Opinion – Page 287

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    You the Jury: Graham Stuart and Laurence Bowen

    2008-09-17T16:00:17Z

    Graham Stuart and Laurence Bowen review the latest TV shows.

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    Blog: Ofcom gets serious about C4

    2008-09-17T12:29:09Z

    The idea that public service broadcasting should be the sole preserve of the BBC was always a non-starter, writes Robin Parker.

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    IBC: Recession! What recession?

    2008-09-17T08:34:37Z

    With IBC apparently buoyant this year, despite a global recession, Will Strauss attempts to take the pulse of the manufacturing sector.

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    Talking Radio: Bryan Coombes

    2008-09-16T18:52:46Z

    In the age of podcasts, VoD and internet radio, Bryan Coombes of VT Communications asks whether there is a future for traditional shortwave radio.

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    Blog: Presenter piques & troughs

    2008-09-16T13:25:53Z

    Professional presenters are being shoved aside for dim-witted Big Brother contestants, writes Geoff Motley.

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    Blog: Vegas and Arizona

    2008-09-15T13:13:15Z

    As BBC journalists set off across the US in the run-up to the election, presenter Ros Atkins recalls his experiences in Las Vegas and Arizona.

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    Blog: LA to Dallas

    2008-09-15T09:24:31Z

    The BBC's Global News division has sent a team of journalists on a bus trip across the US to gauge what America is talking about ahead of this November's election. The Beeb's New York bureau chief Kevin Bishop has donned the figurative driver's cap on for the first stage from ...

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    Blog: All is fair in love and football

    2008-09-11T16:06:43Z

    Setanta has been given a kicking from all quarters for keeping its England football coverage to itself. What do people expect it to do? asks Chris Curtis.

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    Hot Topic: Public service: Why audiences care

    2008-09-11T08:15:56Z

    Viewers value PSB and don't want the BBC to be the sole provider, says Peter Phillips

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    Broadcast letters: 12 Sept 2008

    2008-09-11T08:12:58Z

    Broadcast letters for 12 September, 2008.

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    The axe-man cometh

    2008-09-10T17:42:11Z

    C4 has outlined its belt-tightening plans this week. It's an industry-wide issue.

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    Off cuts - 12 September

    2008-09-10T17:05:27Z

    Funny stories, gossip and general off-the-record, wicked whispers from the broadcast industry.

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    Talking radio: Grant Goddard

    2008-09-10T16:39:40Z

    UKRD's decision to close Fen Radio in Wisbech shows the difficulties small commercial radio stations face, says Enders Analysis radio analyst Grant Goddard.

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    You the jury: Ben Adler and Maurice Van Sabben

    2008-09-10T15:45:06Z

    Rappers, roaming and Romeo.

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    Behind the business: Cody Hogarth

    2008-09-10T15:15:36Z

    Endemol's New State has been rattling out AFP and product placement deals since it was created earlier this year.

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    Blog: On location with Joanna Lumley

    2008-09-10T12:58:16Z

    Producer Helena Braun reflects on making BBC1 doc Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights.

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    IBC: editor's choice

    2008-09-09T20:59:29Z

    Will Strauss offers up his selection of products to look out for at this week's IBC exhibition in Amsterdam.

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    Blog: Talking America

    2008-09-09T13:25:55Z

    The BBC's US08 Election Bus Tour sets off on a six-week journey tomorrow (10 September) across 16 American states. In the first of a new series of blogs for Broadcastnow, editor in charge Steve Titherington explains how the team have prepared for the journey ahead.

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    Blog: Talking America pt.2

    2008-09-09T12:54:16Z

    Part two of Steve Titherington's account on how the BBC has prepared for its six-week tour of 16 states ahead of the US election.

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    Blog: Interviewing Putin

    2008-09-08T13:46:54Z

    It was the interview that the world's leading news networks had been trying to land for years, but it was British-born CNN correspondent Matthew Chance that arranged a conversation on camera with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Here, Chance reveals how the interview came about and how press sensitive regimes ...