Posts tagged ‘bbc’
Sometimes television can be amazing…
Sometimes television is amazing but it’s not always the programmes that are the most moving, most compelling or most enjoyed creations. Sometimes television advertising itself grabs us and takes us on a greater emotional journey.
I’ve selected a few advertisements that have really captured my attention. Every one of these advertisements establish a powerful emotional connection between myself and the brand advertised. More…
BBC HD and the Beijing Olympic Games
Back in early 2006 the BBC in the United Kingdom launched a High Definition television channel. Billed as a ‘preview’ channel, the BBC used the channel up until December 2007 to test high definition scheduling. More…
Demand Five
Je ne suis pas impressionné…
Every since Neighbors started airing on FIve I’ve started watching more and more of the channel. I find that watching House in the early afternoon really chills me out and in the evenings there is often a good documentary or film showing. However as I often forget about the channel, I have found myself missing shows and wishing for a Video On Demand service, one not dissimilar to BBC iPlayer or the offerings from Channel 4 and ITV. More…
You can now ask 118118 anything, but does it work?
118118 is one of the many (supposedly 200+) companies offering Directory Enquiries in the UK and is one of the top three 118 companies which together control 90% of the industry. More recently, 118118 has launched a services allowing you to text the company a question and receive a reply from a real person. More…
Give the BBC a break, at least they have something for Mac
The BBC has been getting a hard time recently due to no iPlayer downloads for mac. But at least they have SOMETHING. The good people over at ITV and C4 (pictured) have nothing, not even streaming content for us Mac users.
There’s nothing on the TV, nothing on the radio that I can believe in….
This weekend it was LiveEarth, a global music concert promoting Global Warming led by the man who used to be “the next president of the United States”, Mr. Al Gore.
Sorry, but these type of concerts don’t work anymore. Live Aid was amazing, back in the day. And that’s because it overcome huge technical challenges to do a multi-venue event across continents.
And then there was Live 8, that was also sweet, but only because it was a follow up to Live Aid. So until such times as the put a band on the moon and play from there, these worldwide events are not gonna get me to switch off lights and put the computer off more often. Sorry Al Gore.
Another point of these concerts is to grab the attention of governments. Unfortunately, the UK does not have a wannabe rockers prime minister any more.
I note that the BBC also appeared to lose their objectivity with there coverage. It was very clear that the BBC was supporting the ‘call’ by broadcasting all the short films and commenter about the issues. That’s fine; something does need to be done about Global Warming but the coverage reeks of BBC bias.
Also, does any one get the impression that MSN is only in this so flog Zunes and show off their new video streaming platform? Shame on you Microsoft, get behind the issues here and ‘answer the call’.
Oh this just gets better and better, I’, watching the MSN on demand stream, not only are Microsoft fogging Zunes but oil companies are reminding us how nice they are, bit bloody late if you ask me.
And just who likes Madonna, if I was standing in the golden circle (where those foolish enough to pay £750+ for corporate hospitality get to stand) and Madonna just called me a mother fucker I’d be up on that stage kicking her ass.
I think I better stop watching, it’s just annoying me and I think I’ve vented enough here already. Check out this post on Fred Wilson’s blog for some better analysis.
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