Dive into the archives.
- Reality television
TV ratings are hurting as much as stock market values in the US, in a sure sign people prefer real reality television over the made-up variety.
- Banking: happier days*
See some old 1980s TV ads for British banks, including TSB and Halifax. Ah, the memories.
- Music from the “See how it feels” BMW ad
I’ve finally found the BMW ad music on sale in iTunes
- Special Friday bonus link
I know you’re looking forward to next weekend’s Eurovision Song Contest finals as much as I am. So, via a tip-off from Anna, here’s a little taster - the Azerbaijani entry for this year.
Witness something historic unfold after the singer wearing angel wings overcomes early microphone problems to deliver his falsetto, operatic-style introduction to his demonic [...]
- Ready for a seismic, and lasting, shift in TV viewing
I’ve had a post in draft for weeks. It was going to wonder aloud about whether or not US TV ratings would recover from the ongoing writers’ strike. The strike has seen hit shows grind to a halt, the Golden Globes reduced to a press conference and - most scandalous of all - a US [...]
- It won’t stop me buying an iPhone tonight…
but Sony’s new ad for its MP3 players is really rather good. It was made by Fallon, the ad agency responsible for those noteworthy Bravia TV ads (and profiled in Media Guardian last month). Via James Gordon-Macintosh @ 77pr.
- Britain’s most connected civil servant
Hammersley’s signed up with the state broadcaster for his latest escapade, but he’s offering up stuff far groovier than the regular BBC News fare; he’s covering the Turkish elections using an unholy alliance of YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and del.icio.us. Reports Press Gazette:
“I’ve wanted to do this for 10 years or so and now the [...]
- Virgin and BSkyB lock horns; nobody wins
The squabble between BSkyB and Virgin Media - aka NTL/Telewest
- is entertaining, even if one suspects it comes near the end of an era
where owning big distribution pipes (as both companies do) is in
fashion. Sky wants Virgin to pay it more to carry Sky programming.
Virgin says the Sky content isn’t worth more. Sky pulls the [...]
- BMW ad
Don’t much like BMWs or, too often, their drivers, but their new ad has jolly good music that may already be familiar…
- Is that really Musharraf on the Daily Show?
… and yes, it was, in one of the most surreal television episodes of the year. Jon Stewart, carefully serving tea and twinkies, asking in question number one: “So… where’s Osama bin Laden?”
I’m not sure what’s more surreal… a controversial sitting President appearing on a book tour in the US, or a controversial sitting President [...]
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