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Sky high arrogance

Many people have blamed both sides in the dispute between BSkyB and Virgin Media, but over the last week or two it appears that Sky have launched a vendetta against their competitor. First, to fill in...

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Reality on the Rocks

With CERN‘s new machine, the Large Hadron Collider, very much in the news at the moment, it made me think back to the television series, Channel Four’s Reality on the Rocks, broadcast in 1995, which...

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Going for Gold, or Bronze?

Earlier this month, it was announced that the TV game show, Going for Gold, is to be brought back to TV screens by Channel Five. The first programme is tomorrow. Instead of Henry Kelly, it will be...

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The price J. P. Morgan couldn’t afford

Until yesterday, I’d never heard of the person called J.P. Morgan, but then two references came along at once. Of course, I’d heard the names of financial companies such as JPMorgan Asset Management....

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The BNP are idiots – in case we didn’t know

Like many people I was in two minds about whether the BNP‘s leader should appear on the BBC’s Question Time. Free speech is important, but you have to draw the line somewhere. However, after seeing...

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BSB: superior but short-lived satellite TV

The furore over phone hacking has once again put Rupert Murdoch’s proposed takeover of BSkyB into the spotlight. In the past, many people, including both me and Vince Cable’s fake constituent, might...

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TV stations don’t take online TV seriously

Coming soon? Viewers attempting to watch Downton Abbey via ITV Player on Sunday night were in for a disappointment Imagine if the Sunday evening broadcast of one of the top drama series on TV failed to...

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Springfield, Oxfordshire

A few years ago, Sky Television ran a viral advertising campaign that featured a live action version of the famous opening sequence from The Simpsons, filmed at various locations in the UK, promoting...

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TV licensing: i-Playing fair

BBC iPlayerAs expected, the government have decided that the BBC should meet the cost of providing free TV Licences for over-75s. Also as expected, to soften the blow of an effective £600m a year cut...

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TV licensing: i-Playing fair enough

The date has finally been set after which users of the BBC iPlayer catch-up TV service will require a TV Licence. From 1 September, viewers will need to have a licence if they are to use iPlayer...

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