Influx

While many might be suggesting that social media has put an end to television creativity, nothing could be further from the truth. The fragmented explosion of the medium  combined with users lust for content has made television a much more powerful force than it’s probably ever been. By...

Having spent the day at The ARF's rethink conference, I have social media on my brain; there wasn't one speaker who didn't mention it, the exhibitors room was packed with social media analysis companies and there was only Grant McCracken who stood up for the humble 30 sec television spot. What...

A few days back, Nick Denton of Gawker fame issued a new proclamation to the world which identified 7 key drivers that will define the future of their media brand.1. The power of the scoop- getting a big story first can change your brand2. Aggregate or die- you've got to be out there on Twitter and...

A nice visual from the recent Ofcom UK report on the media industry and consumption of media. This visual looks at the typical daily consumption of media and shows it as a series of peaks and valleys over the course of a typical day.Some observations:1. Social media communication happens all day...

Everyone knows that HBO is the standout brand in the world of television, but what yardsticks does it use to protect its brand and maintain its lead. Vanity Fair spent some time with Michael Lombardi to understand the secrets of the network's success, based on the article, here are HBO's rules for...

It's been a long time since the very mention of Apple to clients generated the response of "niche player". The company has become an 800lb gorilla and is crushing other corporate monoliths that step in its way. The biggest casualties over the past 10 years have been Sony and more recently, Nokia;...

Some great thinking from Clay Shirky on the real threat to established media content, the idea that people start doing something useful with their cognitive surplus. "And television watching? Two hundred billion hours, in the U.S. alone, every year. Put another way, now that we have a unit,...

A well-known British actor gets his dream assignment, the chance to make a program about the perfect pint of beer. Nice work if you can get it, but there's even more upside because the show is all about creating beer that actually makes it into production. Apparently, leading grocery chain...

Fox's new show "Moments of Truth" probably makes for compulsive viewing and shows us there are still boundaries to be broken in the world of reality-based entertainment. Posted by Ed Cotton

From The Observer."Internet giant Google is in secret talks with Simon Fuller, the British entrepreneur behind the Spice Girls, about a joint venture that could change the way TV is watched over the internet. News of the collaboration will prompt speculation that Google's plans for the TV market...

Boing-Boing is the breakout blog, the one that most people have heard and perhaps even visited.The wacky commentators that trawl the web daily for their weird, funny and compelling stuff are now breaking out of their blog home and moving onto and into a new format for them, one called television....

In December this year, Sony will launch a television set using an OLED screen like the one featured in this video. Just when we thought we had seen the flatest screens, someone found a way to go beyond. Posted by Ed Cotton

This is an intersting mash-up between a Dutch cable network and Flickr. The cable channel is hosting a DJ set by Dave Clarke and using Flickr viewers can search for images to add visuals to the experience. Interesting to see how conventional TV networks can bring more interactivity to their users...

Sunrise Earth is an extraordinary piece of programming on Discovery HD Theater. Each show is 30 minutes of a filmed sunrise from an exotic locale somewhere around the world. It's the complete antithesis of regular TV, it's almost like meditation. I wanted to learn more so I asked the series creator...

Everyone’s got a voice, thanks to the Internet.  It’s arguably the one level playing field we’ve got left (despite the ongoing net neutrality debate). Just google something seemingly random like, say, dethroned dot com CEOs of the 90s, and see how many personal accounts you...