Archive for the ‘Television’ Category

Today brands are defined by communities

Monday, September 4th, 2006Nice mention of our book by Guardian journalist Vic KeeganIt just doesn't pay to be a loyal customerVic talks about the experience of being badly treated by a mobile operator. He says...It is worth mentioning all this - ...

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 ...

Contextual content redefines the advertising industry

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006Google and ebay from alliance to tailor ads to every customerWas the headline in the Guardian today.Don't tell me broadcasting is not in trouble! Its business model - defunct and obsoleteAnd I wonder if YouTube will not one-day ...

End of the mass media belle epoque

Monday, August 7th, 2006Mirror titles may be sold as ad revenues tumble + McKinsey Study Predicts Continuing Decline in TV Selling PowerMcKinsey & Co. is telling a host of major marketers that by 2010, traditional TV advertising will ...

The broadband Wars

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006TalkTalk finds free broadband response overwhelmingCarphone Warehouse has been overwhelmed by the demand for its "free" broadband offer from TalkTalk which has signed up 340,000 customers in eight weeks, twice the company's forecast. Chief executive Charles Dunstone admitted ...

BT goes to Hollywood with universal deal

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006BT's television arm, BT Vision, is set to unveil a groundbreaking deal with leading Hollywood studio Universal films. It will allow the telecoms company to make Universal's films available over its new TV service when it launches later this ...

The end of TV as we know it. Social networking comes to television

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006From TV weekWeb Forging New Genre: Sites' Online Dating Shows Incorporate Social Networks, Reality ElementsInternet gurus, who already have helped transform television viewing habits by offering interactive and on-demand programs online, are poised to unleash their next challenge ...

Television cannot deliver a digital society

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006BSkyB launches a package this week of broadband and on-demand TV programming - but the competition will be fierceIn our book we discuss the issues and implications for broadcasters living in a digital world. Now the conversations has spilled ...

YouTube hits 100m video views per day

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Internet video site YouTube has said its users are now watching more than 100 million videos per day.YouTube is the leading net video download site in the US, with 29% of the country's multimedia market, according to traffic monitor ...

ITV caught in the gales of creative destruction

Monday, July 17th, 2006TV's share price has dropped further today, after slipping below £1 towards the end of trading yesterday, heightening speculation that the tipping point for another takeover bid has been reached.The broadcaster's share price was 97p at 4.20pm today, down ...

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