Entrepreneurial MD’s are often less predictable than most. And UKFast’s man at the top is no exception. When talking recently about the various departments within UKFast, the turn of our 18 month old film department came up and Lawrence Jones said, “even if I ran a greengrocers, I’d have a video team.” It’s a [...]
Today the Internet is awash with news, article, links and blogs about the new Government report on Britain’s digital future. When reading through the various online entries on the subject it is striking just how many different industries this report impacts on. ISPs, online retailers, media, advertising, newspapers, the list goes on. And all seem [...]
New US President Barack Obama’s first term in office starts today and he is expected to deliver sweeping resolutions to many key issues. One of those key battle grounds is the argument pitching the major ISPs against advocates of Net Neutrality.
Now, depending on which side of the argument you’re speaking to, this contest could be [...]
Beleaguered ITV boss Michael Grade has referred to online video sites, such as YouTube, as ‘parasites’ to commercial broadcasters. See Brand Republic article .
In an interview at the IBC technology conference, the former Channel 4 and BBC man reportedly said operators such as YouTube, Google and Joost are “parasites” living off the TV shows [...]
It is a familiar scenario: we need more space, so we will add more space, then we expand our habits to fill it and once again we need more space. This is a problematic circle that can be attributed to a number of different areas of life, consider home buying or motorway construction, but [...]
This week a US court delivered a landmark ruling that raises questions about internet users’ rights to privacy. The ruling comes from the high-profile and very bitter legal dispute between YouTube and Viacom.
In case you are not familiar with the case here is the background.
US broadcasting company Viacom alleges that YouTube infringes its copyright law [...]
In the film Wag The Dog, Robert De Niro is a spin-doctor drafted in by the US Government in a time of crisis. The President has been accused of sexual misdemeanours with a firefly girl and it’s about to hit the news just weeks before Election Day. De Niro needs a diversion and he turns [...]
As ever there are many blogs about what the big trends of the next year will be. Some say widgets will guide growth online, others believe personalisation of online services will be the focus. In the business community I believe we are going to see media empowerment. Written content will continue to be the [...]
My viral video chart this morning alerted me to a great example of brand building. I hadn’t come across GOODMagazine.com before but a recent viral video posted on YouTube has certainly brought them a wider audience. It has been online now for 10 days and received 657,871 views to date.
It’s called Internet Porn, which [...]
Viacom’s announcement that traffic is substantially up on its various video content sites is dangerous news for YouTube, which was instructed to remove all content belonging to the media producer just over a month ago.
According to Google Trends it’s less than a year since YouTube’s traffic overtook that of MTV, Viacom’s most successful website.
The big [...]