Cable operator Virgin Media's broadband and video-on-demand services crashed last night, leaving an unspecified number of its 3.6 million customers temporarily without facilities including internet access.
The problem, which Virgin Media said accidentally occurred during "routine maintenance", primarily affected customers in the north-west, Yorkshire and the Midlands.
Virgin Media's broadband and VOD services went down not long after 9pm last night.
"At 9.20pm last night, customers in a number of regions temporarily lost connectivity to their broadband and video-on-demand services," said Virgin Media.
"This occurred as a result of an error during a routine maintenance process which affected some customers' modems and set-top boxes."
Virgin added that the "majority" of affected customers regained their service "shortly after midnight".
However, as the restoration process was handled in waves, the problem was not completely fixed in all areas until after 10am today.
VOD services were the simplest to restore, while some broadband customers in formerTelewest regions had the longest wait, said a Virgin Media spokeswoman.
"Our engineers are currently working to restore the few remaining connections as quickly as possible," said the company. "We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. Broadcast television and telephone services were unaffected."
Virgin added that it was not yet possible to state exactly how many customers had been affected.
"As the loss was temporary and not a network outage, it is difficult to establish the exact scale of the affected customers," the company said. "Some customers may have noticed a loss of service as short as a few minutes, many may not have seen any loss of service at all, depending on when they were online."
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
NEWS
news on the BBC
1) firstly they talked about Northern Rock - this may be becuase so many people werew effected by it thus would be interested on teh news about it
2) Rape claims- they also mentioned a women getting raped whils the man u football teams christmas party was goin on in the same hotel, this would appeal to peopel who are concerned about things like this
3) about the lib dem leader and how he has promised new begginings, this is important to the audience interested in politics
4) a man who saved someone during the bombs in glasgow airport gets rewarded, this is to encourage others to do similar things
another bbc news on another dayy...
1) northern rock yet again
2) how flooding in britain should be taken as seroiusly as terrerrism
3) Great britain visiters can not stay longer than 3 months
the stories appear diffeerntly...perhaps becuase of the timings, the bbc may expect diiferent audiences. ``````````````````
1) firstly they talked about Northern Rock - this may be becuase so many people werew effected by it thus would be interested on teh news about it
2) Rape claims- they also mentioned a women getting raped whils the man u football teams christmas party was goin on in the same hotel, this would appeal to peopel who are concerned about things like this
3) about the lib dem leader and how he has promised new begginings, this is important to the audience interested in politics
4) a man who saved someone during the bombs in glasgow airport gets rewarded, this is to encourage others to do similar things
another bbc news on another dayy...
1) northern rock yet again
2) how flooding in britain should be taken as seroiusly as terrerrism
3) Great britain visiters can not stay longer than 3 months
the stories appear diffeerntly...perhaps becuase of the timings, the bbc may expect diiferent audiences. ``````````````````
Friday, 14 December 2007
representation of asians
I looked at the representation of Asians in goodness gracious me -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vFL0w1ruiCM
it obvous to notice their very strong accents which are used for extra comedy.
they seem to care alot about what others think of them and are very competitative
they always want something better, the results are not good enough for the father
the mum is more supportive and sympathetic towards her son.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vFL0w1ruiCM
it obvous to notice their very strong accents which are used for extra comedy.
they seem to care alot about what others think of them and are very competitative
they always want something better, the results are not good enough for the father
the mum is more supportive and sympathetic towards her son.
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
One in three Brits back BBC accuracy
Less than a third of UK citizens think the BBC has a good performance record in accurate news reporting, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the BBC World Service.
Just 29% of 1,003 Britons polled in the survey - part of a global report into perceptions of media freedom - said they rated publicly-funded news organisations, meaning the BBC in Britain, positively.
A further 43% said the BBC's performance was "average" in reporting news, while 26% said it was poor.
British respondents thought less of their publicly funded news organisation than those in countries such as Venezuela, Russia, Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria.
In fact, Britain came a lowly 11th out of 14 countries polled for the BBC World Service survey.
The survey will come as an embarrassment to the BBC, particularly as it was carried out by the World Service.
A BBC spokeswoman said: "It is always interesting to hear people's views on the BBC. However, BBC News has an 80% reach in the UK.
"We are also seen as the most trusted news provider, especially in times of crisis and for big breaking news stories. This clearly shows the value audiences place in us."
The performance of commercial news organisations in the UK was equally negative, with just 28% of respondents giving a "good" performance rating compared with 43% globally.
This put Britain in 12th place out of the 14 countries surveyed for commercial news organisations.
The largest group of UK respondents - 44% - said commercial news organisations had an average performance in terms of honest and accurate news reporting, while 25% said they were poor.
"While Britons believe strongly in media freedom, they are critical of the accuracy of news reporting by both publicly and privately-funded organisations," the report said.
The survey also found that a large majority of Britons thought the concentration of media ownership in fewer hands was a concern, with 71% saying it was a "major issue", above the global average of 59%.
Along with the US and Germany, Britons are strong advocates of press freedom, with 67% agreeing that it is more important than stability, compared with 56% who share the view globally. Britons are fairly neutral on the freedom that the media has "to report the news accurately, truthfully and without undue bias", with 30% - versus 22% globally - opting for a rating midway between free and not free. The majority of Britons also agree with having a say in news reporting decisions, with 63% - compared with 56% globally - thinking it is important "that people like me have a say in what gets reported in the news", while 35% - 39% globally - prefer to leave such decisions to news organisations.
Just 29% of 1,003 Britons polled in the survey - part of a global report into perceptions of media freedom - said they rated publicly-funded news organisations, meaning the BBC in Britain, positively.
A further 43% said the BBC's performance was "average" in reporting news, while 26% said it was poor.
British respondents thought less of their publicly funded news organisation than those in countries such as Venezuela, Russia, Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria.
In fact, Britain came a lowly 11th out of 14 countries polled for the BBC World Service survey.
The survey will come as an embarrassment to the BBC, particularly as it was carried out by the World Service.
A BBC spokeswoman said: "It is always interesting to hear people's views on the BBC. However, BBC News has an 80% reach in the UK.
"We are also seen as the most trusted news provider, especially in times of crisis and for big breaking news stories. This clearly shows the value audiences place in us."
The performance of commercial news organisations in the UK was equally negative, with just 28% of respondents giving a "good" performance rating compared with 43% globally.
This put Britain in 12th place out of the 14 countries surveyed for commercial news organisations.
The largest group of UK respondents - 44% - said commercial news organisations had an average performance in terms of honest and accurate news reporting, while 25% said they were poor.
"While Britons believe strongly in media freedom, they are critical of the accuracy of news reporting by both publicly and privately-funded organisations," the report said.
The survey also found that a large majority of Britons thought the concentration of media ownership in fewer hands was a concern, with 71% saying it was a "major issue", above the global average of 59%.
Along with the US and Germany, Britons are strong advocates of press freedom, with 67% agreeing that it is more important than stability, compared with 56% who share the view globally. Britons are fairly neutral on the freedom that the media has "to report the news accurately, truthfully and without undue bias", with 30% - versus 22% globally - opting for a rating midway between free and not free. The majority of Britons also agree with having a say in news reporting decisions, with 63% - compared with 56% globally - thinking it is important "that people like me have a say in what gets reported in the news", while 35% - 39% globally - prefer to leave such decisions to news organisations.
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
USES OF GRATIFICATIONS & ME
Blumler & Katz: possible reasons why audience members might consume a media text...
Diversion- i watch comedies and dramas such as friends, ugly betty ...
Personal relationships- i don't usually use the media for emotional interaction
Personal identity- sometimes in soaps such as Eastenders and Home and away i understand the charcters perspective. Also when i read articles i can relate to the writer.
Surveillance- i watch the news and weather.
Denis McQuail: a more detailed breakdown of audience motivation...
Inforamtion- i read magazines about fashion and celebrities for geneeral interest, also i may watch the news or read a newspaper to find out about something in particular.
Learning- this would usually be through the news and newspapers.
Personal identity- i dont particularly ideaolise others, thougfh i appreiciate successful peopel such as Richard Branson.
Integration and social interaction- ?
Entertainment- i watch films of many genres and watch sitcoms etc...
Diversion- i watch comedies and dramas such as friends, ugly betty ...
Personal relationships- i don't usually use the media for emotional interaction
Personal identity- sometimes in soaps such as Eastenders and Home and away i understand the charcters perspective. Also when i read articles i can relate to the writer.
Surveillance- i watch the news and weather.
Denis McQuail: a more detailed breakdown of audience motivation...
Inforamtion- i read magazines about fashion and celebrities for geneeral interest, also i may watch the news or read a newspaper to find out about something in particular.
Learning- this would usually be through the news and newspapers.
Personal identity- i dont particularly ideaolise others, thougfh i appreiciate successful peopel such as Richard Branson.
Integration and social interaction- ?
Entertainment- i watch films of many genres and watch sitcoms etc...
SUMERY OF EFFECTS THEORY & USES AND GRATIFICATIONS
Effects theory:
Claims the audience is passive and practically believe everything they read, hear and see from the media. This relates to the hyperdemic needle model which is about dominant ideologies being fed into the audienece by the media or ruling classes. The effects theory therefore reinforces hegemony. This theory was first introduced at the Frankfurt School who were concerned about the impact media industries have on society. Adorno is also a theorist who talked about the culture industry and how media is dumbing down society.
Uses of Gratifications:
Is concerned with active audiences who consume the media for fifferent purposes. It considers audience choice and why thety use it. Blulmer and Katz suggested possible readons to why the audience may consume media text: diversion, personal relatiuonships,personal identity and surveillance. Denis McQuail further breaksdown this down according to the audieneces motivation, what they are hoping to gain from it.
Claims the audience is passive and practically believe everything they read, hear and see from the media. This relates to the hyperdemic needle model which is about dominant ideologies being fed into the audienece by the media or ruling classes. The effects theory therefore reinforces hegemony. This theory was first introduced at the Frankfurt School who were concerned about the impact media industries have on society. Adorno is also a theorist who talked about the culture industry and how media is dumbing down society.
Uses of Gratifications:
Is concerned with active audiences who consume the media for fifferent purposes. It considers audience choice and why thety use it. Blulmer and Katz suggested possible readons to why the audience may consume media text: diversion, personal relatiuonships,personal identity and surveillance. Denis McQuail further breaksdown this down according to the audieneces motivation, what they are hoping to gain from it.
Net to become third biggest ad medium
The internet is set to overtake magazines to become the world's third largest advertising medium in 2010, according to a new report.
Media planning and buying agency ZenithOptimedia's global advertising report estimates that in 2010 the internet ad market will be worth almost $61bn (29.5bn), compared with the magazine market at around $60.5bn (29.3bn).
By 2010 the internet will account for 11.5% of global ad spend, trailing just TV, at a 37.5% share, and newspapers with 25.4% of an estimated $530bn (£257bn) total spend, according to Zenith.
Internet ad spend is currently ranked behind radio globally but will surpass the medium's share next year. In the more developed UK market digital ad spend passed radio last year.
The largest single internet ad market in money terms is the US, although the overall media spend share held by digital advertising in America is relatively low.
Digital ad spend growth will come from markets such as western Europe, says Jonathan Barnard, head of publications at ZenithOptimedia, a region which will go from £10bn this year to almost £20bn by 2010.
Other rapidly growing markets, while currently small, include China, which is predicted to grow from about £1.3bn now to £3.7bn in 2010.
In the more developed digital ad market in the UK, online already accounts for more than 15% of total advertising spend across all media.
However, ZenithOptimedia's report predicts that globally the medium will only break into a double-digit share of media spend - 10.4% - by the end of 2009.
Regions such as Latin America, for example, have been slow to shift spend online, accounting for around 2% of all media spend in the continent.
By 2010, however, internet ad spend as a share of all media will break the 15% mark in 10 regional markets around the world, according to ZenithOptimedia.
Currently just four markets have reached this milestone - Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK.
In these four markets the internet is predicted to top 20% of all media spend by 2010.
Media planning and buying agency ZenithOptimedia's global advertising report estimates that in 2010 the internet ad market will be worth almost $61bn (29.5bn), compared with the magazine market at around $60.5bn (29.3bn).
By 2010 the internet will account for 11.5% of global ad spend, trailing just TV, at a 37.5% share, and newspapers with 25.4% of an estimated $530bn (£257bn) total spend, according to Zenith.
Internet ad spend is currently ranked behind radio globally but will surpass the medium's share next year. In the more developed UK market digital ad spend passed radio last year.
The largest single internet ad market in money terms is the US, although the overall media spend share held by digital advertising in America is relatively low.
Digital ad spend growth will come from markets such as western Europe, says Jonathan Barnard, head of publications at ZenithOptimedia, a region which will go from £10bn this year to almost £20bn by 2010.
Other rapidly growing markets, while currently small, include China, which is predicted to grow from about £1.3bn now to £3.7bn in 2010.
In the more developed digital ad market in the UK, online already accounts for more than 15% of total advertising spend across all media.
However, ZenithOptimedia's report predicts that globally the medium will only break into a double-digit share of media spend - 10.4% - by the end of 2009.
Regions such as Latin America, for example, have been slow to shift spend online, accounting for around 2% of all media spend in the continent.
By 2010, however, internet ad spend as a share of all media will break the 15% mark in 10 regional markets around the world, according to ZenithOptimedia.
Currently just four markets have reached this milestone - Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK.
In these four markets the internet is predicted to top 20% of all media spend by 2010.
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
USES OF GRATIFICTAIONS & AUDIENCE PROFILING
Checkpoint 1: The four motivations for choosing a text that Blumler and Katz suggested were:
-Diversion
-Personal relationships
-Personal identity
-Surveillance
Checkpoint 2: a cultural code involves different socio-economic groups who would interpret texts differently, as a higher class person and a working class person would interpret the same text differently.
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Checkpoint 1: Demographic profiling is groupings of audience by their age, class, gender, geographical area, economic status and religion.
Checkpoint 2: Psychographic profiling is categorising audiences in terms of needs and motivation.
Checkpoint 3: advertisers create niche nicknames to suit the particular group as it is an easier way to define target audiences
-Diversion
-Personal relationships
-Personal identity
-Surveillance
Checkpoint 2: a cultural code involves different socio-economic groups who would interpret texts differently, as a higher class person and a working class person would interpret the same text differently.
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Checkpoint 1: Demographic profiling is groupings of audience by their age, class, gender, geographical area, economic status and religion.
Checkpoint 2: Psychographic profiling is categorising audiences in terms of needs and motivation.
Checkpoint 3: advertisers create niche nicknames to suit the particular group as it is an easier way to define target audiences
Online investigations into job candidates could be illegal
Companies could be infringing privacy if they dig up information about job applicants from social networking websites, an internet expert has warned.
John Carr, chairman of the UK Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety, believes that employers and education officials could be crossing the line when they look up information about applicants on the web.
"There are lots of rumours about young job applicants being screened on Google or even university tutors looking at people applying for further education," he said.
"If that really is happening, then it could be illegal - when the kids are posting a picture of a party, they are only doing it to let their mates look. They are not doing it for an application form."
Britain's data protection laws are intended to prevent private information about individuals from being used without their knowledge or control. Regulators say that accessing publicly available information over the internet would not necessarily breach the law, and that it remains the duty of the individual to protect information they put online.
"Essentially if an individual - a potential employer or university tutor - looked at someone else's profile on a social networking site, it would not be a breach of data protection," said a spokeswoman for the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Britain's privacy watchdog.
However, it remains unclear whether organisations covertly accessing people's private web pages or email accounts would constitute a breach of the law. Last week the ICO issued guidance to users of social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo, urging them to take their privacy more seriously. A survey found that although 71% of 14- to 21-year-olds did not want their future employers to look at their profiles on social networking sites, only 40% realised that their online activities could be traced indefinitely.
The trend for potential employers to look to the web to find out more about applicants is growing, while officials are cracking down more heavily on social networking activities. More than 1,700 public sector employees have been sacked or disciplined for their use of the internet or email in the past three years.
Earlier this year the owner of data search company Infofind was found guilty of impersonating officials from the Department for Work and Pensions to gather information about 250 people. The data was sold to debt collection agencies for as much as £1,000 a time. The company was fined £3,200 and ordered to pay £5,000 in costs.
John Carr, chairman of the UK Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety, believes that employers and education officials could be crossing the line when they look up information about applicants on the web.
"There are lots of rumours about young job applicants being screened on Google or even university tutors looking at people applying for further education," he said.
"If that really is happening, then it could be illegal - when the kids are posting a picture of a party, they are only doing it to let their mates look. They are not doing it for an application form."
Britain's data protection laws are intended to prevent private information about individuals from being used without their knowledge or control. Regulators say that accessing publicly available information over the internet would not necessarily breach the law, and that it remains the duty of the individual to protect information they put online.
"Essentially if an individual - a potential employer or university tutor - looked at someone else's profile on a social networking site, it would not be a breach of data protection," said a spokeswoman for the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Britain's privacy watchdog.
However, it remains unclear whether organisations covertly accessing people's private web pages or email accounts would constitute a breach of the law. Last week the ICO issued guidance to users of social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo, urging them to take their privacy more seriously. A survey found that although 71% of 14- to 21-year-olds did not want their future employers to look at their profiles on social networking sites, only 40% realised that their online activities could be traced indefinitely.
The trend for potential employers to look to the web to find out more about applicants is growing, while officials are cracking down more heavily on social networking activities. More than 1,700 public sector employees have been sacked or disciplined for their use of the internet or email in the past three years.
Earlier this year the owner of data search company Infofind was found guilty of impersonating officials from the Department for Work and Pensions to gather information about 250 people. The data was sold to debt collection agencies for as much as £1,000 a time. The company was fined £3,200 and ordered to pay £5,000 in costs.
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
EFFECTS THEORY
Checkpoint 1: there is a rise in media industries and the rise of the 'culture industry' resulted in increased standardisation within society. culture is processed through the mass media as something which is bought and sold. the mass audience is manipulated by society -ruling classes- and are less bale to criticise it.
Cheakpoint 2: desensitised is when repeated exposure will make the audience less sensitive as social attitudes and expectations change over time- as if you would hear about a film that got banned but watch it yeras later and say that you didnt know what all the fuss was about.
Cheakpoint 2: desensitised is when repeated exposure will make the audience less sensitive as social attitudes and expectations change over time- as if you would hear about a film that got banned but watch it yeras later and say that you didnt know what all the fuss was about.
BBC2 season to examine white working class
BBC2 has commissioned a season of documentary and drama focusing on the white working class in modern Britain.
Highlights of the channel's winter and spring schedule also include the return of cookery queen Delia Smith to UK television after an absence of six years, and a drama series, House of Saddam, set in Iraq during the Hussein regime.
Meanwhile, popular Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood will transfer to BBC2 from digital channel BBC3.
The "White" season, coming at a time of intense political and media debate on immigration, intends to explore the complex mix of feelings that has led many white working class people to feel marginalised.
Roly Keating, the BBC2 controller, said the role of the channel was to reflect contemporary society and it was a timely moment to examine the roots of this debate.
"The White season is a complex look at how life has changed for the white working class in Britain," Keating said."It will enable the audience to consider the views and circumstances of people who have a strong point of view and join in the debate, both online with the BBC and in their own homes and communities."The dramatic centrepiece is White Girl, written by Abi Morgan and starring Bleak House star Anna Maxwell Martin.The story focuses on an 11-year-old girl, Leah, her family's relocation to an entirely Muslim community in Bradford and her feelings of isolation, which are heightened when she discovers that she and her siblings are the only white children at school.Documentaries are to include Last Orders, telling the story of the embattled Wibsey working men's club in Bradford, while All White In Barking observes relationships and questions prejudices in a multicultural east London community.
Tim Samuels, the documentary-maker behind pensioners' band the Zimmers, will take a subversive look at the reality of immigration in middle England and whether the economy would cope if recent Polish immigrants were to return home.Finally, Rivers Of Blood assesses the impact of Enoch Powell's infamous "rivers of blood" speech, 40 years on.
BBC2 has commissioned several new comedy shows, including Taking the Flak, about a small African war seen through the eyes of a team of journalists reporting on the story, and Lab Rats, set in a university laboratory starring The Thick of It's Chris Addison.
A documentary series, Wonderland, is to tell an eclectic mix of real-life stories, including that of a couple meeting for the first time after falling in love in the online world of Second Life.
In Alternative Therapies, Professor Kathy Sykes will explore three popular and fast-growing alternative therapies: meditation, hypnotherapy and reflexology.
Monty Don dusts off his passport for Around The World In 80 Gardens, exploring 80 of the world's most celebrated gardens.
The new Delia Smith series will reveal the shortcuts that can cut effort but not quality when cooking, and the series also promises a glimpse into the veteran TV cook's own life.
Smith is one of Britain's most enduringly popular TV cooks but, aside from repeats, she has not been on UK television since the third series of How to Cook on BBC2 in early 2002.
Highlights of the channel's winter and spring schedule also include the return of cookery queen Delia Smith to UK television after an absence of six years, and a drama series, House of Saddam, set in Iraq during the Hussein regime.
Meanwhile, popular Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood will transfer to BBC2 from digital channel BBC3.
The "White" season, coming at a time of intense political and media debate on immigration, intends to explore the complex mix of feelings that has led many white working class people to feel marginalised.
Roly Keating, the BBC2 controller, said the role of the channel was to reflect contemporary society and it was a timely moment to examine the roots of this debate.
"The White season is a complex look at how life has changed for the white working class in Britain," Keating said."It will enable the audience to consider the views and circumstances of people who have a strong point of view and join in the debate, both online with the BBC and in their own homes and communities."The dramatic centrepiece is White Girl, written by Abi Morgan and starring Bleak House star Anna Maxwell Martin.The story focuses on an 11-year-old girl, Leah, her family's relocation to an entirely Muslim community in Bradford and her feelings of isolation, which are heightened when she discovers that she and her siblings are the only white children at school.Documentaries are to include Last Orders, telling the story of the embattled Wibsey working men's club in Bradford, while All White In Barking observes relationships and questions prejudices in a multicultural east London community.
Tim Samuels, the documentary-maker behind pensioners' band the Zimmers, will take a subversive look at the reality of immigration in middle England and whether the economy would cope if recent Polish immigrants were to return home.Finally, Rivers Of Blood assesses the impact of Enoch Powell's infamous "rivers of blood" speech, 40 years on.
BBC2 has commissioned several new comedy shows, including Taking the Flak, about a small African war seen through the eyes of a team of journalists reporting on the story, and Lab Rats, set in a university laboratory starring The Thick of It's Chris Addison.
A documentary series, Wonderland, is to tell an eclectic mix of real-life stories, including that of a couple meeting for the first time after falling in love in the online world of Second Life.
In Alternative Therapies, Professor Kathy Sykes will explore three popular and fast-growing alternative therapies: meditation, hypnotherapy and reflexology.
Monty Don dusts off his passport for Around The World In 80 Gardens, exploring 80 of the world's most celebrated gardens.
The new Delia Smith series will reveal the shortcuts that can cut effort but not quality when cooking, and the series also promises a glimpse into the veteran TV cook's own life.
Smith is one of Britain's most enduringly popular TV cooks but, aside from repeats, she has not been on UK television since the third series of How to Cook on BBC2 in early 2002.
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Bebo gives free access to TV and music
Youth social networking site Bebo will offer free content from major broadcasters - including the BBC - and record labels when it launches a series of media channels today.
The Open Media platform will also feature programmes from the BBC, ITN, Channel 4, BSkyB and Endemol in the UK, and CBS, Turner, MTV and ESPN in the US.
Programmes will Include Robin Hood and The Mighty Boosh.
Companies can embed their own media player on their Bebo channel, including their own advertising, and customise the page for their brand.
Following the launch at noon today in London and New York, additional media companies will be able to add their content through a "self-service" system.
Content will be free for Bebo's 40 million users to access, and content companies will receive 100% of revenues from in-video advertising - something that Bebo hopes will be a major incentive over similar offerings from rivals MySpace and Facebook.
Open Media also includes content from web-based services including music recommendation site Last.fm. user-content channel SumoTV and comedy site Crackle.
Evan Cohen, the Bebo director of strategy and operations, said the platform was not just an distribution tool, but an opportunity for media companies to exploit Bebo to cultivate the community around their brand.
Media content spreads virally, finding those "hard to reach" younger audiences who spend the majority of their time online.
Although media companies might prefer to build this community on their own site, said Cohen, "the reality is that they are not able to".
"There's a shift from that very possessive model of building up your own site to the super distributed mode - 'let's go where the audience is'," he added.
"This is a natural fit with younger audiences who see entertainment as a form of engagement and self-expression. Their life is about expression and defining who they are.
"The foundation of the site is communication but we want to build on top of that a compatible and powerful service of professional video and music that users can watch and put on their profiles."
I chose this article becuase i believe social networking is becoming so important in societ, in terms of interest and dangers. This just proves how popular it is and how many people go on it that tv and musicmoved moved into network to become part of the growth and target the young market.
The Open Media platform will also feature programmes from the BBC, ITN, Channel 4, BSkyB and Endemol in the UK, and CBS, Turner, MTV and ESPN in the US.
Programmes will Include Robin Hood and The Mighty Boosh.
Companies can embed their own media player on their Bebo channel, including their own advertising, and customise the page for their brand.
Following the launch at noon today in London and New York, additional media companies will be able to add their content through a "self-service" system.
Content will be free for Bebo's 40 million users to access, and content companies will receive 100% of revenues from in-video advertising - something that Bebo hopes will be a major incentive over similar offerings from rivals MySpace and Facebook.
Open Media also includes content from web-based services including music recommendation site Last.fm. user-content channel SumoTV and comedy site Crackle.
Evan Cohen, the Bebo director of strategy and operations, said the platform was not just an distribution tool, but an opportunity for media companies to exploit Bebo to cultivate the community around their brand.
Media content spreads virally, finding those "hard to reach" younger audiences who spend the majority of their time online.
Although media companies might prefer to build this community on their own site, said Cohen, "the reality is that they are not able to".
"There's a shift from that very possessive model of building up your own site to the super distributed mode - 'let's go where the audience is'," he added.
"This is a natural fit with younger audiences who see entertainment as a form of engagement and self-expression. Their life is about expression and defining who they are.
"The foundation of the site is communication but we want to build on top of that a compatible and powerful service of professional video and music that users can watch and put on their profiles."
I chose this article becuase i believe social networking is becoming so important in societ, in terms of interest and dangers. This just proves how popular it is and how many people go on it that tv and musicmoved moved into network to become part of the growth and target the young market.
Monday, 12 November 2007
16. Julian BellamyBellamy: returned to Channel 4 after barely a year in charge of BBC3.
Job: head of programming, Channel 4
Age: 36
Industry: broadcasting
Annual programming budget: £510m
2006 ranking: 78
Julian Bellamy is the only Channel 4 executive in this year's list not to have been damaged by the Celebrity Big Brother race row. Probably because he was not there when it happened: the former BBC3 controller was appointed as Channel 4's head of programming in March.
It remains to be seen how Bellamy's relationship will work with the man he in effect replaced - and who he leapfrogs in this year's MediaGuardian 100 - Kevin Lygo.
Previously director of television with responsibility for the day-to-day running of the channel, Lygo moved upstairs to a more strategic role as director of television and content. But will he be able to let go?
"Bellamy is the only executive from Channel 4 who was not damaged by Celebrity Big Brother," said one of our panellists. "Lygo is down, [chief executive] Andy Duncan is down and [chairman] Luke Johnson is down.
"But Bellamy is new in the job and that is always a powerful position to be in. He can do what he wants. The field is wide open."
Channel 4's audience fell faster than any other terrestrial channel in the first six months of the year - a 9.1% audience share compared with 10.2% in the same period in 2006.
Bellamy had his own controversy to deal with when Channel 4 aired its documentary about the death of Princess Diana. The row passed relatively quickly and will be a footnote to Channel 4's year. Unfortunately for Lygo, the Celebrity Big Brother race row looks likely to be its defining moment.
Bellamy knows all about Channel 4. In an eight-year stint until 2005, he was its head of current affairs, head of factual entertainment - commissioning The Salon and The Sex Inspectors - and commissioning editor for Big Brother. He was also head of E4.
He returned to Channel 4 after barely a year in charge of BBC3, where his credits included Bafta-nominated comedies Little Miss Jocelyn and Pulling. He also oversaw Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood.
Under Bellamy, BBC3 also became known for "shock" documentaries with titles guaranteed to stand out on the electronic programme guide: Fuck Off ... I'm Fat, Me and My Man Breasts, Teens Addicted to Porn and Fat Men Can't Hunt.
Bellamy said BBC3 was a "great platform for commissioning original content across all genres" but that Channel 4 "additionally represents an opportunity to introduce innovations in terms of talent and ideas to a mainstream audience".
Bellamy began his career as a freelance assistant producer. He worked in current affairs programmes including ITV's World In Action and The Big Story, and Dispatches on Channel 4. He was appointed editor of current affairs at Channel 4 in 1998.
He is also something of a soothsayer, telling Channel 4 news and current affairs supremo Dorothy Byrne early in his career that he would one day run Channel 4. He promised to keep her on or give her a big fat pay-off.
"He's absolutely straight and fair, and really good at getting the best out of people," said Byrne. "My only objection to him is that he's a bit tall."
Thursday, 8 November 2007
MARXIST & PLURALIST CONSEQUENCES
There is one elite in power of most of the media- Rupert Murdoch. This demonstrates information being fed to the audience by one.
The media does in cases such as Rupert Murdoch's get influence from one person, however e.g. newsapers, tv, viewers/ readers give negative feedback to things they don't agree with and many times these things are taken into account.
If these things are being run by one person as you said Murcoch then there would be biased news being passed down to the audience, therefore the audience do not really have a choice as they may try to escape from things but they are run by the same person.
Rupert Murdoch would dumbdown such issues which he would not want to print e.g. about page 3, he would say that its upto the girls and there for male pleasing.
Its up to the viewers/ consumers. If they do not like Murdochs's stuff then they don't have to buy his products e.g. the sun, therfore other newspapers which are not run by him.
At the end of the day, it is Rupert Murdoch who decides what goes in his papers and his other media texts. It is his ideologies and values which are being drip fed (hypodermic needle) to the passive audience.
But as he owns many companies, which do not all promote the same idealogy, he is providing variety for us and that is becuase he has to cater to our needs, as we will only consume what we want to consume.
They could be providing the same ideology but its just "dumbed down" made subtle so people carry on believing a plurist society exists, as long as one man runs (almost) everything we will continue to be under the power of the elitists.
- what is missing in this debate is media terminology and theorists such as:
the pluralistic model
the hegemonic model
gramsci
althusser
The media does in cases such as Rupert Murdoch's get influence from one person, however e.g. newsapers, tv, viewers/ readers give negative feedback to things they don't agree with and many times these things are taken into account.
If these things are being run by one person as you said Murcoch then there would be biased news being passed down to the audience, therefore the audience do not really have a choice as they may try to escape from things but they are run by the same person.
Rupert Murdoch would dumbdown such issues which he would not want to print e.g. about page 3, he would say that its upto the girls and there for male pleasing.
Its up to the viewers/ consumers. If they do not like Murdochs's stuff then they don't have to buy his products e.g. the sun, therfore other newspapers which are not run by him.
At the end of the day, it is Rupert Murdoch who decides what goes in his papers and his other media texts. It is his ideologies and values which are being drip fed (hypodermic needle) to the passive audience.
But as he owns many companies, which do not all promote the same idealogy, he is providing variety for us and that is becuase he has to cater to our needs, as we will only consume what we want to consume.
They could be providing the same ideology but its just "dumbed down" made subtle so people carry on believing a plurist society exists, as long as one man runs (almost) everything we will continue to be under the power of the elitists.
- what is missing in this debate is media terminology and theorists such as:
the pluralistic model
the hegemonic model
gramsci
althusser
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
PLURALISM
In what ways do i agree with pluraslism?
'pluralists view society as a system of competing groups and interests'
The idea ofPluralism is the idea of a diverse range of the media being presented to the audence and them making the choice of which to view, they are therfore active as they are able to choose which text to view.
Also the idea of the media being a 'fourth estate' which is important to inform the audience.
the audience are now media literate andso generally the audience are given what they expect and what fulfills their expectations.
'pluralists view society as a system of competing groups and interests'
The idea ofPluralism is the idea of a diverse range of the media being presented to the audence and them making the choice of which to view, they are therfore active as they are able to choose which text to view.
Also the idea of the media being a 'fourth estate' which is important to inform the audience.
the audience are now media literate andso generally the audience are given what they expect and what fulfills their expectations.
Monday, 5 November 2007
Channel 4 cleared over N-word row
Monday November 5 2007
Channel 4 has been cleared of breaching broadcasting regulations over its decision to transmit an incident in which a Big Brother contestant used a racially offensive word to describe another housemate.
Nineteen-year-old Emily Parr was axed from the show by producers after making the comment to Charley Uchea early in this summer's Big Brother series.
Emily Parr: acknowledged that she should have been 'more careful with her words'. Photograph: Channel 4 Ofcom said Channel 4's decision to broadcast the incident was justified by the context of the show, adding that it had made clear that the language was "offensive and unacceptable".
Around 450 complaints were made after Parr's comment was broadcast in a Channel 4 highlights episode of Big Brother on June 7 this year.
Parr, from Bristol, was dancing with two of her fellow contestants on the night of June 6-7 when she said to Uchea: "You pushing it out, you nigger."
When she was challenged by the pair, Parr said she was joking, adding that she had black friends who called her that.
Parr was removed from the house the following morning, June 7. At the time of her disqualification, Channel 4 said Parr had used a "racially offensive word" and that she had acknowledged she should have been "more careful with her words".
But some viewers complained that Channel 4 had over-reacted by removing Parr from the house, and had failed its its duty of care to the reality TV contestant.
Channel 4 was also cleared today by Ofcom of any wrong-doing in a similar incident on this year's series of the reality show when a contestant was called a "poof".
The behaviour of the housemates and Channel 4 was under close scrutiny in the wake of the Celebrity Big Brother race row when the treatment of the Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty by Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara prompted 54,000 complaints and led to effigies being burnt on the streets of India.
"Ofcom has made clear in previous adjudications and findings that the broadcasters' right to broadcast such material and the audience's right to receive it is an important principle," said the regulator in its ruling today.
"It has been established over many series that the Big Brother audience expects to see all aspects of the housemates' characters exposed during their stay in the house.
"Channel 4 would not have been expected to keep key character information from viewers, since it is the viewers who decide who to vote for.
"By including these scenes, Channel 4 offered viewers an insight into all the housemates' characters, not just Emily Parr's. In Ofcom's view this context is in line with the editorial content of the series and audience expectations."
The regulator said the programme had made clear that the use of that particular word was "offensive and unacceptable ... Ofcom therefore considered that there was appropriate justification and there was no breach of the code".
Separately, around 200 viewers complained after two incidents in which another Big Brother contestant, Laura Williams, called housemate Liam McGough a "poof".
Viewers who complained said the word was as offensive to the gay community as the word used by Parr was to the black community.
Channel 4 told Ofcom that "very careful consideration" had been given to its inclusion in the show.
But the broadcaster said that it had underestimated the offence it caused viewers after the first comment was aired.
When it was repeated, Big Brother called Williams into the diary room to reprimand her for her language, and she was later evicted from the house by viewers.
Channel 4 said the decision to broadcast the comment had been considered at senior levels in both the channel and the production company, Endemol.
In its ruling, Ofcom said: "For the broadcaster, the important distinction had been made that Laura Williams, in contrast to Emily Parr, had not used this term directly against a gay housemate (Liam McGough is not gay) and it had been very clear that the gay housemate whom it had been used in front of had not been offended by her use of the term, unlike Charley Uchea in the Emily Parr incident."
The regulator said there was "insufficient or no evidence to suggest that Laura Williams used the word ... in a denigratory way".
The comments were included in Big Brother updates on Channel 4 broadcast on July 1 and July 4.
Ofcom said it was "not possible or appropriate at present to establish definitively the degree of offence use of the world 'poof' can cause in all contexts".
But it said it was "sympathetic" to the concerns voiced by complainants about the use of the word, and reminded broadcasters to "exercise care about the frequency with, and context in, the word is broadcast".
I chose this article as at the time this issue caused alot of controversy, although it actually happened a while ago it was shocking to hear this on channel four.
Channel 4 has been cleared of breaching broadcasting regulations over its decision to transmit an incident in which a Big Brother contestant used a racially offensive word to describe another housemate.
Nineteen-year-old Emily Parr was axed from the show by producers after making the comment to Charley Uchea early in this summer's Big Brother series.
Emily Parr: acknowledged that she should have been 'more careful with her words'. Photograph: Channel 4 Ofcom said Channel 4's decision to broadcast the incident was justified by the context of the show, adding that it had made clear that the language was "offensive and unacceptable".
Around 450 complaints were made after Parr's comment was broadcast in a Channel 4 highlights episode of Big Brother on June 7 this year.
Parr, from Bristol, was dancing with two of her fellow contestants on the night of June 6-7 when she said to Uchea: "You pushing it out, you nigger."
When she was challenged by the pair, Parr said she was joking, adding that she had black friends who called her that.
Parr was removed from the house the following morning, June 7. At the time of her disqualification, Channel 4 said Parr had used a "racially offensive word" and that she had acknowledged she should have been "more careful with her words".
But some viewers complained that Channel 4 had over-reacted by removing Parr from the house, and had failed its its duty of care to the reality TV contestant.
Channel 4 was also cleared today by Ofcom of any wrong-doing in a similar incident on this year's series of the reality show when a contestant was called a "poof".
The behaviour of the housemates and Channel 4 was under close scrutiny in the wake of the Celebrity Big Brother race row when the treatment of the Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty by Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara prompted 54,000 complaints and led to effigies being burnt on the streets of India.
"Ofcom has made clear in previous adjudications and findings that the broadcasters' right to broadcast such material and the audience's right to receive it is an important principle," said the regulator in its ruling today.
"It has been established over many series that the Big Brother audience expects to see all aspects of the housemates' characters exposed during their stay in the house.
"Channel 4 would not have been expected to keep key character information from viewers, since it is the viewers who decide who to vote for.
"By including these scenes, Channel 4 offered viewers an insight into all the housemates' characters, not just Emily Parr's. In Ofcom's view this context is in line with the editorial content of the series and audience expectations."
The regulator said the programme had made clear that the use of that particular word was "offensive and unacceptable ... Ofcom therefore considered that there was appropriate justification and there was no breach of the code".
Separately, around 200 viewers complained after two incidents in which another Big Brother contestant, Laura Williams, called housemate Liam McGough a "poof".
Viewers who complained said the word was as offensive to the gay community as the word used by Parr was to the black community.
Channel 4 told Ofcom that "very careful consideration" had been given to its inclusion in the show.
But the broadcaster said that it had underestimated the offence it caused viewers after the first comment was aired.
When it was repeated, Big Brother called Williams into the diary room to reprimand her for her language, and she was later evicted from the house by viewers.
Channel 4 said the decision to broadcast the comment had been considered at senior levels in both the channel and the production company, Endemol.
In its ruling, Ofcom said: "For the broadcaster, the important distinction had been made that Laura Williams, in contrast to Emily Parr, had not used this term directly against a gay housemate (Liam McGough is not gay) and it had been very clear that the gay housemate whom it had been used in front of had not been offended by her use of the term, unlike Charley Uchea in the Emily Parr incident."
The regulator said there was "insufficient or no evidence to suggest that Laura Williams used the word ... in a denigratory way".
The comments were included in Big Brother updates on Channel 4 broadcast on July 1 and July 4.
Ofcom said it was "not possible or appropriate at present to establish definitively the degree of offence use of the world 'poof' can cause in all contexts".
But it said it was "sympathetic" to the concerns voiced by complainants about the use of the word, and reminded broadcasters to "exercise care about the frequency with, and context in, the word is broadcast".
I chose this article as at the time this issue caused alot of controversy, although it actually happened a while ago it was shocking to hear this on channel four.
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Checkpoint 1: What is the difference between the proletatriat and the bourgeosie?
The bougeosie are of higher socilas status than the proletatriat and usually
employ them. Proletrial are working class and sell their labour to the
bourgeosie who own the means of production.
Checkpoint 2: What is the difference between the ISAs and the RSAs?
The ISAs are the ideological state Apparatuseswhom operate alongside the
RSAs to maintain bourgeois idealogies, including, religion, education, family,
legal system, political system and cultural and communications systems.
How much of a marxist am I?
I would like to believe that I am not too much of marxist, though i think we are influenced by society and the media alot. Although i am aware that there are social classes that exist in society and certain classes are continously being put down by higher classes. I would not like to believe this is how i judge however I believe that Marxist theory is correct that society is split up into two classes, one could be said is in power and the other working and providing thoses whom are in power.
The bougeosie are of higher socilas status than the proletatriat and usually
employ them. Proletrial are working class and sell their labour to the
bourgeosie who own the means of production.
Checkpoint 2: What is the difference between the ISAs and the RSAs?
The ISAs are the ideological state Apparatuseswhom operate alongside the
RSAs to maintain bourgeois idealogies, including, religion, education, family,
legal system, political system and cultural and communications systems.
How much of a marxist am I?
I would like to believe that I am not too much of marxist, though i think we are influenced by society and the media alot. Although i am aware that there are social classes that exist in society and certain classes are continously being put down by higher classes. I would not like to believe this is how i judge however I believe that Marxist theory is correct that society is split up into two classes, one could be said is in power and the other working and providing thoses whom are in power.
ITV a winner from rugby final
The Rugby World Cup final was watched by a peak of 15.8 million viewers - 60% of the audience - on Saturday night as England failed to avoid defeat against South Africa.
The audience for the game peaked in the quarter hour between 9.30pm and 9.45pm as England finally succumbed to a 15-6 defeat.
The entire match, which started at 8pm, attracted an average of 15.1 million viewers to ITV1, or a 58% share of the audience, according to unofficial overnight ratings, with 12.8 million or a 51% share tuning in for the entirety of the channel's coverage from 7.30pm to 10.15pm.
The highly anticipated game was the most watched television moment of the year so far, ITV said.
ITV has also stressed that the figures - which exceeded England's semi-final victory over France the previous Saturday, when a peak audience of just over 12 million viewers tuned in - did not account for the large amounts of people watching in pubs and clubs around the country.
ITV1 also did well before the rugby, with the first live The X Factor show winning its 5.30pm to 7.30pm slot handsomely with 6.2 million viewers and a 31% share.
The X Factor results show, which started at the delayed time of 10.15pm, drew 6.8 million viewers and a 33% share. In the face of ITV1's successful double-whammy, BBC1's schedule was not totally obliterated.
Scheduled ahead of kick-off in the rugby, between 7.15pm and 8pm, Robin Hood pulled in 5.3 million viewers and a 24% share.
This was up on last week's outing when it pulled in 5.1 million viewers, a 23% share, between 7.30pm and 8.15pm.
BBC1 drama Casualty took a bigger hit, however. Between 8.50pm and 9.40pm, it drew a below-par 4.7 million viewers and an 18% share.
Last week, the hospital drama was watched by 5.4 million viewers, a 22% share, when scheduled against against the England-France game.
After the rugby had finished, a Vicar of Dibley repeat on BBC1 picked up 4.1 million viewers and a 17% share between 9.40pm and 10.10pm.
BBC2's The Culture Show was watched by 500,000 viewers between 8pm and 9.05pm, while coverage of the Snooker Grand Prix pulled in 900,000 viewers and a 4% share between 9.05pm and 10.40pm.
A Channel 4 movie repeat of the Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts film Stepmom drew 1.1 million viewers and a 5% share between 8.10pm and 10.30pm.
On Channel Five, a double bill of crime import NCIS averaged 1 million viewers and a 4% share between 7.5pm and 8.45pm and 1.1 million at 4% between 8.45 and 9.40pm.
The audience for the game peaked in the quarter hour between 9.30pm and 9.45pm as England finally succumbed to a 15-6 defeat.
The entire match, which started at 8pm, attracted an average of 15.1 million viewers to ITV1, or a 58% share of the audience, according to unofficial overnight ratings, with 12.8 million or a 51% share tuning in for the entirety of the channel's coverage from 7.30pm to 10.15pm.
The highly anticipated game was the most watched television moment of the year so far, ITV said.
ITV has also stressed that the figures - which exceeded England's semi-final victory over France the previous Saturday, when a peak audience of just over 12 million viewers tuned in - did not account for the large amounts of people watching in pubs and clubs around the country.
ITV1 also did well before the rugby, with the first live The X Factor show winning its 5.30pm to 7.30pm slot handsomely with 6.2 million viewers and a 31% share.
The X Factor results show, which started at the delayed time of 10.15pm, drew 6.8 million viewers and a 33% share. In the face of ITV1's successful double-whammy, BBC1's schedule was not totally obliterated.
Scheduled ahead of kick-off in the rugby, between 7.15pm and 8pm, Robin Hood pulled in 5.3 million viewers and a 24% share.
This was up on last week's outing when it pulled in 5.1 million viewers, a 23% share, between 7.30pm and 8.15pm.
BBC1 drama Casualty took a bigger hit, however. Between 8.50pm and 9.40pm, it drew a below-par 4.7 million viewers and an 18% share.
Last week, the hospital drama was watched by 5.4 million viewers, a 22% share, when scheduled against against the England-France game.
After the rugby had finished, a Vicar of Dibley repeat on BBC1 picked up 4.1 million viewers and a 17% share between 9.40pm and 10.10pm.
BBC2's The Culture Show was watched by 500,000 viewers between 8pm and 9.05pm, while coverage of the Snooker Grand Prix pulled in 900,000 viewers and a 4% share between 9.05pm and 10.40pm.
A Channel 4 movie repeat of the Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts film Stepmom drew 1.1 million viewers and a 5% share between 8.10pm and 10.30pm.
On Channel Five, a double bill of crime import NCIS averaged 1 million viewers and a 4% share between 7.5pm and 8.45pm and 1.1 million at 4% between 8.45 and 9.40pm.
Monday, 15 October 2007
globalisation conversation
Jack: the media are advancing so very quickly don't you think Jill? its just great is'nt it?
Jill: Most deffinetly not Jack, do you have any idea of the impact the media has on society? today's society represent the hegemonic model and it should'nt be happening, the media feed us with so many biased things things and we as the audience and society tend not to question it and believe everything we hear. Globalistation gived the media to much power and allows them to overule societies ideologies and values.
Jack: i think you may be exagurating. I think its great that the media is so great, it entertains, informs and educated society. And of course we don't believe everything we see, we are our own person and yes the media is here and it may be influencial but only in terms of the Pluralistic model, the choices are presented to us- i mean we don't only just get one newspaper, we get several we have the times, the guardian, the sun and many many more same as with tv channels etc. the choices are given to us and we choose what paper we want to read we choose what channel we want to watch- it is not enforced on us!
Jill: Well you may not be aware but if i recall, people like Rupert Murdoch practically own half the media does he not own several newspapers plus Sky itself? so he has all the power to choose what society read and watch thus there a person choosing choosing for us and althoughit may not appear so, Murdoch chooses what we are allowed to understand, for example when the elections are running a politition would want Murdoch on side, and thats for a reason Jack. When Tony Blair became prime minster the first person he went to visit was Murdoch.
Jack: Well yes Murdoch does own alot of the media, but would he not want to give the reader what they want to make sales? he would'nt just write anything in the papers its only according to what readers would like to read.
Jill: And what happens when he makes all the sales possible and has society on side, all competitors are destroyed and he has all the power over the media? would he still provide his audience to what they would like or would he begin to enforce his own and what ever company pays him to? This is why i am against GLOBALISATION!
Jill: Most deffinetly not Jack, do you have any idea of the impact the media has on society? today's society represent the hegemonic model and it should'nt be happening, the media feed us with so many biased things things and we as the audience and society tend not to question it and believe everything we hear. Globalistation gived the media to much power and allows them to overule societies ideologies and values.
Jack: i think you may be exagurating. I think its great that the media is so great, it entertains, informs and educated society. And of course we don't believe everything we see, we are our own person and yes the media is here and it may be influencial but only in terms of the Pluralistic model, the choices are presented to us- i mean we don't only just get one newspaper, we get several we have the times, the guardian, the sun and many many more same as with tv channels etc. the choices are given to us and we choose what paper we want to read we choose what channel we want to watch- it is not enforced on us!
Jill: Well you may not be aware but if i recall, people like Rupert Murdoch practically own half the media does he not own several newspapers plus Sky itself? so he has all the power to choose what society read and watch thus there a person choosing choosing for us and althoughit may not appear so, Murdoch chooses what we are allowed to understand, for example when the elections are running a politition would want Murdoch on side, and thats for a reason Jack. When Tony Blair became prime minster the first person he went to visit was Murdoch.
Jack: Well yes Murdoch does own alot of the media, but would he not want to give the reader what they want to make sales? he would'nt just write anything in the papers its only according to what readers would like to read.
Jill: And what happens when he makes all the sales possible and has society on side, all competitors are destroyed and he has all the power over the media? would he still provide his audience to what they would like or would he begin to enforce his own and what ever company pays him to? This is why i am against GLOBALISATION!
Guardian and Observer to launch online archive
Every edition of the Guardian and Observer newspapers is to be made available via a newly launched online digital archive.
The first phase of the Guardian News & Media archive, containing the Guardian from 1821 to 1975 and The Observer from 1900 to 1975, will launch on November 3.
It will contain exact replicas of the original newspapers, both as full pages and individual articles. and will be fully searchable and viewable at guardian.co.uk/archive.
Readers will be offered free 24-hour access during November, but after this trial period charging will be introduced.
The rest of the archive will launch early in 2008, making more than 1.2m pages of digitised news content available, with Observer content available from its launch as the world's first Sunday newspaper in 1791.
New reports featured in the archive cover events including the 1793 execution of Louis XVI, the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, and the 1833 abolition of the slave trade, the first and second world wars and the assassination of the US president, John F Kennedy.
"The launch of the archive will revolutionise the way in which users are able to access our historic content, whether for academic research or personal interest," said Gerard Baines, the head of syndication and rights, GNM.
"The archive will offer historical coverage to both consumers and academics of the most important events recorded during 212 years of publishing history," GNM added in a statement.
"With microfilm stock and paper copy in danger of degrading beyond repair, the launch of the archive ensures the preservation of the papers' legacy."
Silicon Valley firm Olive Software started digitising the archive in December last year.
GNM chose ProQuest CSA to be the exclusive global distribution partner for universities, libraries and corporate accounts.
Rod Gauvin, the ProQuest senior vice-president of publishing, said: "The vivid and fearless reporting by both newspapers has set journalistic standards not only in the UK, but also worldwide.
"Indeed, globally many rely on the Guardian and the Observer for unbiased, thoughtful reporting on events in their own country."
The article is about the guardian and the observer newspapers being able to be viewed online in the same newspaper format, this would allow readers to read the paper online rather than purchasing a copy of it.
I chose this article as i believe it is important for evryone to be aware of this, as it will allow everyone to access it often and easily.
It is intially a new technique and may be a success online.
The first phase of the Guardian News & Media archive, containing the Guardian from 1821 to 1975 and The Observer from 1900 to 1975, will launch on November 3.
It will contain exact replicas of the original newspapers, both as full pages and individual articles. and will be fully searchable and viewable at guardian.co.uk/archive.
Readers will be offered free 24-hour access during November, but after this trial period charging will be introduced.
The rest of the archive will launch early in 2008, making more than 1.2m pages of digitised news content available, with Observer content available from its launch as the world's first Sunday newspaper in 1791.
New reports featured in the archive cover events including the 1793 execution of Louis XVI, the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, and the 1833 abolition of the slave trade, the first and second world wars and the assassination of the US president, John F Kennedy.
"The launch of the archive will revolutionise the way in which users are able to access our historic content, whether for academic research or personal interest," said Gerard Baines, the head of syndication and rights, GNM.
"The archive will offer historical coverage to both consumers and academics of the most important events recorded during 212 years of publishing history," GNM added in a statement.
"With microfilm stock and paper copy in danger of degrading beyond repair, the launch of the archive ensures the preservation of the papers' legacy."
Silicon Valley firm Olive Software started digitising the archive in December last year.
GNM chose ProQuest CSA to be the exclusive global distribution partner for universities, libraries and corporate accounts.
Rod Gauvin, the ProQuest senior vice-president of publishing, said: "The vivid and fearless reporting by both newspapers has set journalistic standards not only in the UK, but also worldwide.
"Indeed, globally many rely on the Guardian and the Observer for unbiased, thoughtful reporting on events in their own country."
The article is about the guardian and the observer newspapers being able to be viewed online in the same newspaper format, this would allow readers to read the paper online rather than purchasing a copy of it.
I chose this article as i believe it is important for evryone to be aware of this, as it will allow everyone to access it often and easily.
It is intially a new technique and may be a success online.
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
PHONE-IN ROW HITS SKY
SweneyTuesday October 9, 2007MediaGuardian.co.uk
BSkyB has been dragged into the premium rate phone-in furore after a voting irregularity in Cirque de Celebrité led to the reality programme inviting an evicted contestant back to the show.
The "technical fault", in the Sunday night phone vote on the programme where celebrities learn circus tricks meant that some votes did not count toward the final result.
As a result ex-footballer Dean Holdsworth, who left the show as a result of the vote, has been invited to rejoin the programme.
"Sky is taking immediate action to remedy the situation," the broadcaster said in a statement.
"Voting in Cirque de Celebrité is all about enhancing the viewer experience and all revenues received by Sky as a result of the votes on the show go to charity. We would like to apologise to our viewers."
Sky is also offering all viewers who voted a refund, with the broadcaster saying it will match the amount of money made in revenue with a charity donation of its own. Sky is charging 25p per call.
The voting error, while a one-off, will be an embarrassment to the Sky chief executive, James Murdoch, who only last month was scoring public relations points over the scandals that had hit rival broadcasters.
In an interview he described premium-rate phone line quizzes as "pretty sleazy" and said that he was glad the satellite broadcaster had avoided them because they were "easy to abuse".
"We took the view that they [premium-rate quizzes] were taking advantage of people and that our customers deserved better than that," he told the Royal Television Society's magazine, Television.
"Premium-rate quiz stuff always felt grubby, trying to get an extra nickel out of everyone. We didn't feel comfortable with it," he said.
"We knew we could make a lot of money out of it, but these kinds of programmes are very easy to abuse. They just seem unfair."
This article is about sky also having problems with their phone in lines- because the programme was a competition one celebrity got evicted but due to the the votes being wrong due to technical difficulties with the phones, the celebrity was called back to the programme.
It is particularly embarrasing for Sky as prevously James Murdoch had gone on about how bad it was.
I chose this story becuase these phone line problems have been occuring alot recently and it is important to find out why ands how it happened and how the channel deals with it.
i think this issue is becoming common for many broadcasters and is worrying and unfair on its viewers.
BSkyB has been dragged into the premium rate phone-in furore after a voting irregularity in Cirque de Celebrité led to the reality programme inviting an evicted contestant back to the show.
The "technical fault", in the Sunday night phone vote on the programme where celebrities learn circus tricks meant that some votes did not count toward the final result.
As a result ex-footballer Dean Holdsworth, who left the show as a result of the vote, has been invited to rejoin the programme.
"Sky is taking immediate action to remedy the situation," the broadcaster said in a statement.
"Voting in Cirque de Celebrité is all about enhancing the viewer experience and all revenues received by Sky as a result of the votes on the show go to charity. We would like to apologise to our viewers."
Sky is also offering all viewers who voted a refund, with the broadcaster saying it will match the amount of money made in revenue with a charity donation of its own. Sky is charging 25p per call.
The voting error, while a one-off, will be an embarrassment to the Sky chief executive, James Murdoch, who only last month was scoring public relations points over the scandals that had hit rival broadcasters.
In an interview he described premium-rate phone line quizzes as "pretty sleazy" and said that he was glad the satellite broadcaster had avoided them because they were "easy to abuse".
"We took the view that they [premium-rate quizzes] were taking advantage of people and that our customers deserved better than that," he told the Royal Television Society's magazine, Television.
"Premium-rate quiz stuff always felt grubby, trying to get an extra nickel out of everyone. We didn't feel comfortable with it," he said.
"We knew we could make a lot of money out of it, but these kinds of programmes are very easy to abuse. They just seem unfair."
This article is about sky also having problems with their phone in lines- because the programme was a competition one celebrity got evicted but due to the the votes being wrong due to technical difficulties with the phones, the celebrity was called back to the programme.
It is particularly embarrasing for Sky as prevously James Murdoch had gone on about how bad it was.
I chose this story becuase these phone line problems have been occuring alot recently and it is important to find out why ands how it happened and how the channel deals with it.
i think this issue is becoming common for many broadcasters and is worrying and unfair on its viewers.
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
BBC's FINANCE
The charts show the percentage of the expenditure BBC spends on each sector
BBC's expenditure in 2005- 2006
Department: Total cost (£million)
Television: 1443
Radio: 218
bbc.co.uk: 72
BBC jam: 36
Interactive TV (BBCi): 18
Local radio and regional television: 370
Programme related spend: 338
Overheads and Digital UK: 315
Restructuring: 107
Transmission and collection costs: 320
Total: 3237
BBC PROGRAMMES
The BBC broadcast a vast range of texts inlcluding:
Breakfast
Animal 24/7
Homes Under the Hammer
To Buy or Not to Buy
Cash in the Attic
BBC News
BBC London news
Neighbours
Doctors
Eastenders
The One Show
Holby City
National Lottery In It To Win It
Casualty
Strictly come Dancing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/search/grid.cgi?MEDIUM=tv
Breakfast
Animal 24/7
Homes Under the Hammer
To Buy or Not to Buy
Cash in the Attic
BBC News
BBC London news
Neighbours
Doctors
Eastenders
The One Show
Holby City
National Lottery In It To Win It
Casualty
Strictly come Dancing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/search/grid.cgi?MEDIUM=tv
HISTORY OF THE BBC
The BBC was origanally formed in October 1922 by a group of manufacturers. Throughout the years BBC developed and by 1925 it could be heard throughout most of the UK. It was origannally called the british broadcasting compnay and later became british broadcasting corporation.
In 1953 television began to get more recognised as 22 million TV viewers crowded around to watch the queen getting crowned. Ever since the sales of television licience grew and more ambitous programmes were being broadcasted.
The 1970s was the golden age of television, income grew as more and more homes bought television liciences and switched to colour tv.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/index.shtml
In 1953 television began to get more recognised as 22 million TV viewers crowded around to watch the queen getting crowned. Ever since the sales of television licience grew and more ambitous programmes were being broadcasted.
The 1970s was the golden age of television, income grew as more and more homes bought television liciences and switched to colour tv.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/index.shtml
ABOUT THE BBC
The British Broadcasting Coroparation, known as the BBC for short, is the largest Broadcastibng corporation in the world, in terms of audience numbers and of revenue.
The corporation produces programmes and information services, broadcasting globally on television, radio, and the Internet.
The stated mission of the BBC is "to inform, educate and entertain"
The BBC get there revenue through the televisioon licience. The BBC has the largest finance budget, expenditure was £4 billion in 2005, compared to Sky which was £3.2 billion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC
The corporation produces programmes and information services, broadcasting globally on television, radio, and the Internet.
The stated mission of the BBC is "to inform, educate and entertain"
The BBC get there revenue through the televisioon licience. The BBC has the largest finance budget, expenditure was £4 billion in 2005, compared to Sky which was £3.2 billion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC
PROFILE
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Type: Broadcast radio and television
Country: United Kingdom
Availability: National, International
Founder:John Reith
Slogan: "This is what we do"(used in various promotional idents)
Motto: "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation"
Launch date: 1922 (radio) 1927 (incorporation) 1932 (television)
Past names: British Broadcasting Company Ltd. (1922-1927)
Website: www.bbc.co.uk
Type: Broadcast radio and television
Country: United Kingdom
Availability: National, International
Founder:John Reith
Slogan: "This is what we do"(used in various promotional idents)
Motto: "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation"
Launch date: 1922 (radio) 1927 (incorporation) 1932 (television)
Past names: British Broadcasting Company Ltd. (1922-1927)
Website: www.bbc.co.uk
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
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