All Comment articles – Page 181
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CommentFive’s future failing to add up
Parent RTL pledges support, but its belief in a deal seems optimistic.
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CommentTV actresses need to learn to speak clearly
I am writing to you in the expectation that your magazine is read by directors, producers, writers and possibly actors, in order to complain (no doubt joining a chorus of others) about the abysmal quality of the sound in television programmes and, in particular, that generated by television actresses.
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CommentGMTV: Are the kids alright?
Mesmerising kids with cartoons is not the right way for GMTV to entertain young viewers, says Geoff Motley.
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CommentBBC's web future is bright despite the cuts
The press leaks haven’t helped, but don’t get the wrong idea about the BBC Online cuts, says Brij Sharma
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CommentAll change as TV gets serious
The cancellation of The South Bank Show was one of the sadder programming decisions to have been made recently (and its prompt, if short-term, reincarnation as The South Bank Show: Revisited one of the odder ones).
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CommentNo place for digital rights
The media world is full of people pontificating about payment. Or procrastinating. The eternal problem of what to make and how to pay for it has become ever more important and acute in the past year. This inevitably leads to the endless discussion of yawn-stifling issues such as digital rights ...
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CommentFreelancers can look beyond traditional TV
Skilled staff should transfer their know-how between sectors, writes Moray Coulter.
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CommentWonders of the Solar System / Undercover Princesses / The Business Inspector
Women in Film and Television’s Kate Kinninmont and Novel Entertainment’s Mike Watts on solar science, royal love and business aid
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CommentKeeping up with the web
Opportunities online are huge, but are broadcasters being left behind?
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CommentProduct placement’s real value
Forget the gripes, product placement could help shows get noticed.
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CommentRobinson on the BBC's radio strategy
Mark Thompson’s plans to axe BBC 6Music and the Asian Network appear to make no sense either from a public service or competition perspective, writes Paul Robinson.
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CommentProduct placement: what UK can learn from the US
In-show advertising needn’t be so blatant that it risks turning off viewers, says Frank Zazza.
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CommentLive TV gives linear a lifeline
Television has a unique opportunity to champion mass participation, writes Emily Bell.
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CommentMultiple sensory experience
Canvas paves the way for split-screen entertainment at your fingertips
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CommentSarah Mulvey’s death is a huge loss to TV
As independent producers, we would like to express our great sadness at the untimely death of Channel 4 commissioning editor Sarah Mulvey.
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CommentLifting placement ban levels the playing field
Mark Murphy seems to have missed some of the key arguments when he says that the recent lift of the ban on product placement “puts UK indies at a significant disadvantage in the international TV marketplace” (Broadcast letters, 19.2.10).
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Comment3D TV - in stereo
As momentum builds for 3D TV, Richard Sattin reveals the growing interest in a new style of history programming that uses “stereo photography”.
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CommentEastEnders live: whodunnit?
Who killed Archie? Even EastEnders actors don’t know, writes executive producer Diederick Santer.
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CommentNanny state is no help on product placement
Last week saw the resurgence of the UK nanny state as Ben Bradshaw announced the government’s “cautious approach” to product placement in the UK.
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CommentHana Zidek, Lionsgate
Lionsgate’s director of international sales Hana Zidek on her most unusual drink, her fantasy TV schedule and her hidden talent.