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The service initially used two different, incompatible systems which were alternated weekly. These were the 405-lines interlaced scan from Marconi-EMI, and the 240-lines progressive scan from Baird Television Ltd. 

Initially the press favoured the Logie Baird system because there was a delay of 60 seconds before the image would appear on screens. At a press demo of the technology this meant that the journalists could dash around the camera and see themselves still on the screen. However, the Logie Baird system was deemed inferior and was dropped after only three months.

“I never set out to be an agent,” explains Clore. She found herself at Richard Stone’s agency after replying to an advert in a newspaper. 

Success, she says, has everything to do with your personality. “You don’t have to have gone to university to learn how to deal with people,” Clore insists. A successful agent must have the ability to listen to people, an ability to communicate with clients and producers, and an ability to negotiate deals on behalf of clients.

The research found that viewers and listeners are now less tolerant of racist or discriminatory language, but generally more tolerant about other offensive language, such as swear words, than they were in the last study in 2010.

Ofcom found that the context of the language used is crucial. Viewers or listeners are more likely to tolerate bad language if it “reflects what they would expect to see in ‘real world’ situations.”

When the latest project from multiple Oscar nominees Peter Morgan (The Queen) and Stephen Daldry (The Reader) reaches audiences in November, it won’t be in cinemas.

Morgan has created and written The Crown, an extended biopic on the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Daldry is the executive producer and has directed an episode of the show. The series begins with Elizabeth’s marriage in 1947 and aims to recount the story of her life until the present day.

A leading body in the world's public service broadcasters, the EBU's Media Intelligence Service regularly carries out research into media practices and new developments in the broadcasting industry on behalf of its international members.

The report 'Trust in Media 2016' used a net trust index compiled using a media trust survey ranking of each participating country and aimed to reveal more about public perceptions of media organisations and their output. EBU members then use this information in audience building and strategic planning.

The humble set-top box is poised to become the first of a new generation of domestic media servers at the heart of the next stage of the home entertainment revolution. Many in our industry persist in seeing STBs – originally introduced more than 20 years ago as simple devices for decoding broadcast signals – as a mere “techy” sideshow.

They have, however, emerged as one of the most important device classes in the consumer media landscape and, once again, they are driving disruption and strategic change.

Charlotte Taylor - Film Production Student, Greenwich University

In my experience, the key to getting your foot in the door of the TV industry is a combination of luck and hard work. If you’re offered a job, you really have to give it your best even if you're only making tea all day. Being passionate is how to get noticed.

The offices, which houses UKTV's 270 staff members, are spread over two floors in Hammersmith and offer an quite the range of amenities.

A large staff kitchen and communal lunch area takes up a large part of the lower floor - training on how to use the hulking coffee machine is reportedly an essential part of any new staff member's induction. 

"Before my grandad died he used to ask me what I was doing and this pained expression would come across his face and he’d say ‘it’s no job for a grown man.’

“I still think it’s not quite the job for a grown man. We just sit and play.”