Archive for January, 2007

TV schedule… what TV schedule?

Friday, January 12th, 2007Questions: How as a commercial broadcaster do I survive? How as a brand do I communicate, advertise to my audience?OfCom chairman Lord Currie speaking at a RTS event saidThe rapid growth of first multi-channel, then digital, then PVRs ...

Teens digital social media profile

Thursday, January 11th, 2007a Pew study indicating most teens have a social media profile.About 55% of all teens (12-17) have profiles. Teen girls (15-17) report that 70% of them have used social media. Same aged boys report in lower ...

Web 2.0 ripping the heart out of traditional gaming

Thursday, January 11th, 2007Fleet of foot, with no legacy or incumbent culture nor 2oth Century business models, new gaming companies threaten the status quo of the gaming market.I should know - my inbox is filled with companies asking me for my input....

SecondLife Hype? Or a sign of things to come

Thursday, January 11th, 2007Big debate going on about SecondLife Numbers.Clay Shirky has been giving SL a thorough examination ... and though I am still fascinated by SL, I have pondered from time to time.... why SL? Why all the media attention, is ...

I’m alright Jack: Ruth Kelly ignites public debate on our education system and special needs

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007Lighting the blue touch paper.... ready? Kelly 'doing right thing' for sonFormer Education Secretary Ruth Kelly has defended her decision to send her son, who has "substantial learning difficulties", to a private school.She said she had ...

Education 2.0?

Monday, January 8th, 2007I had the incredible privilege of keynoting this week for the Trussville Education Technology ConferenceI'm lovin' this...The conference was such a motivator that the next day principals started creating wikis to collaborate ...

Cut and run…

Monday, January 8th, 2007Investment firm cuts stakes in NY Times, Lee and Belo;Private Capital Management LP reported Friday that it has cut its stakes in the New York Times and two other media and publishing companies.The Naples, Fla., ...

You shall go the ball…

Monday, January 8th, 2007well at least 10,000 of you.... Geez!The question this year is: Which technologies can Hollywood throw its resources behind to generate the next wave of profits? After all, DVD growth has slowed, radio is struggling to find new ...

Media manipulation – advertising and politics and what type of society do we want?

Sunday, January 7th, 2007This is a complex, long but worthy article concerning the issues facing our collective western societies and is in part of a larger conversation of the world we want to live in over the coming decades.Deconstructing the media manipulation that ...

I mean seriously, just how bad can it get… this time for music retail

Saturday, January 6th, 2007Music Zone has gone into administrationThe Telegraph reportedMusic Zone, the UK's third largest music and film retailer, has collapsed into administration.Nervous investors are cutting and runningThe decision by our bankers to recover ...

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