Archive for August, 2006
This was the week that blogged (13th - 19th August 2006)
Sunday, August 20th, 2006Welcome to the first edition of a new weekly web-article on the Irish blog community. The concept of this weekly piece is to round-up the popular topics of discussion during the week and highlight the range of opinion and angles available in the Irish blogosphere.
If this were a new media application it would be in […]
City Channel targets Filipinos (SBP - 20th August 2006)
Sunday, August 20th, 2006Just a short and snappy little piece from todays Sunday Business Post on a new series being undertaken by City Channel;
Local television station City Channel is to launch a weekly half-hour programme from September that will target the Filipino community in Ireland.
The cable-based broadcaster, which is available to audiences in Dublin, Galway and Waterford, will […]
Another bad day in court for the US administration
Thursday, August 17th, 2006From the BBC:
A US programme to tap some phones without warrants is unconstitutional, and must be halted at once, a federal judge in Detroit has ruled.
The scheme, approved by President George W Bush in 2001, involves tapping conversations between some callers in the US and people in other countries.
The American Civil Liberties Union […]
DCMNR announcement on TG4
Thursday, August 17th, 2006Following on from the Sunday Times article, which I blogged about here, the DCMNR has just released a statement on its plans to make TG4 independent by 2007, meaning the Irish TV market will be balanced with two independent stations and two state broadcasters; the deal that sees content provided by RTÉ will continue and […]
RTÉ and the colours of the Lebanese enemy
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006Ullu on boards.ie pointed it out and the VoD clip from RTÉ.ie (launches realplayer) confirms it, RTÉ’s reporter in South Lebanon, Tony Connelly is brandishing a slightly different mic to the rest of the RTÉ crew, namely his colleague Richard Crowley in Haifa.
The difference is this; Crowley has the standard RTÉ microphone which has one […]
Ray Foley should do his research
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006A quick browse around Ray Foley’s site brought this post to my attention, in which Today FM’s voice of the tween-massive tells us where our “tax dollars” are going at RTÉ.
His post is in relation to Rick O’Shea’s blog, which is now being contributed to by Amanda, a researcher from his 2FM show. Foley says;
I […]
Kidnap in Gaza leads to Irish confusion
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006It seems that the kidnap of a Fox News journalist and cameraman in Gaza has caused some initial confusion over the origin of one of the men involved.
Sky News, highlighting the dangers of their high-speed news format had a ‘Breaking News’ alert on the story, claiming that the cameraman was Irish.
BreakingNews.ie, which has no connection […]
TG4 to go on its own
Sunday, August 13th, 2006The Sunday Times has an article on the expected plans by DCMNR Minister Noel Dempsey to put a framework in place to finally allow a TG4/RTÉ split.
The Government has planned a split for some time now and TG4 has been patiently waiting for it to see the light of day. The now largely defunct 1999 […]
Digital terrestrial TV finally arrives (SBP - 13th August 2006)
Sunday, August 13th, 2006Today’s YourTech section in the Sunday Business Post features my ‘how-to’ guide to DTT; it gives a simple explanation to DTT, tells you where you can get it and how as well as what’s on offer. Hopefully it will act as a good starting point for people interested in DTT but who aren’t sure where […]
Looking for a good digital dictaphone or HI-MD recorder
Saturday, August 12th, 2006I’ll be on the look out for a decent recording device in the next while; can anyone recommend me something that has the following (HI-MD or dictaphone are suitable);
Decent level of capacity (enough to hold a high quantity of content at a high quality)
Mic-in jack so I can attach an external mic and don’t have […]
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