All The Broadcast Interview articles – Page 27
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The Broadcast InterviewBen Stephenson, controller, BBC drama commissioning
The BBC’s top drama commissioner is happy to engage with his critics but won’t be deflected from offering shows that appeal to all audiences.
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The Broadcast InterviewLee Bartlett, ITV global content
The not-so-quiet American tells Kate McMahon about ITV’s cautious culture, why uncertainty is bad for creativity and his strategy for cashing in on the big brands.
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The Broadcast InterviewBal Samra, BBC
The man who takes care of business at the BBC tells Chris Curtis how a mixture of new technology and a change of mindset could help the whole industry save and survive.
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The Broadcast InterviewAndy Duncan, Channel 4
Channel 4’s boss tells Robin Parker that the BBC must give commercial PSBs a break if a “mixed ecology” is to continue funding creative programming.
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The Broadcast InterviewDavid Frank, RDF Media Group
RDF Media Group’s chief executive tells Katherine Rushton how engineering a private equity-backed MBO just 18 months after Queengate has made him philosophical.
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The Broadcast InterviewLaura Mackie, ITV Drama
The director of ITV Drama talks to Kate McMahon about budgets, bonnets and why she’s still on the lookout for ideas that are ambitious and different.
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The Broadcast InterviewJeremy Darroch, BSkyB
As BSkyB celebrates 20 years, its chief executive talks to Robert Shepherd about how teamwork and a willingness to take risks help it keep pace with a fast-changing market.
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The Broadcast InterviewEd Richards, Ofcom
The Ofcom chief executive tells Robin Parker why he thinks a second PSB institution is vital to guarantee a ‘plurality of voices’ across TV, from children’s programming to news.
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The Broadcast InterviewMark Thompson, BBC
The BBC’s director general talks to Emily Booth about shaping the digital future, wrestling with editorial standards - and why slicing up BBC Worldwide is a very bad idea.
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The Broadcast InterviewPhil Redmond
Widely credited with changing the face of British TV, Liverpool culture champion Phil Redmond has never fought shy of controversy. Steve Clarke finds his vision as outspoken as ever.
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The Broadcast InterviewPeter Fincham, ITV
ITV’s director of television, channels and online is one of mainstream TV’s biggest cheerleaders. But can he stay optimistic as the recession bites? Chris Curtis finds out.
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The Broadcast InterviewLorraine Heggessey, BBC1
She has turned around a BBC1 struggling against an ascendant ITV and the rise of multichannel to make it the UK’s favourite channel - Lorraine Heggessey tells Leigh Holmwood how she intends to build on this success and why experimentation is worth the ris
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The Broadcast InterviewRupert Gavin, BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin presides over a global empire of television, publishing and music interests. He talks to Conor Dignam about the Communications Bill and why he has no truck with those who cry foul over the success of his business
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The Broadcast InterviewPaul Smith, Celador
Celador’s chief executive is in no mood to celebrate in the wake of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? fraud documentary. But bagging the West Midlands radio licence would definitely make him break into a smile.
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The Broadcast InterviewPeter Bazalgette: Cold steel and silky charm.
Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette, the man behind the UK’s biggest production company, is becoming an increasingly powerful voice within the broadcasting industry.
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The Broadcast InterviewBarry Cox, Channel 4
Channel 4 deputy chairman Barry Cox made waves when he called for the licence fee to be scrapped and Sky to be broken up. Here he outlines his vision for the future and tells us why he objects to being known as ‘the government’s digital tsar’.
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The Broadcast InterviewEileen Gallagher, Ginger TV
A year into the job and Ginger TV boss Eileen Gallagher says the company is doing ‘very well’. With a brief to develop its TV interests beyond Chris Evans, the indie has three series in production without the big man in sight.