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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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Inbox from Google – Quick Thoughts
I’ve been playing around with Google’s new email solution – Inbox – for a few days now. As is usual with these things, it’s invitation only at the moment (and no, I don’t have any invites right now). But registering directly with Google doesn’t seem to take too long. But what do I think of…
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Digital Powerhouses
This post is brought to you in association with RALF from DP Software and Services. I’ve used RALF for the past 6 years, and it’s my favourite RAJAR analysis tool. So I’m pleased 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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Hrafn: Conversations with Odin
What did you do as the sun set on Sunday evening? I found myself lying under a pine tree at the edge of Kielder Forest in Northumberland, near the village of Stonehaugh, listening to a roost of ravens. The sun went down, the wind was up, and a soft rain fell. But about 80 of…
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Putting YouTube and Twitter Into Perspective
Recently Enders Analysis released a report detailing why television advertising isn’t likely to be losing out to the internet in the near term. Enders believes that television will remain the key advertising medium for the foreseeable future. Part of that reason is that its scale is unmatched. Ray Snoddy, on Mediatel, expanded a little and…
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Jumping the Gun
Over the weekend, there was something of a kerfuffle in cycling circles over some allegations that a cycling company had ripped off someone else’s designs. You can read the story here at road.cc. The accused company, Wiggle (who I’ve bought a decent amount of cycling accessories and clothing from), has responded on Facebook, and have…
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Why I’m Giving Up On The Apprentice
This started out as a Tweet in support of a Stuart Heritage article in The Guardian today. But I ended up developing it a little on Twitter and Facebook, so I suppose it might be good to spell it out here. Basically, I’m tired of The Apprentice. It has always been a bit of a…
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RAJAR Q3 2014
This post is brought to you in association with RALF from DP Software and Services. I’ve used RALF for the past 6 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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Election Fundraising
Last week Jon Stewart did a very good piece on the emails that the Democratic campaign has been sending out ahead of the upcoming mid-term elections. (Theoretically you can see the video here. Except that in the UK, you can’t. It suggests you go to Comedy Central’s UK site, but that only has some extended…
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Betas
One of the exciting things you can do in our digital world is become a beta tester. Lots of companies and organisations let you test out their new upgrades ahead of rolling them out to the population. It’s quite good fun if you like that sort of thing. They let you see features ahead of…
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Unbundling HBO
I find it really interesting what was announced today by HBO. Essentially from some indeterminate point next, HBO will sell a service direct via the web. Now in a world where we have Netflix and iTunes, this might not seem like a big move, but the pay TV market – and the American one in…
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Twin Peaks – Again
Yesterday I was very excited to learn that Twin Peaks is coming back. I even jumped through the rigmarole of getting a YouTube embed code from a mobile device (seriously – it should be easier). Dear Twitter Friends… it is happening again. http://t.co/r0l9rhK4eB #damngoodcoffee — David Lynch (@DAVID_LYNCH) October 6, 2014 What you also need…
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Twin Peaks
The news that Twin Peaks is returning in 2016 is quite wonderful! In any case, it has been far too long since David Lynch made a film or TV show.
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