Monthly Archives: August, 2007
Amazing Hype
< ![CDATA[When was the last time you saw a front page news report about a PC World (or Frys if you are in the US) opening? Never I will bet. So what is the reason why an Apple store opening in Scotland is big front page news? The Apply Hype machine is doing very well [...]
A Camel is not a Racehorse – the PS3 is too complex already
< ![CDATA[So there has been the announcement from Sony regarding the PlayTV tuner addon for the Playstation 3. This essentially adds PVR/TV watching features to the powerful games machine cum entertainment centre. Now I am not going to talk too much about the relative success or failure of the PS3 as a gaming machine but [...]
PVR/DVR and Advertising in the UK
< ![CDATA[After all this time we finally get to hear about exactly what has been bothering the US market for years with the growth of the PVR/DVR market, back here in the UK, as reported through multiple sites but primarily the DTG News. Just as in the US, there will now be a whole heap [...]
IBC 2007 – Amsterdam 7th to 11th September
< ![CDATA[IBC is the International Broadcasting Conference and Exhibition, a very important event for those who work in the TV Technical arena. It started 30 years ago this year and has grown and relocated to its present host – the RAI in Amsterdam. Now the Conference is important in its own right, but what is [...]
Skype Outage – UD (that is FUD without the F)
Last week I was on holiday in the wilds of Scotland. For a good part of my roaming communications I use Skype as a way of always being in touch with people both old world and new (IM, Std Skype and Skype In/Out) wherever I am. During that week in Scotland I was lucky enough [...]
Free TV – any reason why it will not be successful?
In the UK, the Freeview platform has rejuvenated the takeup of Digital TV services so quickly that it rivals Sky without the expense of having to buy expensive sports or movie content. The important point being that in many households, 80% of viewing is of the big 5 channels (BBC1,BBC2,ITV1, C4 and C5). It now [...]
BBC and Open Source – Launch of new variant DIRAC CODEC
The BBC will be launching a new variant of their DIRAC Codec at IBC 2007 in September. The BBC have had some very obvious and high profile problems with their use of proprietary and Windows only DRM for their iPlayer. It seems very interesting that they have expended a lot of effort on their own [...]
How do you start a blog?
That is an interesting question. How do you start a blog? You have to have somewhere to say it and something to say. The somewhere to say it is here – that is the easy one. The something to say is a little bit harder but my decision is that my aim is to post [...]