Archive for the ‘Television’ Category

ITV shares downgraded

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Lehman brothers has downgraded its stance on ITV, saying traditional media companies are likely to face disruption from coming technology changes.Changing its outlook on the media sector to ?neutral? from ?positive?, Lehman downgraded ITV to ?underweight? from ?equal-weight?.Lehman ...

Kids and the future of media

Monday, January 7th, 2008In his post What My Kids Tell Me About The Future of Media We get simple but useful insight into children, their media consumption and what they mean for us. OUr VC writesI was reading a ...

New Media and the Creative Industries In the UK

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007The Culture, Media and Sport Committee reportOpening paragraph of summary The pace of change is so rapid that solutions to some of the problems that we sought to address have already begun to emerge. However, at the ...

Personal Curated Consumption @ the BBC

Monday, December 17th, 2007In When push comes to pull. The new economy & culture of networking technology waaaaaaaay back in 2006... I used a phrase curated consumptiontechnology as we argue enables us to connect, work and collaborate ...

Full-length TV programs on Internet increasingly popular

Sunday, December 16th, 2007Watching full-length TV program online is increasingly popular, say some studies. Nielsen notes that ABC.com (50 percent), NBC.com (41), CBS.com (37), and Fox.com (24) were the most watched, with other Internet-based alternatives YouTube (17) and iTunes (15) used ...

Heroes – Engagement Television

Saturday, December 8th, 2007Heroes fully embodies the transformations taking place in entertainment: it is moving from an appointment medium, toward an engagement medium. The content of the show is not restricted to television, but unfolds across several media platforms. The show ...

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), ...

We’re all loved up but we’re not making any cash. Who will be the first to build a portfolio of next generation marketing communications capability

Friday, November 30th, 2007In a business week article Struggles of a Mad Man Kevin Roberts CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi regales us with how he won the business of JC Penny. It seems by getting the Chairman drunk and then telling ...

We’re all loved up but we’re not making any cash. Who will be the first to build a portfolio of next generation marketing communications capability

Friday, November 30th, 2007In a business week article Struggles of a Mad Man Kevin Roberts CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi regales us with how he won the business of JC Penny. It seems by getting the Chairman drunk and then telling ...

Broadcasting embraces the digital age

Thursday, November 29th, 2007Even at the beginning of 2006, I wonder if people would have seriously contemplated such a possibility thatBritain's biggest broadcasters united yesterday to unveil a new video-on-demand download service designed to take on the US giants, such as ...

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