Opinion – Page 194
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CommentLicence fee is out of step with audience
I read with interest reports in the media that new research from the Nielsen Company has found that 96.7% of American homes have at least one television, down from 98.9% the last time Nielsen took count. This is the first time in 20 years that TV ownership has declined.
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CommentHelp is out there for parents in the media
I read with interest your article ‘Escaping the maternity trap’ (Broadcast 06.05.11). Like Zan Barberton, as a freelance series producer, I didn’t want to roll over and give up TV at 35.
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CommentMade In Chelsea / Strangeways / Operation Crossbow
1A Productions’ Kate Efomi and Windfall Films’ Tom Cook on the Chelsea set, prisoners and war in 3D.
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Comment11 May '11
“When someone so entertaining leaves so early, one always worries whether those who remain will be as good value.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentBroadcast goes to the Sony's
This year’s Sony Radio Awards included success for Talksport, a shocked Ronnie Wood, a standing ovation for Danny Baker and a heckle from Eamonn Holmes. Alex Farber reports on the night.
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Comment10 May '11
“As with last year’s Wormwood Scrubs, there’s not much to laugh at here.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentITV romp versus BBC pomp
Two sides to the royal wedding coverage, as ITV rises to the occasion
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CommentFreelancer Special: The golden rules of freelancing
Returning to the ‘schizoid frenzy’ of freelance life, Steven D Wright weighs up the highs and lows
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CommentTimes they are a-changing for TV’s self-employed
Changes to tax and pension rules will have a profound effect on freelancers, says Liz Brion
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CommentLove, honour and make profit
The road to a happy TV union rarely runs smooth, says Kate Bulkley
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CommentTraining can help stem the TV exodus
Your important survey (‘What do freelancers want?’, Broadcast, 29.04.11) raises issues that should make the whole industry sit up and take notice. We at the Indie Training Fund welcome your editorial exhorting more indies to invest in their workforce, rather than just paying lip service to training.
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CommentCompete For The Meat / Gordon's Great Escape / Scream If You Know The Answer!
Hat Trick International director of sales Sarah Tong and Cal Turner, executive producer Prospect Pictures, on a pub quiz, exotic food and a rollercoaster.
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CommentOff Cuts: All bets off for Cowell
ITV1’s new roulette-inspired game show Red or Black is not, we repeat not, a gambling show
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CommentChildren’s Craniofacial Surgery
Striking the right the balance between the squeamish factor and the need to show the mechanics of this astonishing surgery was a tricky job, says Nick O’Dwyer.
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CommentThe Unofficial Royal Wedding
Executive producer David Notman-Watt on the challenges of using citizen journalism, a 48 hour edit and dealing with breaking global news.