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The Branded Content Revolution: How Prepared Are You?

Posted in news on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 4:58 pm No Comments

by Robin Powell

When I finally relented, six months ago, to years of pressure from my tweenage son and took out a subscription to Sky TV, my main concern was that he and I would end up watching too much football.

But after his recent admission to being an occasional viewer…

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How Much Do You Earn?

Posted in news on Monday, July 5th, 2010 at 2:47 pm No Comments

It is an unspoken politeness not to discuss people’s wages and ask how much they may be earning. News this week from the BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons revealed new demands for the BBC in which would publish the salaries of its highest paid. By doing this,…

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Videos Gone Viral

Posted in news on Friday, June 18th, 2010 at 2:48 pm No Comments

So you want to watch a video clip, where do you look? The smart answer is of course YouTube. YouTube exceeds over 2 billion video views per day and 24 hours of video are uploaded every minute on the site. With an endless choice of videos to…

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Paying For Online Journalism

Posted in news on Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 2:49 pm No Comments

From June, online content from The Times and Sunday Times will only be available to access for a fee. James Harding, editor of The Times, has stated that the importance of a paywall plan as free content undermines the value of their journalism.

Harding further defends the paywall…

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Google TV – The Future of Television?

Posted in news on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 2:50 pm No Comments

Google has unveiled its “Smart TV” service which combines television and the internet in one system. But just how ‘smart’ is it and will it really change the way we conventionally watch television as suggested?

Consumers can already watch programmes and view clips on a whole range of…

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Time to ‘dislike’ Facebook?

Posted in news on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 2:50 pm No Comments

Over the last couple of days, Facebook has been scrutinised over its ever changing rules on privacy. The key question is, Has Facebook finally gone too far, believing it can do what it wants with issues of privacy and expecting users to accept it without question?

On the…

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What Happened to Britain’s First YouTube Election?

Posted in news on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 at 2:52 pm No Comments

You’d expect us to say it. After all we are first and foremost a video production company. But frankly we’ve been surprised and disappointed at the relatively modest part played in the general election campaign so far by internet video.

This, we were told, would be the first…

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Let’s Reform Our Libel Laws

Posted in news on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 at 2:51 pm No Comments

How refreshing to see all three main parties pledging to change the law on libel.

For too long the rich and powerful have benefited from a system that puts authors and journalists at an unfair disadvantage.

The Tories say they’ll review and reform the law “to protect freedom of…

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