Category: Media

Culture change at the BBC

The recent issue over the BBC and Jonathan Ross and that other guy, Russell Brand or whatever his name is, the one who says "like" too much, has continued to be in the news. So I thought I'd just comment on it (makes a break from the endless tech stuff… more »

Let Viacom know what you're watching

As Google have been forced to hand over the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube. I think it's time to show Viacom that we don't all use YouTube to share "pirate" their crappy (excluding Star Trek which they canned) sho… more »

The Daily Mail as reactionary and hate-filled as ever

So for those that don't know how right-wing and reactionary the Daily Mail is check this e-mail that one of their writers sent out. From: rsreply@dwpub.com [mailto:rsreply@dwpub.com] Sent: 13 February 2008 15:57 To: (hidden) Subject: Response Sourc… more »

Beatles crawling about NASA

Why the hell is NASA wasting public money on giving publicity to this group of attention seekers, yes I'm looking at you Paul McCartney. In case you haven't heard NASA will be broadcasting the Beatles song Across the Universe towards Polaris on the 4t… more »

BBC Watchdog loses the plot over psychics

So I was half watching Watchdog yesterday, and a caught the presenter mention something about proving things about psychics, which sparked my interest. Somebody sent them in some amulet to heal his aura, whatever that is. To which Nick Campbell said:… more »

Thoughts on the format war - towards one inferior format

For those that don't listen to Gamercast here are my thoughts on where things need to go with the format war. Paramount, DreamWorks and Universal should begin supporting Blu-ray in a time frame consistent with Warner, so that by the end of the year th… more »

HD DVD is the better format for consumers

People often ask which is the better format HD DVD or Blu-ray? Of course what they should be asking is which format is better for us, because obviously content publishers can and do have differing opinions. HD DVD has a number of key points why I wan… more »

HD DVD smashes Blu-ray sales figures

HD DVD has clocked up another new record, with Transformers selling 100,000 units on day one and 190,000 units in the first week. Making it the best selling film for the first week on either HD DVD or its competitor. I hope the BDA studios take note,… more »

I feel more religious book burnings coming on

Dumbledore, the old guy in Harry Potter is gay. From the BBC: Harry Potter author JK Rowling has revealed that one of her characters, Hogwarts school headmaster Albus Dumbledore, is gay. You know it was bad enough with religious fundamentalists in… more »

So long Perry DeAngelis

I checked my feeds this morning to see that Steven Novella posted the sad news about the loss of Perry DeAngelis. Perry's popularity was easy to understand – Perry had presence. The power of his personality went into everything he did, and every relat… more »

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