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Off topic: Voting on TV – a basic problem
Channel 4’s Grand Designs Live, is built around asking viewers to vote on three properties. Here is the problem: the first property featured has a massive advantage over the last property in terms of motivating people to vote. [Updated] Two three four nights out of three four five, the first property featured has won… Can…
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Ofcom report card…
So you don’t have to, Ofcomwatch has been keeping tabs on the UK media regulator for five years now. Here are the lessons these tortured souls have gathered (the last one is my favourite): UK media regulation and policy is almost exclusively a Labour affair…the key people, the key themes, and the key policies are…
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Writing about TV – the pre-download era
Television commissioning. How hard can it be? Roll up, buy a series, put it on TV. That was before you could download the stuff. Writing about TV is more difficult. But here is Will Hutton conjuring up the pre-download era: Every British television executive would love to have commissioned the American series Mad Men. With…
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Learning about the future of media from your kids
Fred Wilson, affable tech venture capitalist and A-list blogger gives an anecdotal insight into media prospects based on the tastes of his kids (one of whom blogs too). I try, but it’s hard not to like Wilson. Here are his observations: 1) When they walk into a DVD store, they rarely walk out with a…