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Children’s TV: The Changes
The 1970s saw a gradual breakdown in the postwar social system in the UK. The economy contracted, inflation rose while incomes fell and unions took increasingly dramatic steps to demand more money for their members to compensate. Rubbish piling up in the streets, the dead unburied- these are the stuff of apocalyptic visions.
CCTV, Dermot Ahern and evidence-based policy making
Dermot Ahern recently opened an extension of the Ballymun CCTV system. The report on it from the Irish Times saysMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has said a Garda CCTV system in Ballymun, north Dublin, will help reduce and solve crime rather than push illegal activity into areas not covered by the new cameras.
My Liveblogged Year 1.5: Clearly, GoogleTV has never watched TV
At the end of My Liveblogged Year, I promised a follow up on my evolving opinion of Liveblogging's form and promise. This post is not that article. Instead I'm reacting to the announcement of the GoogleTV service.
Not Watching TV
I don’t really watch much television these days. This week, I watched maybe five hours, an unusually high total, and one consisting solely of live football and rugby matches. Most nights I don't watch any.
STV-PR: They’re Counting On Your Vote
Well, what now?It’s all very well to issue a single sustained clarion blast. It’s a little tougher to actually gather forces and have a clear idea of what to do with them. Nonetheless the last few days have seen the bare, tentative sketching of the kinds of things a push for change would involve.
HD TV: An In-Depth Report
I stood in the shop and looked at all the HD TVs showing HD channels. Now I can give you the full, in-depth story. High Definition Television is a way of almost, but not quite, making the picture on a giant flat screen TV (€2000- €infinite) match the quality of the picture on a normal telly (from €75).
Data Protection Commissioner’s Annual Report 2005: CCTV
Another case study. The explanation speaks for itself. But here are some questions for my clever readers.
RTE: A proposal for the funding issue
I wrote recently about some of the reasons I thought that public service broadcasting remained relevant after Netflix and other commercial streaming services. At the end I suggested that we, the public for whom all this broadcasting was being done, should start our own discussion on how to solve the problems which have, in the last week alone, seen RTE issue a plan to slash services, staff and costs.
RTÉ after Netflix: Recasting Broadcast
What is the point of a Broadcast TV station in a post-Netflix streaming world?There is a crisis of relevance in the slow-moving and state regulated world of broadcast TV.
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