Author: Craig
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BBC’s Editorial Blueprint for the future
BBC Director-General Mark Thompson today launched an extensive cross-media, audience-focussed project entitled Creative Futures which will produce an editorial blueprint for BBC programmes, content and services during the next Charter period. Following publication of the Government’s Green Paper on the BBC’s future last week, Mr Thompson said: “This project is designed to turn the purposes…
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50th Anniversary of Television in Australia
FIFTY years ago, the box in the corner flickered to life. From a curiosity, it became a living room fixture. Now, television is moving in new, uncertain directions. Rove McManus is at the top of the TV tree, with three gold Logies and just under a million viewers tuning in weekly to his show. However,…
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dotMobi Tool Shows Mobile Viewing Quality of Popular Internet Sites
dotMobi, the company behind the first and only Internet address created for mobile phones, today announced the availability of the .mobi mobile emulator. Users can now find out if their favorite PC-oriented Websites are ready for mobile viewing by visiting dotMobi’s homepage or http://emulator.mtld.mobi. “The .mobi emulator is a great tool for trademark holders. It…
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Steve Irwin on Heggle
Heggle is a ‘video aggregation’ site similar to a ‘news aggregation site’. You can search this system for a topic like ‘Steve Irwin’ and it will come back with all the videos on all the video sites about this bloke. http://heggle.com/search?t=steve+irwin&c=0 And yes, Irwin was a totally embarrassment and I do agree with Germain Greer…
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Crap Movie Downloads
A couple of companies have began offering movie download services in Australia. There are also a few international services, however I don’t trust them because you have to sign up and pay for their service, before you can actually see what movies that they have (which I’m not sure is legal). And the reason that…