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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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Revolution – Round 1
In my ongoing quest to get through all the photos I’ve previously taken and been sitting on, we reach this October 2014 event – the first round of the UK track competition, Revolution. To put this in perspective, they’ve just had Round 4. And it’s coming back to London in a few weeks, so I…
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RAJAR Q4 2014
This post is brought to you in association with RALF from DP Software and Services. I’ve used RALF for the past 7 years, and it’s my favourite RAJAR analysis tool. So I’m delighted to be able to bring you this analysis. For more details on RALF, contact Deryck Pritchard via this link or phone 07545…
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Smithfield Nocturne 2014
Yes, I’m still going through photos I talk last year, but somehow never got around to publishing. For these we go back more than six months for the annual Smithfield Nocturne in Smithfield Market. A few here, and loads more on Flickr.
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The Open Goes to Sky
As has been widely anticipated in the press, today saw news that Sky Sports has won a five-year contract beginning in 2017 to broadcast The Open golf tournament exclusively live. The BBC will have a two hour 8pm-10pm highlights package. Sky is said to be paying twice as much as the BBC, and they will…
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Big Blue Sky
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Walk London – High Barnet to Cockfosters
Last weekend saw 41 different Winter Warmers walks around London, organised by Walk London and TFL. I went on the High Barnet to Cockfosters walk, with around 100 other people. Our guide mentioned that it was the biggest group he’d ever been out with! A meandering route from High Barnet tube took us through King…
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The Sky Garden
The Sky Garden is that rarest of things – a view of London from atop a sky scraper that is actually free of charge to visit. It sits on top of 20 Fenchurch Street, aka the walkie talkie. I believe that there was some quid pro quo done with the building’s owners letting them get…
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D2 Bid: Sound Digital
Earlier in the week I put a bit of context into the background surrounding the advertising of a second national commercial multiplex. I plan to go through in a bit of detail what each of the bidders is proposing. As ever, these are my own views and don’t represent those of any employer, past or…
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D2 Bid: Listen2Digital
Earlier in the week I put a bit of context into the background surrounding the advertising of a second national commercial multiplex. I plan to go through in a bit of detail what each of the bidders is proposing. As ever, these are my own views and don’t represent those of any employer, past or…
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Looking Ahead to the Second National Digital Radio Multiplex
Ofcom is finally closing its doors on applications for a second national commercial radio digital radio multiplex. Originally bids had to be in by the end of October 2014, but Ofcom extended its application period to the end of January 2015 when a potential bidder sought a Network Access-only reference offer from Arqiva. (Since Arqiva…
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Things I’m Not Going to Embark on this January
This isn’t a blog about New Year’s resolutions. I’d be a few weeks’ late if it was. But January is an interesting time for another reason – it’s when those curious partwork publications kick off their new runs. You know the sort: often advertised heavily on TV, with cheap first issues (although much more steeply…
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