Posted by Simon Perry on 30 June 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, UK, Regulation
Oh dear, the day before Ashley Highfield takes up the position of CEO of Project Kangaroo, the Internet-delivered TV joint venture between UK companies BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, we learn that the OFT has referred the whole shebang for further inquiry.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 26 June 2008 | Tagged as: TV related, Government, UK, Digital TV, Displays
With the 2012 date of switch off of UK analogue TV drawing ever closer, British MPs have been hearing about the current levels of adoption of Digital TV.
The UK Parliament Public Accounts Committee heard that many TVs that were still being bought, were not Digital ready, with those purchases, totaling millions of pounds, arguably being […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 25 June 2008 | Tagged as: Just for fun, Gadgets, UK
You may have heard about the Highest Popping toaster in the world and the intention to get it into the record books.
We were at the RCA yesterday when the devices creator, Freddie Yauner, 26, launched himself (sorry, couldn’t resist the pun) into the Guinness Book of Records with his bonkers over-powered toaster.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 24 June 2008 | Tagged as: UK, User Generated Content (UGC)
Citizen Journalism site, The-Latest, has been told by the Press Association that they are the first UK citizen journalism site to force the resignation of a public official.
Marc Wadsworth from The-Latest carried out an interview with James McGrath, until recently Boris Johnson’s deputy chief of staff and political advisor.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 20 June 2008 | Tagged as: UK, BBC, Mobile, Gaming
The BBC is to continue to open up paths to make money from it’s car TV programme, Top Gear, via its commercial wing, BBC Worldwide.
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Posted by Simon Perry on 18 June 2008 | Tagged as: Business, UK, Music
It looks like someone in the music business has taken a hard swallow and commissioned some research giving the true view of UK 14-24 year olds. Potentially refreshing.
Not only that, but it appears that they’ve swallowed even harder and decided to actually listen to what those surveyed are actually saying - perhaps a first in […]
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 17 June 2008 | Tagged as: Services, UK, Mobile
Branding opportunities ahoy as Orange unveil their eco-charging tent.
Posted by Simon Perry on 13 June 2008 | Tagged as: YouTube, Political, Content, Video Services, Government, UK
The UK House of Lords, is to launch it’s own YouTube channel.
Previously seen by some as a stuffy, rather stiff institution, it seems like the House of Lords , or The Lords as it’s normally abbreviated to, is trying to update it’s image and become more accessible to the people. All good stuff that should […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 11 June 2008 | Tagged as: UK, Web
Anyone been to the T-Mobile site today? Thanks to Ian who pointed it out to us, we’ve just visited there to find that the site is showing a single holding page.
We all know that the online world has its difficulties with servers every now and again, but T-Mobile are claiming that they we’ve caught them […]
Posted by Simon Perry on 6 June 2008 | Tagged as: Social software, UK, User Generated Content (UGC)
It appears that no-one is immune to Internet fads these days, even traditional venerable institutions such as Oxford English Dictionary (OED) are getting involved.
(Amazingly the OED is only 80 years old - it’s one of those things that you would have assume had been around since the invention of the print press in Europe by […]
