BBC Internet blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday the BBC confirmed the imminent arrival of iPlayer on Freesat . In a double whammy of on demand goodness Freesat viewers will also be able to receive catch up from ITV via the ITV Player . Here's some of the what's being said. The bad news though, as laid out by The Guardian is that the roll-out starts as: "... a limited, closed 'beta' version of the iPlayer set to launch on 7 December...
BBC Internet blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Over on the Editors blog to introduce The People's Politician Tom Giles, executive producer, BBC Current Affairs, has written: Today, the BBC is helping to launch an new experiment to try and re-invigorate the link between MPs and their constituents - using what's known as "direct democracy" to test how far politicians are willing to do what local people want. Tom goes on to explain: Two...
Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
A s we enter this fantambulous festivitic period, I am delighted to hear once again from a very good friend of Spaghetti Gazetti, Mr Tweedeleededeedee who has invited us all to a telling of his story by our own dear Paul Murphy, of Ye Olde Destroyers fame. Those who attended the live performance of Tweedeleededeedee Sir Ru Barb and the Green Wolf last wintertide at the newly resplendent olde Towne...
Herohill (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
We are not much for posting "news" on the hill, but this is the kind of announcement that demands attention. Paul Murphy - guitar man/vocalist of Wintersleep - is fixing to put out a record he made with his brother as a gift for their mom. Under the moniker Postdata , the Murphy Boys hammered out some songs at their parent's house in Yarmouth, and revisited them almost a year later. The...
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Wintersleep's Paul Murphy & brother Michael to release a new album Jan 26. Chart Japandroids confirmed for SXSW. Exclaim Jenn Grant tours Ontario & Quebec + new video. jenngrant.com Websites selling digital Beatles downloads shut down. Exclaim Brian Borcherdt & Julie Fader head out on Eastern Canadian tour. Exclaim Before she went Gaga , Stephanie Germanotta tickles the ivories. The Daily...
BBC Internet blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
There are two new BBC blogs to tell you about that look like they're going to be well worth following. The Web Developer blog rather self-effacingly and modestly describes itself as "A blog about the web and the BBC, from the people who build the BBC website." From its first half dozen or so posts you can see that this is a blog that isn't afraid to get down and dirty and tell it how it...
Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
21 Nov 2009 20:00 TOWER OF SONG BAR B irmingham based acoustic musician Tom Martin is one of the finest singer song writers in the city. Tom was born in Belfast but has lived, worked and created music in Birmingham for deacdes and is well known and greatly respected on the local roots / folk scene. I first met Tom in 1983 when he was collaborating with Paul Murphy (The Destroyers), Phil Bond, Dave...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
HUNTER business figure Paul Murphy has accused Minister for the Hunter Jodi McKay of "getting personal" over his stand on the removal of the Newcastle rail line. Mr Murphy has been publicly sca
BBC Internet blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
David Artiss, writing on his blog Artiss.co.uk : Last night, or rather at midnight, the BBC iPlayer channel was released for the Nintendo Wii. The iPlayer has been usable in the past using the Opera-powered browser channel, but has been of limited quality and, well, not very easy to use. Now we have a very specific channel just for iPlayer. And it's been a long time coming - the BBC have been talking...
BBC Internet blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
There's a press release that's appeared today on the BBC press office website that outlines the planned roll out of Freeview HD . I've pulled out a couple of interesting paragraphs but it's worth looking at the full release as it has the dates for different bits of the country: Today the BBC has confirmed the timetable that will make HD services on Freeview available to 50% of the population in time...
Guerrilla Welsh-Fare (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Next Wednesday will see Sir Emyr Jones Parry present his report on the referendum to Rhodri Morgan and Ieuan Wyn Jones. Make no mistake; this will be a seminal moment in Welsh political history. Labour MPs were part of the establishment committee for the All Wales Convention and their membership voted with a massive majority to support its content. Yet over the past few weeks people like Peter Hain...
BBC Internet blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
There are a number of posters placed around our floor at Internet blog towers today as part of World Usability day . We probably would have missed it were it not for the internal email we received from the BBC FM&T Usability and Accessibility team (who also put up the posters): ...In companies all over the world usability professionals, designers and developers are today celebrating World Usability...
BBC Internet blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Everytime we sit down to write a weekly round-up someone somewhere says "No" to the BBC . This week it's the turn of BBC HD and Ofcom to do the dance of refusal. As HD sagas on the Internet blog go the HD DRM debate is pretty tame compared to the HD PQ ruction . The Guardian reports : Ofcom has rejected the BBC's request to introduce anti-piracy technology to Freeview to limit the illegal...
EDD Blog Online (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
After the global financial crisis, cost-cutting has become the No. 1 priority for corporate legal departments. Part I of a five-part Corporate Counsel series on controlling outside legal costs focuses on measures taken by the United Parcel Service. E-discovery is a huge expense, even for big companies with lots of resources. United Parcel Service, Inc. is no exception, and its legal department had...
Syniadau :: The Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Yes, it's really true. This is what he said: The Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Paul Murphy): ... I agree that the [All Wales] Convention should be open to everybody in Wales to put their points of view. It is, in effect, testing the water. If the Convention believes that a referendum is necessary, the people of Wales will decide. Hansard, 29 April 2009 : Column 850 No ifs, buts or maybes. Just...
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