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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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RAJAR Q2 2017
As ever, this post is brought to you in association with RALF from DP Software and Services. I’ve used RALF for the past 9 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…
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Encryption – A Failure to Understand
Today in the Telegraph, Amber Rudd, the UK Home Secretary has written an opinion piece (subscription) trying once more to explain the Government’s views on encryption. Broadly speaking, they’re very upset that it’s really hard to break into terrorist and ne’er do well’s encrypted messages over services such as WhatsApp. It would be much easier…
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Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan is clearly one of this generation’s outstanding film makers. From Memento through to his Dark Knight trilogy, to Inception and Interstellar, he does something interesting every time. Not only are his films glorious to watch, shot with large-format film including IMAX for much of his latest, but his films are very successful at…
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oBikes – Initial Thoughts
On Saturday night, I was returning to my north London home when I noticed something I’d not seen before – a new type of hire bike. Now us Londoners have become used to “Boris Bikes” – or Santander Cycles as they’re officially known. This is a scheme that I’ve been using fairly consistently since its…
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Sunset Flight
Sunset Flight from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. Shot at sunset a few weeks back. Also available in YouTube flavour.
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Above the Canopy
Epping Forest – Above the Canopy from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. Shot over Epping Forest a week or so ago.
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Tour de France 2017 Podcasts
At the 2015 Tour Le Tour is back underway, and while I’m sadly not planning to go and visit this year, I am of course closely watching TV, listening to the radio and podcasts and following all the action on Twitter. And of course, I’m helping out with The Cycling Podcast, the finest podcast covering…
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What Does “Digital” Mean?
The OED defines “digital” in five key ways, but the key definition that interests us here is as follows: Digital technology; digital media, as digital television, digital audio, etc. Basically, nearly everything these days is digital. Even if it ends up in analogue form like AM or FM radio, it almost certainly originates digitally. Text…
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Epping Forest – Across the Canopy
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Free to Air Cricket
Today brings some interesting news, with the ECB actually allowing some free-to-air cricket on TV screens in the future. The BBC has done a deal to see the return of cricket to its channels for the first time since 1999. You will recall that in 1998, Channel 4 secured the rights to most international cricket,…
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Sky Sports Revamp
Sky Sports is reportedly getting a bit of a makeover, losing the numbered channels currently known as Sky Sports 1-5, and instead gaining sports-specific channels. Currently the channels are roughly being used as follows: Sky Sports 1 – Football Sky Sports 2 – Cricket, Rugby, Football Sky Sports 3 – Football, Tennis Sky Sports 4…
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Today We Are 15!
Happy Birthday me! This blog is 15 today. This is probably only of academic interest to most people, but who says blogs don’t have legs? Over time this blog has morphed and changed a bit. But I still enjoy using it as an outlet for writing about things that interest me. And yes, for showing…
Hadrian’s Wall
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