Archives for “The BBC”

If you didn't vote in today's European and council elections, you should watch this. This is how a country without a democracy operates.


The ugliest phrase in journalism at the moment is 'pay wall'. Isn't it just the worst possible way of describing what we want to achieve? ...


I love this. Who wins? I'm not sure.


Dug away in an article about Twitter in the Wall Street Journal: Mr. Stone says Twitter recently hired a product manager to oversee the development of ...


There was always going to be a tipping point. A moment when a cut back meant no newspaper -- rather than just less subs. Or ...


Number one sign you've been doing this journalism malarky for a while is that you don't post "LOOK AT ME!!" posts every time something is ...


In the last six months, thanks to a certain Stephen Fry, Twitter has catapulted from being a past-time restricted to, mainly, geeks and journalists into ...


I've been doing some thinking about this whole NUJ thing. My post the other night reads very ranty -- indeed, I guess it is very ...


Major props to @paul_fernley for spotting this gem: (click to enlarge if you need to!) In other news, Paul also mentions that today marks the relaunch of ...


In the past twelve months we've seen the amount of people watching online video go through the roof. But, unlike the YouTube boom that potentially ...


The new Panorama homepage launched yesterday -- well worth taking a look. It's a collection of blogs, audio/video content and trailers for upcoming programmes. But before you ...


The Freedom of Information Act is arguably the UK journalist's biggest asset when it comes to public sector investigation. As a student, I was often told ...


On the wall in front of me is a big sign that says 'LINK!'. Underneath, in brackets, it says "It's what we do". It really is. ...


Did this one completely pass me by? Noticed tonight that the (rather pants) film 'What Women Want' is on BBC iPlayer. They must have done ...


Seems Radio 4 did a 2008 Now Show round up and our 'quake video was on it. I've been trying (a little) to shake off that ...


The latest version of BBC iPlayer Desktop has just been released. Maybe that'll finally get Mac and Linux users off my back ;-) Click here to ...


Last Friday was iPlayer Day, an event on the BBC Internet Blog organised by myself, Nick Reynolds and Jonathan Richardson. It was my first major contribution ...


As part of my little experiment monitoring the improvements that need to be made to regional news, I'm going to take a few moments here ...


Have you seen the new Facebook phishing protection? It's an amicable effort to prevent the sorts of phishing attacks that I believe forced many MySpace ...


Today the BBC Trust pulled an absolutely stinking howler. With its decision to prevent the BBC from improving local journalism, the only people who are ...


It's becoming a bit cool to slag off the licence fee since Brand/Ross. Thankfully, the Guardian has come out in support with an editorial. Don't ...


Quite often I find myself getting very irate with BBC viewers. Charlie Brooker summed it up beautifully last night when he said that there needs ...


Here's something I've been thinking about a lot recently. The sort of thoughts that plonk themselves in your mind just before you're about to go ...


Thank you to Media Monkey for this stunner from the archives. May I present to you, appearing on the brilliant GamesMaster, the one and only ...


Making my debut on the BBC Internet Blog today. Would like feedback on how we are to use our Twitter feed. Read the post here!