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The Launch of DAB Digital Radio
Today there are over seven million DAB digital radios in use in the UK, although it’s future still has a few question marks hanging over it rightly or wrongly. But it’s fascinating to go back and see how the system was first launched. So amongst some of the videos I’ve recently been going through at…
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Old Virgin Radio TV Ads
In the run-up to Virgin Radio rebranding as… – well, we’ll have to wait and see what precisely it becomes – I’ve been digging through the vaults to see what old TV ads I could find. Here’s the first second ad which ran sometime after the launch of FM in 1995 featuring Russ and Jono.…
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Spooks: Code 9
So what is there to make of the latest Spooks spin-off Spooks: Code 9? The series is set in the a near future of 2013 after some kind of nuclear device has gone off in London. MI5 seems to have been decimated and now relies on pretty young twenty-somethings to join their ranks, recruiting from…
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Olympics on Digital TV
Once upon a time, the Olympics were broadcast on both ITV and the BBC. For a lot of the time, they’d show the same events, and if you were interested in a minority sport, you could probably forget it unless a Brit had a chance of a medal. Now coverage might be “limited” to the…
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Still No Live Cricket on Terrestrial Television
Under a new deal announced today by the ECB… precisely nothing changes. Sky has retained live rights to… well… everything. And Five has a highlights package. Sky undoubtedly does a superb job. They’ve got lots of resources and they’ve innovated with new technology high-definition coverage, and super-slomo cameras (Although I did laugh on Saturday when…
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What To Watch When There’s Nothing On
You’ve really got to try this out – it’s ace! It might be common knowledge in some circles but it was news to me, and I love it. You know how it is. It’s late evening and BBC1 has a film you’ve already seen or don’t want to see again. BBC2 is running News 24,…
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BBC Fined 400k By Ofcom
As a consequence of the BBC running fraudulent competitions, Ofcom has fined the Corporation £400,000. Undoubtedly, mistakes – whether deliberate or not – were made. And some kind of remedial action was necessary. When ITV or GCap were recently fined, you didn’t hear me complaining. But both of those organisations are commercial companies, and therefore…
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Hulu
For the most part Hulu is pretty useless for UK residents since it’s geo-locked to the US. We can’t watch re-runs of NBC, Fox and Comedy Central shows. But there does seem to be an exception – Dr Horrible is available on Hulu and doesn’t seem to be restricted to the US which is just…
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Countdown to Countdown
So Channel 4 has managed to get itself into a bit of a mess with its longest running series – Countdown. Just before the weekend, Des O’Connor announced that he was retiring from the show. And this was followed quickly by Carol Vorderman announcing that she too was leaving. Over the weekend it became clear…
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Knock It Off, Nigel
Good news all – there’s a new “Knock Off Nigel” campaign airing on TV and radio (in reality this has been running for a few weeks now, but since ITV has seemingly given up for the summer – apart from ITV4’s Tour coverage – and Channel 4 is a no go area for me with…
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RAJAR
I wrote a little piece for the One Golden Square blog on RAJAR last week which it’s worth directing you to. I’d also suggest you read Martin Kelner in today’s Guardian.
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Is Google Advertising Dodgy Adobe Products?
We all know that internet advertising is booming, and much of that growth is coming from “search” – that is, advertising that you see dependent on your search terms on Google, Yahoo, MSN or wherever. But to what extent should the advertisers be checked out by Google and its ilk before that advertising goes live?…
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Yellowface/All The Lovers In The Night
Yellowface by R F Kuang I first came across R F Kuang with last year’s very enjoyable Babel, an alternate history of the British Empire told in a world where magic exists and is controlled by an elite group of individuals. Yellowface is very different, but no less enjoyable. It’s a book about books, and…
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