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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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Christmas Eve 2022 – Radio Times
If it’s Christmas then that means I get out my Post-it notes and marker pen to run through the double issue of the Radio Times to see what TV and radio I personally think are worthwhile. I’m not kidding myself that we’re all limited to what the major linear channels are showing. Maybe you’re binging…
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Trent Park in the Snow
It properly snowed in London last night for the first time in a few years, so I went out in the pre-dawn snow on my E-MTB and my drone to capture some of the beauty of the countryside around Trent Country Park. There’s a lovely path leading from close to Chase Farm Hospital that takes…
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Repairing a Garmin Edge Mount
[Now updated with changed fix!] This week I had an accident on my bike and crashed in the rain on my commute to work. No damage to my bike… or to me. But my Garmin Edge 1030 bike computer came off the worst, getting detached from its mount on impact, and damaging the mount in…
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RAJAR Q3 2022
This post is brought to you in association with RALF from DP Software and Services. I’ve used RALF for the many years, and it’s my favourite RAJAR analysis tool. So I am delighted that I continue to be able to bring you this RAJAR analysis in association with RALF. For more details on the product, contact Deryck Pritchard via…
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Partial Solar Eclipse
There was a partial solar eclipse visible from the UK today. I dug out a homemade solar filter I first assembled sometime in 2012! It’s a cardboard affair made using Baader AstroSolar film which looks like a kind of foil and blocks 99.999% of light. Even then, to get a photograph of the sun, you…
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Notes from the London Film Festival #2
The festival is over for another year, and I thought that I should conclude my notes about the films I saw this year’s festival. I’ve got to say that I’ve been lucky and there wasn’t a duff film amongst them. I came away very satisfied with all the films I saw, even those that were…
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Read Those Podcasting Contracts Carefully
Today’s edition of Podnews, splashes with a report about a podcast called Sex, Lies and DM Slides being relaunched by Spotify without the original hosts. One of those original hosts who created the show is upset and has complained on Instagram about the move. I have no knowledge of this particular case nor the agreement…
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Notes from the London Film Festival #1
It’s that time of year again, and I’ve bought a selection of tickets to London Film Festival titles. For the most part, I’ve avoided films that are going to get a decent-sized release in the near future, and I’ve also avoided titles that are definitely going to streaming – in the main because I’ll be…
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Urban Hill Climb 2022
The UK has some very individual events in the world of cycling – a good example being the classic 10 mile time trial, often take place on stretches of dual carriageway. And then there are the hill climbs. These events tend to take place in the early autumn, organised by local clubs, and involve riders…
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Did Commercial Broadcasters Really Lose Millions of Pounds on Monday?
As I type, I’ve yet to see any viewing figures for how many people watched the Queen’s funeral on British TV yesterday – they were going to be late being published due to “abnormally high levels of viewing for The State Funeral.” I think it’s safe to assume that it will be a very large…
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5,331,034 Podcasts
Based in part on a short thread I posted on Twitter the other day. Spotify sent out a notification the other day that proudly proclaimed. “How many podcasts?!“5331034. Dig deep and discover yours.” Spotify has over 5 million podcasts then. But is that a good thing? How many of those titles are good? Can I…
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Can I Watch ‘Une Femme Mariée’?
Spoiler: No, I can’t. Jean-Luc Godard has died, and in The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw writes about the director and in particular his love of 1964’s Une Femme Mariée. While I know and love Breathless and Le Mépris, I’ve never seen this film – also known as A Married Woman. So I decided to seek it…
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