TV – Andrew Orlowski

Who killed ITV Digital?

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Andrew Orlowski

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28 March 2012

After 25 years of watching the Murdoch TV empire unfold, the battle plan to beat him should be fairly obvious. You buy the best content – the most popular sport and movies – and raise lots of capital, and make watching it easy. Then you dig in for a very long fight. In other words,…

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‘And one more thing…’ Manipulating the press, from beyond the grave

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Andrew Orlowski

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25 October 2011

Can nobody rid of us the barefoot CEO? He may be gone, but Steve Jobs continues to manipulate the press from the beyond – this time through his biographer, Walter Isaacson. The Steve Jobs biography launches the hype for Apple’s next great product, a TV.… Read More

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Inside Adam Curtis’ funhouse

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Andrew Orlowski

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19 June 2009

After a few promises not to spoil the plot, I stepped through Punchdrunk’s It Felt Like A Kiss while the sets were being built Read more at The Register… Read More

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Breaking Bad: the joy of chemistry

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Andrew Orlowski

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29 May 2009

Here’s a show with the perfect profile to be a huge cult British hit – black humour, suspense, all the stuff we love. But what’s puzzling is how the British public broadcasters dropped the ball by failing to notice the show – particularly the BBC. …Read more at The Register… Read More

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‘Parasitic’ Google feels TV’s wrath

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Andrew Orlowski

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29 October 2008

Your reporter holds TV executives in as much esteem as a flesh-eating virus. But even in the uniquely clueless world of television, they’re finally waking up to Google’s ‘parasitic’ nature. C4 chief Andy Duncan has become the latest to awake from his slumber. The problem? Duncan’s “cure” will probably only make Google stronger. Duncan says…

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Top-slicing the Beeb: Clueless execs get busy

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Andrew Orlowski

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15 May 2008

Some quangos, like jellyfish, seem to be able to reproduce asexually. It’s what they live to do. What this means is that without any contact, parthenogenesis occurs and they simply spawn off a little version of themselves, which may grow as large as its parent. Britain’s uber-regulator Ofcom, I learned this week, definitely falls into…

Tag: TV

Who killed ITV Digital?

‘And one more thing…’ Manipulating the press, from beyond the grave

Inside Adam Curtis’ funhouse

Breaking Bad: the joy of chemistry

‘Parasitic’ Google feels TV’s wrath

Top-slicing the Beeb: Clueless execs get busy