A report from Reuters on the world’s first TV channel devoted exclusively to ads which is planned to launch in the UK in September, allowing viewers to tune in 24 hours a day to their favourite 30-second spots for Guinness, Walkers and Yellow Pages. Full story: Reuters Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage / […]
Category: Television
‘Bandwagon’ media blogs at US Democratic convention
CNN and the BBC are two of the international broadcast media who have embraced blogging in a big way as part of their news coverage of the US Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week. Both broadcasters have blogs on their websites with frequent comment from journalists covering the event. This is an excellent move by […]
BBC journalist blogs the Olympics
I was thinking today about the Olympic Games that start this Friday 13 August and wondering how blogs will fit into the media extravaganza to bring such an event to billions of people worldwide. Then I came across a blog by Stuart Hughes, a news producer with BBC News in London, who is going to […]
Olympic organization feats
Watching the spectacular 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony on TV last night got me thinking about the organization behind it all. The sheer feat of putting together the 2½ hour event deserves admiration and congratulations to everyone involved for its success. 72,000 people in the new olympic stadium, representatives of the teams from 202 countries […]
IBC 2004 entertainment tech event in Amsterdam
The IBC 2004 conference and exhibition takes place at the RAI conference center in Amsterdam from 9-14 September. Growing from its roots in broadcasting, IBC (International Broadcasting Convention) attracts 40,000 professionals involved in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment content worldwide. The IBC Exhibition features over 1,000 of the industry’s leading companies, with every […]
New ads-only TV channel airs
The world’s first TV channel that broadcasts only ads started service in the UK yesterday. The Advert Channel broadcasts British commercials from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, celebrity ads and the best (and worst) ads from around the world. Available 24/7, the channel also offers live studio discussions and debates on the world of […]
IBC 2004 exhibition photos
Earlier this week, I visited the IBC 2004 Exhibition at the RAI Exhibition Center in Amsterdam. Quite an event (see my earlier post for description). In my wanderings around the 11 exhibition halls, I snapped photos here and there of exhibition stands that caught my eye. IBC 2004 Exhibition Photo Album
Check your .org from your .com
Oops! Easy to mix up domain suffixes (.com, etc) in a web address and get the wrong one. Precisely what US VP Dick Cheney did in a televised debate with his Democratic challenger, John Edwards. BBC News reports that, when answering accusations by Mr Edwards, Mr Cheney told viewers to visit factcheck.com. But rather than […]
What’s in a name? Plenty, if it’s Spam
Two very different takes on the same story that Hormel, makers of Spam, the eponymous luncheon meat food product, is embarking on a TV advertising blitz in the UK next week. As reported by Silicon.com: Spam: ‘It’s a meat’ insists Hormel. Spiced-ham maker Hormel has announced a massive UK advertising campaign in what may be […]
The Donald is The Brand
Thanks to his real estate prowess and hit reality show, America’s most watched billionaire says his brand “has become the best brand,” reports Business Week. Business Week publishes a recent conversation with Trump to discuss the state of his business and his brand. A snippet re his hit show The Apprentice (which we see here […]
Tsunami help wiki for broadcasters launched
Launched yesterday – Broadcasters-Tsunamihelp, a new wiki-based portal that aims to ensure there is coordination between broadcasters and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the wake of the Asian tsunami disaster: This site attempts to get an overview of how various organisations around the world have reacted to help broadcasters affected by the December 26th Earthquake and […]
Superbowl advertising is the hot conversation
So the Superbowl happened yesterday. In scanning my RSS feeds this morning, I see that sporting event has occupied the written oupourings of just about the whole blogosphere across the Atlantic. (In case you’re not sure what the Superbowl is – it’s “a football game played each year to determine the championship of the [American] […]
Clarity in communication
Here’s a plain-speaking description of a blog commenting policy that no one could possibly misunderstand: I appreciate everyone who takes the time to comment on the articles I post on this blog. Please understand that unless your comments get read and reviewed by me, they don’t get posted. Some days I literally receive hundreds of […]
Blogs: The explosion of free speech
Pithy commentary in Business Week on the fall from grace of CNN news head Eason Jordan over his remarks that US troops target journalists in Iraq: [Jordan] resigned on Feb. 13 after conservative bloggers feasted on a controversial statement he made in late January at the annual World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, about the […]
Citizen broadcasting demonstrated
Jeff Jarvis has a great illustration on how easy it is for anyone to participate in broadcast communication: Who needs a multimillion-dollar studio? What you see above is the blogcast studio: A Logitech laptop camera atop my screen; the screen atop a box to get it to eye-level; notes for the spiels taped to the […]
BBC call for ‘citizen journalism’
If TV broadcast networks hope to have a future, they must decentralize and "democratize" their most jealously-guarded public service – placing news production literally in the hands of consumers. So says Pat Loughrey, BBC Director of Nations and Regions, quoted by InternetWeek in speaking on Wednesday at the DVB World 2005 conference in Dublin: [This] […]
BBC News editor starts some conversations, but it isn’t blogging
Peter Clifton, editor of the BBC News website, has started writing commentaries that “looks back at the week in the newsroom – and tackles some of your questions.” I’ve seen a couple of blog posts about this, which talk about it as blogging. Well, by any stretch of the imagination, blogging it certainly isn’t. This […]
TV moves to the internet
BBC News: MTV is launching a free "channel" on the internet that will show some of the station’s TV programmes, including reality hit The Osbournes. The MTV Overdrive website will let users with high-speed computer connections watch music videos and extended programmes on demand. The website is currently being tested and will launch fully on […]
Prince of Wales “momentary lapse”
Just catching some of the TV coverage of today’s marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles, I saw a brief BBC TV interview with the Prince’s communications secretary, Paddy Harverson. Amongst the tame chit-chat about today’s event (eg, was the Prince feeling nervous and how many letters of support there have been from the public) […]
Rocketboom yeah!
I have to agree with Shel – Rocketboom is very cool! Listeners to yesterday’s edition of the Hobson & Holtz Report will have heard Shel waxing lyrical (or, at least, enthusing wildly) about Rocketboom. What is Rocketboom? It’s TV news, but not as we know it, Jim. Presented by Amanda Congdon (shown in the screenshot), […]