Veteran blogger Dave Winer has turned his attention to the tv news of the future. I love thinking about the future, not least because growing up in the 1970s I thought we’d all be eating our food in capsule form and wearing strange halter-necked outfits. Dave could actually get what he wants by TIVOing the…

The only non-journalism blog on my roll belongs to my friend Charlotte. It details her efforts to get her son Freddie to eat his veggies. The blog’s due to get some coverage in the Telegraph this week. If content cynicism and revenue models are getting you down and you want a reminder of the charm…

Ten Alps has won a contract to provide an IPTV service to Kent County Council. Interestingly it includes a news service that will be independently contracted – a sort of Medway Al Jazeera? If you look at Ten Alps’ public tv offering you can see some of the kind of content they’re providing already. I…

A few years back, when some government crisis other than the Home Office was taking up his time, John Reid popped in to the Channel Five News studios for an interview. As Reid was performing his pugnacious exculpatory role on behalf of the government, his special adviser installed himself in the editor’s office. The editor’s…