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BBC Internet Services
Mediaguardian has a fascinating look at what the BBC are planning for their digital services. I really hope the BBC get their player up and running before the end of the year, although I’m still slightly concerned that Demon still don’t allow access to BBC Broadband (or rather the BBC and Demon haven’t met one…
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Coca Cola Sell Tap Water
Ha. I’m glad everyone’s caught on to this story, and I really wish I’d mentioned it at the time I saw it. Basically Coke’s new Dasani water is “purified” tap water. My top tip for any bottled water is to look carefully at what it says on the label. If it doesn’t say “bottled at…
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Oscar Winners
So last night the Lord of the Rings swept the boards. Let’s see how I did from my predictions: Best Film – Lord of the Rings: Return of the King – CORRECT Best Actor – Sean Penn, Mystic River – CORRECT Best Actress – Charlize Theron, Monster – CORRECT Best Director – Peter Jackson, Lord…
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Copy Control
Can I just say here and now that I think EMI are idiots. Complete buffoons. I foolishly made the mistake of buying the new Norah Jones album on Friday – but despite being a fine collection of music, I really can’t recommend that anyone else should buy it. EMI have been using their Copy Control…
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Ratings Madness
This kind of story really annoys me. The BBC put on something slightly more challenging than the heap of manure that is Footballers’ Wives, and they get attacked from all sides. Why should a drama that’s slightly more demanding be moved to BBC2. I really dislike this “move a show after two episodes” nonsense that’s…
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American Music
Off to the Annie Liebovitz exhibition at The Hospital for American Music exhibition. Lots of roots American singers having had photos done by Vanity Fair’s no. 1 photographer.
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Ray Snoddy in Marketing
Ray Snoddy has a good piece in today’s Marketing magazine talking about the BBC Silly Season that we are now beginning to endure (Here somewhere, but you’ll need a subscription). I mentioned this myself the other day after the Sunday papers went a bit mad. Snoddy suggests that these stories will continue until the government…
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Atomised
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Awards
It’s the award season again, so I’ll stick my neck out and have a shot at Oscar predictions based on winners so far, and who I think the Academy will pick as their winners. Note that this does NOT take into account who should actually win. That’d never do. The weekend saw The BAFTAS and…
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Bodies
Good to see that Jed Mercurio’s back in the medical TV saddle. We have a TV series based around his novel, Bodies, to look forward to. Some years ago, Mercurio wrote Cardiac Arrest, a series that I really enjoyed at the time. Based on the experiences during the first years of a junior doctor in…
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The Last King of Scotland
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The Dreamers
Bernardo Bertolucci’s latest is The Dreamers, about which I wrote a little recently. Now I’ve finally got to see the film. Set in 1968 Paris, Matthew is an American student and cinephile who’s befriended by twins Isabelle and Theo. He moves in with them in their wonderful Parisien flat. And then things take a turn…
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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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