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Pionir says...

Nov 26, 2009

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BBC F1 intro wins award

I quite liked the first part of the advert which is slightly Guiness-esque in its style. I like the way they try to get the voiceover to sound like the bass in The Chain but the part that's also used as the intro for the highlights coverage just doesn't do it for me. At least they went back to F1's real soundtrack instead of that Jamiroquai abomination that ITV used before they went to the slightly better Apollo 440, Bachman Turner Overdrive and Moby tunes. Just need the Georgio Moroder grid music back!

I still remember the old intros which used coverage from the races to give a bit more spice but I guess they didn't have any available. Hopefully they'll use some nice clips from this year of cars driving and oversteering through corners. Anything of the McLaren in the first half of the year should do it :)

from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2009/11/award_for_bbc_f1_tv_coverage.html

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Clarkie123 says...

Nov 22, 2009

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(Very nearly) the funniest Top Gear episode ever!

Wow. Just watched what has to be one of the funniest Top Gear episodes ever. Seriously, if you missed it, you have to watch it on BBC iPlayer. Speaking of which, I haven't been able to have a proper go on the Wii channel as my Wii hasn't been able to connect to the internet properly since I downloaded it. From what I have seen and used of it though, it seems pretty great, and as it costs no Wii points, you might as well download it.

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Nov 20, 2009

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The British Council and BBC's Teach English Website: E-books

via teachingenglish.org.uk

On the Teaching English website, the British Council and BBC join forces to provide a goldmine of resources for teachers of English.

The site offers high interactivity, hosting forums and blogs in addition to materials, lesson plans and useful links.

For those who would like something to take back offline, the Books page includes British Council publications in e-book format.

An outstanding resource.

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Clarkie123 says...

Nov 18, 2009

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BBC iPlayer Wii Channel

I've just downloaded the iPlayer channel for Wii, which lets you watch stuff that's been on the BBC recently. It's free to download, so if you've got a Wii give it a try.

I'll probably post my thoughts on it tomorrow.

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davidalvarez says...

Nov 17, 2009

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La BBC nombra un editor de Social Media

BBC News has today appointed its first social media editor, to develop the way we gather news from our audiences, and make more of our journalism available on social networks.

Audiences have always contributed directly to the BBC's newsgathering, especially on breaking stories. But the technology allowing people to share and send photos, video, and eyewitness accounts is developing all the time.

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davidalvarez says...

Nov 17, 2009

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La BBC nombra un editor de Social Media

BBC News has today appointed its first social media editor, to develop the way we gather news from our audiences, and make more of our journalism available on social networks.

Audiences have always contributed directly to the BBC's newsgathering, especially on breaking stories. But the technology allowing people to share and send photos, video, and eyewitness accounts is developing all the time.

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lovehatethings says...

Nov 14, 2009

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Best Episode Ever 02 - The Prisoner

Best Episode Ever 02 - The Pri by Anthony Marco

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Patrick McGoohan's celebrated television tour de force lasted 17 episodes and only five months of original broadcast airing, yet remains one of the most thought-provoking, inspiring series of all-time. Join me as I relive some of my favourite memories of The Prisoner.

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malaysiamen says...

Nov 11, 2009

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THE REAL JESUS CHRIST OF HISTORY

Date: Friday, 20 November 2009

Time: 8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Venue: Hall 1, Dream Centre. 2 Jalan 13/1, Seksyen 13. 46200 Petaling Jaya. Selangor, Malaysia

Influential networks like National Geographic, Discovery and BBC Channels are propagating new portraits (or fabrications) of Jesus that distort, if not contradict, what Christians traditionally believe about Jesus for 2000 years.

This Kairos Public Forum seeks to explain why these TV producers rely on pagan Mystery Religions and 2nd century Gnosticism texts to reconstruct new portraits of Jesus, what methods and assumptions inform the scholars who advise these media channels for their distorted views of Jesus.

The Forum also offers evidence for the integrity of the New Testament Gospels as reliable historical records of Jesus’ life and ministry and critiques popular images of Christ in contemporary society.

Topics/Speakers

1) The Fabricated Jesus of Contemporary TV Documentaries

Speaker: Mr. Philip Koh (Partner of a legal firm in Kuala Lumpur and Director of Kairos Research Centre)

2) The Historical Christ of the New Testament: The Test of History

Speaker: Dr. Ng Kam Weng (Research Director of Kairos Research Centre)

3) The Real Jesus Christ and Contextual Christs Today: Who makes the real difference?

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Tan Jin Huat (Anglican minister and CTEE Director, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia)

DECEMBER: Kairos Seminar on Jesus Christ and Early Christianity

There will be a follow-up seminar for those who want to learn in detail how contemporary research supports the historical accuracy and authenticity of the New Testament portrait of Jesus Christ.

Speaker: Dr. Ng Kam Weng

Date: Saturday, 5 December 2009

Time: 9:30 a.m – 12 noon

Place: Dream Centre

To participate in this seminar, contact Kairos office ( Tel: 7726 5420. Mail: kairosmalaysia@gmail.com )

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Oliver says...

Nov 10, 2009

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Murdoch Threatens To Sue The BBC

Seemingly the aging media tyrant thinks that the BBC is stealing content from his newspapers.

“And anyway," said the angry old coot, "if you look at them, most of their stuff is stolen from the newspapers now, and we’ll be suing them for copyright,

“They will have to spend a lot more money on a lot more reporters to cover the world when they can’t steal from newspapers.”

Hate to break it to you Rupert, me old china, but everyone steals content - even your brilliant newspapers.

The newswires; Reuters, AP, they are, if we're really honest, where the majority of news comes from. Be it news in your papers or on the BBC. The difference is, the BBC will report it without bias or prejudice - just the facts, whereas, Newcorp's newspapers will apply whatever spin best suits that particular paper's political allegiances.

Par example: This ridiculous Gordon Brown letter debacle. The Sun goads a poor grieving mother into a rant and then covers it as: What A Disgrace: Gordon Brown can't even be arsed to spell properly in handwritten letter to the mother of a dead solider. What an uncaring loathable bastard!

When in actuality he hadn't spelt the soldiers name wrong, it was just his poor handwriting - because, he does only have on eye and other only operates at about 30%.

And, in my humble opinion, I think for our Prime Minister to take time out of his day, you know running the country, to send a hand-written letter shows that actually he genuinely appreciates the sacrifice made. It's not like anyone knew beforehand that he did it. It wasn't a contrived publicity stunt gone wrong - he sends a hand written letter to the family of every dead solider. To me that seems an incredibly decent thing to do.

And if that's the kind of thing that you call "news" Mr Murdoch, quite frankly you can shove it up your saggy aging Australian arsehole.

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nicolas.kitten says...

Nov 10, 2009

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An inconvenient reality: "Wide Dissatisfaction with Capitalism - 20 Years after Fall of Berlin Wall [BBC poll]"

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new BBC World Service global poll finds that dissatisfaction with free market capitalism is widespread, with an average of only 11% across 27 countries saying that it works well and that greater regulation is not a good idea.

In only two countries do more than one in five feel that capitalism works well as it stands—the US (25%) and Pakistan (21%).

source:
http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/bbc2009_berlin_wall/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8347409.stm

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La BBC nombra un editor de Social Media

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Murdoch Threatens To Sue The BBC

An inconvenient reality: "Wide Dissatisfaction with Capitalism - 20 Years after Fall of Berlin Wall [BBC poll]"