Video on demand

Another sign of the way that things are going.

The Future of Broadcasting?

The BBC will soon be making a lot of their output available online.
What effect will this have on people's viewing habits? Will it encourage

• time-shifting (watching programmes but not at the scheduled time)
• convergence (Do you need a TV if your computer can show the programmes)
• globalisation (BBC TV will be viewable all over the world - and presumably we'll be able to see other countries' TV soon)

Will computer downloads affect

• Series sales (Will people wait for the new series of Lost to be shown on UK networks if they can download it from an American TV site?)
• DVD sales (Will online TV downloads do to the DVD industry what music downloads have done to the CD industry? Will piracy find a new outlet?)

This could be the next stage in a really big shift in the TV industry.

Cryptome Shut Down

Another defeat for the supporters of open government.

Here is the site itself. Freedom of speech in action, surely ?

Tarantino, Movies for Kids ?

Yeah, I'm going to post another one, because I found this...



I'm with Q on this. Also, that review was an idiot !

Web 2.0 Good or Bad ?

Article
Interesting article in today's Observer.
Personally, I disagree with him.

All You Need (and More)

The University of Aberystwyth has a Media and Communication Studies website with masses of links and info about the subject. It touches on pretty well every subject that you need to know about. In fact, if you want to read everything on this site, one lifetime may not be enough .

The Policeman's Blog

Today I mentioned a policeman's blog, in which he writes about how the police are inefficient in various ways. The police authorities don't like it.

Here's a link to the entry where he has a go at the Brackley police and the cliches of their Operation Viking mission statement.

Did you know you lived In da Ghetto?