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Regulating Media Consumption
From the July Zeitgeist… As Brian Lowry wrote recently in Variety, both TV and newspapers are struggling to respond to the changing ways people are consuming their media. “Both are communications...
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Of Pirates and Market Correction
From the October Zeitgeist… The term “Intellectual Property Rights” [IPR] is one of the most bandied‐about and misunderstood terms in the world of technology and media today. Its lack of concrete...
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Defining “Free”
From the October Zeitgeist… Jean Baudrillard argues in his postmodern way that we live in a society devoid of absolutes. But what happens to an industry when values become arbitrary? Economic rationale...
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Media shakes and quakes
A quick round-up of some interesting news in the media world in the past 24 hours or so… The scope of the BBC is to be drastically reduced. The TelecomPaper writes that the plans are to “reign in its...
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The Consumption Conundrum
A quick thought while Zeitgeist takes a well-deserved break in the hinterlands of the Côte d’Azur, and that centres on continued desire for content and immediate access, versus a dilapidated...
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On (Social) Media and Entertainment
Last week, Zeitgeist ambled down to Kensington Olympia again for yet another conference, this time the annual MediaPro Expo. Among the many speakers presenting over the course of two days, our main...
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Netflix: House of Cards and Castles in the Air
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” - Henry David Thoreau Though the brouhaha over the series House of...
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The New News – Monetising journalism today
“What the Internet has done is made a million sources of information available. It’s only a click away… The Internet has disrupted many industries. The newspaper business has been destroyed. It’s...
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TMT Trends 2015 – Star Wars, Tech Wars & Talent Wars
Our most popular article this year by far was a piece we wrote on trends in the media and entertainment industry for the coming twelve months. That nothing has been written since January that has...
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(R)evolutions in television and film – Peter Pan and The Player
What goes around, comes around… Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose… TV executives’ concern over changing viewing habits is nothing new. Sports coverage continues to deliver; it’s such thinking...
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