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HBO Max and Paramount+: What It Might Mean For Sports
Today the deal was done, and Paramount took over Warner Bros. Discovery in a massive deal that has much of Hollywood quaking. There were some last minute wrinkles with a deal being struck a couple of weeks ago with a group of US Attorneys General, with the general view being that they folded and didn’t…
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Girls – The Next Big Thing, Or Not?
It’s a blindingly obvious thing to say, but the choice of which channel airs a television series can really determine how successful it might become, irrespective of the programme’s actual overall quality and appeal. Case in point. Sometime in the not too distant future – September or October I believe – Sky Atlantic will start…
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Licencing Music
Of late, I’ve been shooting a few Super 8 films, and have really enjoyed the somewhat back to basics pleasures. I’ve still got plenty to learn about the medium however. But I am left with a problem. Because of the silent nature, the films work much better if I put a soundtrack on them. And…
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YouView Launch
George Entwistle may be the new Director General of the BBC, but the current one, Mark Thompson, was to be found in County Hall this morning alongside representatives of the other shareholders for the launch of YouView. Lord Sugar – chairman of YouView – kicked off procedings, although most of the demostrations were conducted by…
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Random Notes
A few entirely unrelated things worth noting: 1. Nexus 7 Tablet Google’s announced its new tablet, and I’ll let others tell you how good or otherwise it is. What I find quite staggering is Google’s UK pricing. In the US, the 8GB entry level model is $199. When you hear numbers like that normally, you…
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The Daily Show – Back Daily in the UK
Since it’s easier to moan than to be positive, I thought it was worth giving kudos to Comedy Central UK who are bringing the regular daily edition of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart back to the UK screens from the end of next month. You may recall that it used to air nightly on…
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10th Anniversary
Ten years ago today the a new site took the internet by storm. adambowie.com was launched. OK. Maybe the internet wasn’t taken by storm. This was 2002, and while Google was already in existence, there certainly wasn’t a YouTube or Facebook. Arsenal had won the Premier League – at Old Trafford no less. The World…
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Radio Times – 25 June 2012
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, so as a tenth birthday special, here’s a new one. As ever, best viewed large.
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London RAJAR
If you happen to be passing by during RAJAR periods, you’ll know that I now tend to put together a nice chart of historical RAJAR that you can play with. This is for the national picture of course. And I’d meaning for a while to have a look at London specifically. A few weeks ago,…
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Let’s Give The Government Access To All Our Personal Data
I mean, what could possibly go wrong? Sign up to the Open Rights Group’s “Stop the Snooper’s Charter” now.
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The Premier League’s £3bn Deal
First of all – wow! I mean WOW! £3bn for the new Premier League rights. A 71% increase on the 2010/11 – 2012/3 deal. In the current economic climate, that has to be a spectacular result for the Premier League, and its clubs. But I just wanted to address what it means for all the…
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Newspapers Need To Help Themselves
I do something that’s becoming increasingly unusual in the 21st century. I buy a daily newspaper. Specifically, I have subscription vouchers for The Guardian and Observer. But I think it’s fair to say that everyone realises the days of printed daily papers are numbered. I don’t think it’ll happen that soon. It might be ten…
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Smithfield Nocturne
A great fun evening yesterday watching criterium cycle racing around Smithfield Market. Lots more to process and upload, but his was my favourite.
Hadrian’s Wall
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