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Why 2010 will be the year TV and the web really converge | Media | guardian.co.uk
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There is a real feeling within the TV business that the year ahead looks set to become something of a milestone for our industry. The long-heralded convergence of television, video, broadcast and the internet is reaching a tipping point. But why are things about to change dramatically and what is this likely to mean for programme-making, post production - editing, sound, special effects - and delivery of TV content?
Looking back at the past decade, highlights that will change the trajectory of the industry in the next 10 years include the steady migration to digital media at all points from acquisition to consumption, the emergence of an increasingly universal transport medium built around the internet protocol (IP) and the ever-expanding reach, capacity and performance of the public internet as a viable platform for rich media distribution, including video.
My new favourite iPhone app
Back on the bike for Cancer Research
This a picture of my son and his good mate Jack. Jack’s known as Big Jack round these parts because my lad, Jacques, is the little one.
Yesterday, February 4th 2010, Big Jack was diagnosed with cancer. He’s only 9 years old. It’s devastating news and we’re all still reeling from it.
Looking on the bright side (and you have to) the doctors are relatively positive that two months of intense chemotherapy will stand a good chance of dealing with the tumour and that surgery will not be necessary.
I’d already been planning this year’s charity bike ride (many will know that for the past couple of years a bunch of mates and I have hauled our sorry middle-aged backsides onto unforgiving racing bikes and pedaled across various bits of European countryside for charity). More...
Real-time fantasy football…to real-time betting
Came to this last night from Phil Nash via Ben's re-tweet .
It's Football3s: real-time in-game fantasy football. Basically, it works like this. Before a game being shown live on TV (like last night's FA Cup replay between Liverpool and Reading) you sign up to Football3s and select three players from the 22 playing in the match. You get points for different player activity (scoring, assisting, tackling, saves, completed passes, shots, etc etc) and you can make three substitutions during the game. Your game screen shows you others that are also playing and you can chat with them live.Five days, 700km along, 10km up (and down)
I'm off cycling again this year. Close followers will know that for the past couple of years a bunch of friends and I have spent a few days each spring cycling a few hundred kilometres for charity. We've become know (at least between ourselves) as Les Veloistes Gentils. It's perhaps the most rewarding thing I've ever been involved in.
2008 saw us ride from London to St Emilion. Last year we crossed the Pyrenees, dipping our toes in the Med near Perpignan and plunging in the Atlantic at Biarritz six days later after crossing some of the most famous mountain passes on the way. The full story of that epic little adventure can be found here and pictures here.Surely time for the PR v. advertising battle to end..?
Boxee…internet on your telly…RC-J’s gadget of CES
Microsoft’s vision of the future of TV
Pop over to the Microsoft Blog for its take on the future of TV (which is obviously very much in line with the capabilities of Microsoft Mediaroom 2.0, as unveiled by Steve Ballmer at CES this week).
Essentially the vision is the TV you want, when you want it, wherever you want it (i.e. on any device – TV, PC, mobile, etc). Makes a huge amount of sense, obviously. It does seem a bit crazy that our current television viewing is largely tied to the box in the corner of the lounge. And often specific TVs – in my house, we only have Sky+ in one room so that's where we have to watch anything we've recorded. More...
Chat and watch…not just yet it seems
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Mark Pinsent
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I've been a communications consultant since 1993. My experience has mainly been with technology and B2B companies, developing and implementing communications strategies and campaigns. I am now based in France but continue to work with UK companies on a freelance basis.
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- Why 2010 will be the year TV and the web really converge | Media | guardian.co.uk
- My new favourite iPhone app
- Back on the bike for Cancer Research
- Real-time fantasy football…to real-time betting
- Five days, 700km along, 10km up (and down)
- Surely time for the PR v. advertising battle to end..?
- Boxee…internet on your telly…RC-J’s gadget of CES
- Microsoft’s vision of the future of TV
- Chat and watch…not just yet it seems
- Vote winner: does this work?
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