Archive for the ‘Film’ Category

Hollywood does its best to ignore the Internet

Monday, February 25th, 2008My jaw dropped when I read this in the Economist - There will be bloodIN 1948, when only one in ten Americans had seen a TV, Time magazine sized up the new medium. Its quiz shows, ...

Has Hollywood Gone with the Wind?

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007In Fade to Red David Teather provides a thorough insight into the current state of Hollywood.last summer, 20th Century Fox abruptly pulled the plug on the project (Used Guys - Starring Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller), ...

From retail politics to network politics

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Communities Dominate PoliticsPerhaps we should be posting our views on Gordon and David on YouTube?

The great TV shows of the 21st Century will be made for the networked and connected generation (Gen-C)

Sunday, September 16th, 2007TV veterans switch to MySpaceThe creative minds behind such TV shows as Thirtysomething and My So-Called Life are launching a web-based show, hoping to find the artistic freedom online that they say ...

Coming to a small screen near you

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007One of things that Tomi talk about in our book are the profound effects on existing business and distribution models when content becomes digitalised and broadband penetration become ubiquitous. Further in our paper on mobile as the 7th Mass Media, ...

Muslim identity and the media

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007Has today global ramifications. Here is a thought pieceThe importance of media for shaping the policies of the State on the one hand, and the public opinion on the other–neither can neither be denied nor be disputed. According ...

Innovation in the UK – is it possible?

Monday, October 16th, 2006A thought provoking piece by the Guardian today Can Britain produce a success like YouTube?The story starts with of the incredible struggle of the online social network radio company Lastfm.com to build its business and get investment.And ...

Convergence is a cultural phenomonen not a technological one

Monday, October 16th, 2006The book's core premises could be identified as the following:1. Convergence is a cultural rather than a technological process. We now live in a world where every story, image, sound, idea, brand, and relationship will play itself out across all ...

Democratising TV. The Al Gore way

Sunday, October 8th, 2006Al Gore yesterday unveiled plans to launch a UK version of his "user generated" network, Current TV , with the help of BSkyB, the pay-TV giant of which Rupert Murdoch is chairman.He believes Current TV's hybrid of the internet ...

Creating culture out of the call centre

Monday, September 4th, 2006We are all aware that the world is now flat, that outsourcing is changing organisational structure and core strategy.We know that India provides as many as 350,000 people to service companies around the globe.In Hi, its Bollywood callingWe ...

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