Controller Damian Kavanagh on taking his station online,nurturing talent, and how he’s winning over criticsOn 16 February BBC3 will go online only, and causing,according to critics such as producers Jimmy Mulville and Jon Thoday, “massive damage to the development of future television audiences and of unique talent, and both on and off-screen”.
BBC3 controller Damian Kavanagh,unsurprisingly, disagrees. The fast-talking Irishman says that when it was first announced that the BBC wanted to close BBC3’s broadcast channel to save money it “felt a bit when we were having conversations that this was unhappy for talent or there would be lost opportunities for talent. In truth when I see the kinds of things we’re commissioning [particularly] short-form there’s more opportunity for talent in a way.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com