Archive for the ‘Broadcast’ Category

Evolution of SMLXL

Friday, March 28th, 2008 In 2002, I founded a company called SMLXL - short for Small Medium Large XtraLarge.Its focus was and still is - how do businesses and organisations meaningfully engage in a commercial or social agenda with their audiences.  We were some ...

BBC to develop social networking Web sites

Monday, January 29th, 2007The British Broadcasting Corporation plans to develop its online presence by providing social networking sites based on its most popular brands such as Top Gear, a BBC spokeswoman said on Thursday.The world-renowned broadcaster is looking to tap into the ...

TV joining the P2P revolution

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007Joost is the latest big idea from Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the founders of Kazaa and Skype. Just as Skype shook up the telecom industry, slashing the price for international calls by routing them over the ...

Visionary predictions for 2007

Thursday, December 28th, 2006David Cushman has some predictions for 20071) Access to the internet via mobile will surpass 40% of all internet use (globally).2) A UK national newspaper will close its print operation. And a series of one-time ...

Experience, media and engagement in the networked economy

Friday, December 8th, 2006The Financial Times reports that BSkyB and Google have agreed an advertising alliance. Well documented in the pressThe partnership will at first see Google provide its user-generated video, e-mail, search and targeted advertising tools to customers of BSkyB?s ...

21st Century broadcast will be about community

Monday, December 4th, 2006Shelly Palmer, makes some observations about how broadcasters seem to be hitting the problem of declining audiences with the same hammer.Rather than understanding the benefits of living in a networked world - because networks are sticky in ways ...

Opening Pandora’s Box

Monday, November 20th, 2006[caption id="attachment_3150" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Pandora's Box"][/caption]New Media likely to play a crucial role in French poll Financial Times 18 November 2006A furious row that erupted this week over the posting of an unauthorised video of Ségolene Royal on ...

Is British Television at a tipping point?

Sunday, November 12th, 2006Powerful comment from Will Hutton... British TV must be saved for the nationBritish television is at a tipping point. Every night, our screens are filled with programmes that represent two conflicting traditions. On the one hand, we see ...

An archive moment – Tomorrow’s World

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006I was sorting out the office today and throwing away a load of papers.And I came across an article from 2001 - entitled Tomorrow's World. What will television schedules look like 10 years from now? Will we all be ...

Business 1.0 circles Business 2.0

Monday, October 30th, 2006Reports the Chicago Tribune: YouTube deal leads to surge in online speculation The future of business: social networking? But what does that exactly mean?Should an Internet arms race begin, it will likely be fought over online audiences. Building ...

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