First, there was the expansion of in-flight wi-fi so that you could remain connected to the net on your flight across the Atlantic or Pacific. Do your email, surf the net, write your blog. Even use Skype. Here’s what’s coming next, according to a PC World report: The Connexion by Boeing in-flight Internet service is […]
Category: Television
BBC blogs the G8
Newsnight, the BBC’s flagship news and current affairs TV programme in the UK, will be blogging the G8 summit in Scotland on 6-8 July. Actually, that’s not strictly true. Although Newsnig8t (that word really needs to be in colour so you can better spot the "g8" in there) clearly is a BBC-approved blog, it’s run […]
Fox journalist says ‘Terrorism ok in Paris’
The London bombings yesterday are fresh in everyone’s minds. Now, 38 dead and over 700 seriously injured. The death toll will probably rise. You wouldn’t wish that on any other city, would you? Paris, for example? Yet that is a growing reaction to John Gibson, a Fox News journalist in the US, and what he […]
Customer service from UPC? Fat chance!
Is waiting a week for your cable TV service to be fixed a reasonable time? Is it right to expect that the cable guy who’s coming to fix your service at an appointed time actually shows up? And is it reasonable to expect that, when you call customer service for the third time and they […]
The latest ideas in broadcasting, online media and content
The IBC 2005 conference and exhibition opens in Amsterdam today and runs until Tuesday 13 September. This annual event, organized by the International Broadcasting Convention, takes place at the RAI conference center. The conference is divided into theme days covering Delivery to the Consumer, High Definition Television, Mobile Applications, Content Production and Protection and D-Cinema. […]
Working out a fair deal for iPod TV
BBC News: Unions representing Hollywood actors, writers and directors have called for talks over the use of TV shows on Apple’s new video iPod. The unions want to ensure their members get a cut of the revenue generated by the sale of TV shows on Apple software. A new (and clearly disruptive) technological advance enables […]
Never mind the Superbowl, what about the 6 Nations Rugby!
What a tremendous weekend for contact sport! While every American I know was glued to the TV (or plugged in to the net) yesterday for the Superbowl – in case you didn’t know, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 – there was some fantsatic rugby going on in Europe throughout the weekend. Three […]