Month: January 2008

  • Everyone’s….

    …reading breakfastdj.blogspot.com aren’t they? (Doing for radio what the Secret Blog of a TV Controller (aged 33 and 3/4) did for a person who’s in no way connected with BBC Three)

  • When is Free Really Free?

    In some respects, this is a continuation of my last entry about Qtrax. While the final position of Qtrax has yet to be established, it’s interesting to look at another high profile example that got plenty of coverage last year – Nokia’s Comes With Music package. As you may or may not recall, Nokia announced…

  • Qtrax

    So what’s the deal with Qtrax? On Saturday, Channel 4 News carried a report highlighting the launch of a new music service. Qtrax, they reported, had signed deals with the big four record companies and would be launching their free music service on Sunday. Details were a little sketchy, but it was clear that the…

  • RAJAR Podcasting

    “RAJAR”:http://www.rajar.co.uk/ has just released its findings from a piece of research into podcasting in the UK. The report also considers usage of “Listen Again” features, as well as Personlised Online Radio (e.g. Last.fm or Pandora (RIP)). There is, of course, some debate about what a “podcast” actually is. But we needn’t worry too much about…

  • Summarising Digital Music

    More on the music industry will be forthcoming. But today the IFPI which represents the recording industry worldwide has published it’s digital music report. The report runs to 28 pages including front and back covers, a contents page, three full pages of pictures and drawings, and a list of members. But we’re all busy people,…

  • A Plea To Web Designers

    If you’re going to produce a print CSS file for your blog entries (nicely formatting a print version, and removing unnecessary page furniture), please include the comments! The two guiltiest candidates that I’ve come across – i.e. blogs that I read but don’t conform – are the BBC’s, and those of Guardian Unlimited. If you…

  • BBC Shops

    A couple of weeks ago I noted that the BBC Shop in Norwich had shut down, and it was pointed out to me that all the shops had been closed last year, apart from the one in TV Centre itself – but that’s only really open to BBC staff, and those who are visiting (studio…

  • I’m A Lumberjack And I’m OK

    You may well have seen the pictures of all the wood that’s piled up in places like Worthing beach from the wreck of the Ice Prince which sank a week ago off the Dorset coast. But the timber’s not limited to Worthing. Walking along the Brighton beach front earlier today, I was amazed at the…

  • Counterknowledge

    This slim volume is a well aimed blast at what should be relatively small proportion of our society who believe in some facile and provably untrue beliefs. Yet, as we know, there are all too many people who follow suspect “nutritionists”, waste money on homoeopathy, pay too much attention to 9/11 mythologies, and read “history”…

  • Valuable Advertising Space

    Imagine making your first trip to London. You want to see the sights, so where do you go? I’m not talking about shopping or museums – just the sights. Well you’ll probably want to see Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. The London Eye’s an essential trip these days if the queues…

  • Look After Your Stuff

    So you’ve got some valuable documents and perhaps some cash that you need to look after. You decide you want to put them in a safe. Surely, if you’re that concerned, you’ll want to spend more than £7.98?

  • iPlayer

    It’s interesting to note that the BBC is now advertising the iPlayer quite significantly. I’ve seen ads on the Guardian Unlimited site, as well as search ads in Gmail. On top of both of these there are the TV “ads” on BBC television.