Opinion – Page 215
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Comment24 Sep '10
“Off with the head (and tail) as it were.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment23 Sep '10
“It may not be “real”, but there’s a certain forthright honesty about it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentCan-do must win over can’t
BBC needs a compliance system that doesn’t act as a barrier to creativity.
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CommentGet connected to get ahead
Broadcasters must move with the times, but not forget what works, writes Kate Bulkley.
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CommentWhy quality is much more important than quantity
Pay-TV broadcasters’ definition of success is meeting customer needs, says Mike Darcey.
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CommentBlack and Asian Brits helped grow Sky
Instead of collectively wringing their hands over the perceived “threat” posed by Sky, the BBC, ITV, C4 and C5 should look at why Sky has reached its current position.
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CommentSet the record straight on Touching the Void
As the co-producer of Touching the Void, I should like to correct a small inaccuracy in your article on John Smithson (The big story hunter, Broadcast 10.9.10).
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CommentMiliband of Brothers / DCI Banks / Alan Meets Prince Charles
Lionsgate’s Hana Zidek and Current TV’s Lina Prestwood on sibling rivalry, cops and a green prince.
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CommentGeorgina Eyre, Off the Fence
Off the Fence’s head of acquisitions on her greatest extravagance, the best advice she’s ever been given and the best place to network.
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CommentNow that's magic
Last week, Paul Daniels bemoaned the lack of professional entertainers on telly in an interview with Radio 5 Live, blasting broadcasters for their obsession with reality show “amateurs”. Fast forward a week and what has the BBC got for us?
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CommentRoad to Coronation Street / Must Be the Music
Jake Kanter and Catherine Neilan pass judgement on two of the week’s new shows.
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Comment22 Sep '10
“It’s Dead Poet’s Society, but with maths.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentYouView: the EPG challenge
One of the thorniest issues facing Richard Halton, the newly appointed chief executive of YouView, is how to create an EPG to best present all the content he hopes to attract to the platform, writes Alex Farber.
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Comment21 Sep '10
“Still as compellingly watchable and implausible as ever.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentDoes British drama lack balls?
Following Paul Abbott’s attack on drama commissioning, Jake Kanter asks if British viewers have the appetite for long-running homegrown drama.
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Comment20 Sep '10
“It looked more Mills and Boon than docudrama.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentDavid Treadway, WRN
WRN managing director David Treadway on his top sex symbols, the worst rejection he’s ever had and the best place to network.
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CommentTaking the Shetlands into the digital age
I want to dispel some myths and I want to challenge the idea that some of the UK’s most inspiring and creative places are out of bounds for broadcasters and content generators, writes Gwilym Gibbons.
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