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EMC – Andermatt

On November 18, 2011 By

From December 2nd to the 9th I am moderating the Entertainment Master Class “Managing Entertainment” module in Andermatt Switzerland. Its the last of this years 4 modules. The entertainment master class is the premier executive training programme in the world today. We have participants from just about every continent and some great speakers. The lectures [...]

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Blockbusters Returns

On November 18, 2011 By

Challenge TV are to bring back blockbusters. I loved working on this show, I actually did the sound mix on the pilot. We used to record 10 of these a day, that was real productivity and it pre dated all the cost cutting of today. The poor pensioners in the audience were all locked into [...]

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Who remembers “The Chair?” to jog your memory here is the description from the Eyeworks catalogue

When contenders take on this big event game show, there’s no covering up their nerves and hiding what’s really going on inside. The human heart doesn’t lie when you’re in The Chair. Each contender is fitted with a heart [...]

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The End of TV – A Talk

On September 27, 2011 By

Tomorrow (7:30pm 28/9/11) night I shall be at Cambridge’s B bar, giving a short talk entitled “Video – Old Format New Tricks” and also talking about The End of TV! Do come along if you are interested.

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Read the statistics and video is the king of all social media. Sharing, it’s [...]

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The End of TV

On September 26, 2011 By

The very first Entertainment Master Class – Summer School has just come to an end. It was a great success, predictions included the idea we are going to see the “End of TV” c/o Doug Scott from Ogilvy Entertainment. The move to soft factual formats and are they saleable? c/o Keri Lewis Brown [...]

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It was announced this morning that I am to step down from my role as Director of Entertainment at Talent Television. I will still develop television projects with Talent, in fact we have a couple on the go!
I have had many new starts in my career, this one is a little different and [...]

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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
— Albert Einstein