Archive for the ‘Television’ Category

Government by TV

Thursday, September 27th, 2007Jeez, don't these people have somethig better to watchGovernment by TV: Ch?vez sets 8-hour record. Al? Presidente show is longest yet display of politics and showmanshipThe Venezuelan president, Hugo Ch?vez. Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty ImagesThe fierce morning ...

If your bread is buttered by some form of media or marketing activity depicted on the TV program “Mad Men,” you might want to pour yourself another Manhattan. And make it extra stiff.

Monday, September 17th, 2007Way back in time when I believed that something was not right in the world of media, marketing and communications I came across a Jim Stengel quote which I used in the Long Goodbye: Are you talkin. to me ...

If your bread is buttered by some form of media or marketing activity depicted on the TV program “Mad Men,” you might want to pour yourself another Manhattan. And make it extra stiff.

Monday, September 17th, 2007Way back in time when I believed that something was not right in the world of media, marketing and communications I came across a Jim Stengel quote which I used in the Long Goodbye: Are you talkin. to me ...

If your bread is buttered by some form of media or marketing activity depicted on the TV program “Mad Men,” you might want to pour yourself another Manhattan. And make it extra stiff.

Monday, September 17th, 2007Way back in time when I believed that something was not right in the world of media, marketing and communications I came across a Jim Stengel quote which I used in the Long Goodbye: Are you talkin. to me ...

Blue Peter is Bent

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007I mean't to get this up a while ago but events over took me.Jeremy Paxman gave a speech at the Edinburgh Festival on August 24th, where he explored the issues that curently surround traditional broadcasting.Paxman says in his ...

Analogue vs. Digital

Thursday, August 30th, 2007A recent IBM survey sayspersonal Internet time rivals TV time. Among consumer respondents, 19 percent stated spending six hours or more per day on personal Internet usage, versus nine percent of respondents who reported the same ...

The end of the “Belle Epoque”

Saturday, August 25th, 2007Having just been on holiday, I was able to get my face into some books, which I had already read but its good to go back and reflect. As this is what Tomi and I wrote in 2005If the ...

The power of the network

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007If I were the CEO of EMAP i would make Dave Cushman HEAD OF STRATEGYHis post White Paper Wiki: Power of the NetworkIs a serious piece of work, of course I'm flattered as he mentions us :-)David states...

Trust the most precious thing and the BBC waves it goodbye for now

Monday, July 30th, 2007Its a bad day at black rockPublic trust in the BBC has fallen sharply in the wake of the scandal involving fake phone-in competitions on high-profile programmes and wrongly edited footage of the Queen, a Guardian/ICM ...

Women and soap operas

Thursday, July 26th, 2007Thought provoking post by Abigail Derecho at Henry Jenkins blog , who is completing a dissertation at Northwestern University in the Comparative Literary Studies department, specializing in digital culture,She talks here about action movies and TV soaps and the ...

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