So, back at the desk then, quite a lot of projects in the air at the moment (and one of them going to be ON air as well, next month, more about that one when I have some links to post).Trying to get to grips with how the economy is affecting the tv and media…Read more Back from vacation + Miniwebs new effort
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Interactive television breakthrough?
Well well well, what do we have here?InformiTV informs us that this will be the year for interactive television to make it's big breakthrough in the US. Why is that then, when this breakthrough was promised some 7-8 years ago the first time? Well, apparently television networks are now feeling the pressure from online and…Read more Interactive television breakthrough?
Adobe or Silverlight?
News in from the UK, where both Sky TV and ITV have been relaunching their online tv players with new versions based on Microsofts Silverlight. At the same time BBC are trying, and succeeding to a certain extent, to get people excited about their Adobe-based iPlayer. William Cooper over at informitv has more on the…Read more Adobe or Silverlight?
The secret behind successful tv formats, no 8
Had a lot to do yesterday, adn the missus flew off to Vilnius, so apologies for not updating. Here, no 8 on the list of the things that IMHO are important when devising a new tv format.8. Keep up with trends and anticipate themThe recent economic crisis in the US and worldwide wasn't that hard…Read more The secret behind successful tv formats, no 8
euroitv 2008 day 1
This is what it looks like, EuroiTV 2008. The aula is actually the venue where Mozart performed his first opera. They're REALLY big on Mozart here ;)It's been a pretty interesting day so far. Some obvious stuff, some old stuff, but also some good stuff. For me, one interesting session was the one on mobile…Read more euroitv 2008 day 1
Eyes on iTV
Summary of the first day of the Eyes on iTV conference:William Cooper of informitv and BBC fame talked about interactive television, IPTV, broadband video and gave a good, broad overview of the field. Conclusions - lots of things are happening at the moment, what with AppleTV, Joost and other P2P television systems (apparently BBC are…Read more Eyes on iTV
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Been some time since I wrote something. Been a couple of hectic weeks as well - the week leading up to last week was all filled with preparations for MIPTV, whereas last week was filled with... well, you guessed it, MIPTV.A weekend at the hospital with the astmathic son was also part of the agenda,…Read more Oh
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Simon Staffans // Evolving Media 