles – Page 165
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CommentPlaying against stereotypes
On-screen portrayal of women of a certain age is still two-dimensional.
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CommentHow a recession diet got the UK TV industry in shape
The last couple of years have been pretty grim, but the survivors are leaner, tougher and certainly wiser, writes Thomas Dey. Now it is time to start talking growth and blowing the dust of those expansion plans.
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CommentThe days of vanity rebrands are over
Rebranding a channel was once an exercise in vanity for some. But those days are over and establishing your identity in an increasingly fragmenting market is key, write Marc Heal and Dom Sykes.
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CommentSoaps are worth every penny
NAO report’s focus on financials misses the point of continuing drama.
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CommentThe house that Netflix built
Video rental firm is taking on the global players, says Kate Bulkley.
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CommentBBC World News: still going strong after two decades
The world has changed much in 20 years, and so has the way we report, says Richard Porter.
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CommentVOD: spice up your rights
Jack Harrison negotiates the labyrinth of video-on-demand rights to offer a solution in how to grow reach across the market without having to renegotiate for a new viewing device or method of delivery.
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CommentWhat is missing from Ofcom's 4G plans
As Ofcom announces that it plans to auction off 4G licences in 2012, Tony Ballard addresses what the proposals fail to consider.
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CommentKiller Years, killer schedule
John Matthews, producer of BBC4’s Grand Prix: The Killer Years, relives conducting 20 hours of interviews in three languages across six countries in just 10 days.
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CommentBritain’s Underworld, Nat Geo
Executive producer Glyn Middleton reveals how a team of filmmakers entered the dangerous world of gangsters for a new National Geographic Channel series.
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CommentIndustry must confront failures of consolidation
Super-indies should restructure deals and nurture acquisitions, says Julius O’Dowd.
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CommentCompliance doesn’t mean not taking risks
It is hard to reconcile your suggestion of editorial risk aversion with recent TV output owing to the BBC’s compliance and editorial policy (‘Heavy hand of compliance’, Broadcast 11.03.11).
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CommentBectu is setting the standard
Code of practice is good for indies and workers, says Moray Coulter.
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CommentMulticulturalism in Midsomer
Following Brian True-May’s suspension from ITV’s Midsomer Murders, after implying there was no place in the show for ethnic minorities, Leon Bell says there is a dearth of drama that represents multiculturalism as anything more than an inciting incident.
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CommentMad Dogs and consolidation
Overnight ratings have long been the touchstone of how a show is performing. But as PVR use increases, Sky1 boss Stuart Murphy reflects on the growing importance of consolidated figures
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CommentView from the North
Tom Harvey addresses the impact of the cuts on the infrastructure outside of London.
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CommentThe SeeSaw fortunes of VoD
Platform’s struggle is a symptom of a market in flux, says Kate Bulkley.
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CommentHeavy hand of compliance
Red tape and risk-aversion issues rumble on and the BBC needs to listen.
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CommentBBC will not trample the training market
After concerns were raised over the BBC’s role in training the wider industry, Eddie Morgan, head of the BBC College of Production, says it will not “trample the market”.