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TV is good for kids - survey (er.... from Freeview)

JUST arrived in my email inbox - a survey carried out into the thoughts of Birmingham parents into kids and their tv watching habits. Now I won't bore you with a rant about surveys from PR companies - let's just...

Posted by Ben Hurst on November 20, 2008 5:01 PM

New Hovis ad brings back memories

I AM guilty of Sky+ing the new Hovis advert and watching it back over and over to try and recognise the Liverpool streets it was filmed on. While it's not strictly local history, the 122-second ad must have brought...

Posted by Laura Davis on September 13, 2008 11:57 AM

So why does my DVD player keep pausing?

It's been something which I've wondered about for some time. When watching a film on the DVD player, it seems to 'pause' every so often on a single frame. It's not that annoying I suppose, but it did make me...

Posted by Ben Hurst on August 28, 2008 8:09 AM

Ofcom report - people spending more time erm...wasting time

Interesting new statistics from Ofcom about people's habits during the current multimedia explosion. For me the striking thing is that people aren't changing their habits much - just doing more. The report shows that Consumers spent 429 minutes, or more...

Posted by Ben Hurst on August 16, 2008 12:13 PM

Repeats and reality TV

We are now entering the twlight zone. Also known as that time of year when the TV schedules become filled with repeats of programmes we never bothered to watch the first time round, endless reality shows (is anybody going to...

Posted by Alpa on June 3, 2008 8:09 AM

Sex, Lies and Video Games

Whilst browsing the web the other day I happened across a fairly innocuous-looking story that, at first glance, seemed nothing more than one of those "strange but true" tales that you mentally file away to impress your mates with down...

Posted by Nick Lockey on May 22, 2008 11:19 PM

How multiplatform entertainment could save your life

Flying in the face of traditional notions of journalistic impartiality I'm going to do something a bit cheeky in this blog post and give a bit of a plug to a project that's been going on at Maverick Television, the...

Posted by Nick Lockey on May 13, 2008 1:14 PM

Going down

The thing that worries me most about Birmingham City getting relegated to the Championship is that I might have to go and watch them every week. Even an average Premier League team is on television enough to make it possible...

Posted by Jon Bounds on May 5, 2008 6:21 AM

As seen on TV

I'm all prepared should the Book Show call There aren't many TV shows dedicated to writing and books but I have come across one or two. The best has to be 'The Book Show' on Sky Arts hosted by...

Posted by Susan Humphreys on April 8, 2008 9:00 AM

Come on BBC, stop wasting the totally brilliant Damages

I have been totally hooked on the excellent US legal thriller Damages. Right from the outset when uber lawyer Patty Hewes stomped on to screen, you knew this was going to be a classy affair. And it hasn't disappointed....

Posted by Tara Cain on April 1, 2008 2:39 PM

The Apprentice - TV heaven

It has to be the best thing on TV at the moment. A bunch of guys and gals bigging themselves up to be the creme de la creme of the business world all jostling for a job with Sir Alan...

Posted by Tara Cain on March 28, 2008 8:20 AM

Let's get lost - harnessing creativity through experimental web exploration

Sometimes the longer you spend in a creative job, the harder it becomes to actually keep on innovating. Over time, you find that your ideas are just becoming rehashed versions of things that have been done before or that you've...

Posted by Nick Lockey on March 24, 2008 5:27 PM

The Lacy/ Zuckerberg SXSW Keynote: A Post of Two Halves

Firstly, I want to point out that a proper digest of this year's SXWX interative festival is in the pipeline and secondly I want to apologise for this rather epic blog post. The thing is I really want to convey...

Posted by Nick Lockey on March 14, 2008 11:37 AM

New Channel is a good BET

At last, we've got a TV channel to be proud of, BET- Black Entertainment Television! It's been going for ages in the States and now it's here. I was channel-hopping the other day, which I'm kind of prone to...

Posted by Veron Graham on March 6, 2008 5:24 AM

TV and the Web: Two Tribes Go To War

A few months ago, I attended a briefing for a broadcaster's new commissioning round. Representing a particularly progressive department in a notoriously forward-thinking channel, the commissioners were adamant that they were going to hammer the multiplatform message home and decided...

Posted by Nick Lockey on March 5, 2008 10:20 PM

Stuck in the middle with you: traditional to new media

Hi, I'm Nick and for the past 12 months I've been occupying the strange twilight zone that exists between traditional TV and the worldwide web. Having begun my career in television development, churning out daft ideas for TV shows on...

Posted by Nick Lockey on February 27, 2008 9:36 PM

Could TV help solve the Madeleine McCann case?

It's been nearly 170 days since Madeleine McCann went missing. Every twist, turn and development has been scrutinised in this country, while in Portugal, slowly but surely the allegations against Kate and Gerry McCann have become more lurid. The media...

Posted by Remote Control on October 18, 2007 12:17 AM

Think About the Future...

I've recently attended the inaugural meeting of the future proofing project in Liverpool. The project involves looking at how the newsroom might look if it were to become a true multimedia hub for content, what changes we need to make...

Posted on June 5, 2007 4:54 PM

Get the trash off our TV screens

I was reading the newspapers at the weekend and couldn't believe that they can still be dominated by stories of Princess Diana. On this occasion though I think the story was justifiable. It was all about how Channel 4 is...

Posted by Julie Voyce on May 31, 2007 11:00 AM