Archive for the 'General' Category
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Do you like Reality Programmes?
Big brother has been one of the famous TV programmes where all you have to do is to adjust with other people and if you are lucky, you win jackpot. Many reality programmes are providing opportunities for small TV stars and this has turned to be successful. With so many other reality programmes such as X Factor, Britain Got Talent, Dragon’s Den & Apprentice, you can virtually spend as much time as you wish. Many other countries like India have also started programmes similar to these. these reality programmes give chance to general public to show talent and make TV channels billionaire.
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Streaming movies online
Now a days, you can stream virtually any film on-line. You can do a Google search for any film and can find out the links. These films do have bad quality and because of such things film industry is losing a lot of money. Please be careful when you go to any torrent website as most of them contain viruses which will not only infect your computer but might also steal personal information. You could lose confidential data or there may be even chance of identity theft. There are so many options available for films now a days, why not sign up for LoveFilm and get films delivered to your door. It only cost £10 a month and with free postage you can make sure you don’t end up spending lot of money.
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Reality TV programmes
People are far more interested in reality programmes than going for soaps. The reality shows provide a lot of entertainment and moreover provides opportunity to show your talent. X-factor, Britain Got Talent, Apprentice are few reality programmes that attract a lot of viewers. Since these programmes are on free on air, you still need TV license to watch them. With monthly cost of £12 , I think its affordable. Another cheaper way to see your programmes without actually paying is to watch them on BBC iPlayer which contains last 7 days recorded programmes. If you miss them even on iPlayer, then youtube is a place to search for recorded clips.
Monday, August 9th, 2010
BBC iPlayer – Watch at your convenience
BBC’s iplayer is one of the most watched websites in UK. If you love Wimbledon but have missed a match, you can watch that on iplayer and hence make up for lost time. Only limitation is that it records programmes only for last 7 days but you can stream it as long as you are under that time-scale. With so many viewers, it’s unbelievable how in such a short time, it got so famous. BBC iplayer website is easy to navigate and is simple to browse for anyone. Choose the programme you want to watch from list of categories an hit the play button. Now iplayer even contain few programmes in High Definition.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Films On The Big Screen Or The Small Screen?
I love going out to the cinema; from the big seats, dark room, massive screen to the popcorn and other members of the audience sharing in the experience. It is a great night out.
But with staying in being the new going out, how do we combat this? Films on TV are notorious for being a bit dull; by the time the films are on the small screen, they have been out for public release for some time (albeit at the cinema or on dvd, etc). This means everyone tends to know what they are about already – so where is the suspense, the drama, the unknown?
The advantage of films on TV is that they tend to be a comfort to us; the traditional showing of a Bond film at Easter, The Snowman being on over Christmas, that kind of thing. The timeless classics.
How many of the films going through the cinema in this day and age will still be as popular in 10 years time?
Monday, February 15th, 2010
TV is not bad for you!
I spent the weekend at my Mum’s, and was amazed at the amount of TV she watches these days. Once upon a time, she would go nuts at me and my siblings for organising our time around our favorite programs, but now this is what she does! Oh how the tables have turned!
The usual arguement we had from Mum was that “it will rot your brain”, etc etc. But apparently, that’s not true anymore (thanks for the info Mum!), and TV is actually very educational. I asked if this was the case when she was watching her soaps, and she said that although they weren’t directly educational, they helped her relax and was therefore good for her.
Well, I can’t disagree there Mum!
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Watch Television Programs Online
With the technology advancing the internet allows more and more of us to watch television programs online. Companies such as Yahoo have recently announced partnerships with television manufactures as they foresee a trend from the computer to the TV screen. One of the directors quoted that are consumers watch more TV they are demanding Internet connectivity to further the viewing experience. Online programs are known as widgets. Web Capable televisions would be embedded which in turn would allow more video on demand, social networks, games and online shopping.
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Free To Air TV Channels
The content of what you see on television is normally financed by the government, advertising, licensing (in the UK, this is the TV license) or subscription such as BT vision, Sky or Cable. To ensure that only the individuals that have paid receive the channels TV channels are usually encrypted and they receive a decryption code to see that signal. Those channels which are free are not encrypted and known as Free to air. The use of Televisions to advertise to the public is a great way of creating publicity and for producers to fund their programming, and networks and stations sell blocks of broadcast time for advertisements.
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Top gear Review
Many people say you either love him or hate him and i agree but i am not talking about the STIG here nor James May but Jeremy Clarkson. Over the past few weeks he has been everywhere on the radio, TV with Jonathon Ross, papers regarding incidents at work. I have to admit he can be very arrogant but i think this is just how he is personally i love the show and way Clarkson presents at times it puts me in hysterics and hope that the show continues for many years to come and that Clarkson heads the show.
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
England football match only watchable live online (Part 2)
Following on from my post about the England vs Ukraine internet-only game, we will now look at the second problem with this situation; the price.
It turns out that the internet isn’t always the cheapest place to get things, especially watch television, after all. The price was set at £4.99, not a bank-busting amount but still a pretty penny. Even this price had a catch though; you had to pay up front. If you waited until the day, you had to pay £9.99, so immediately doubling the price, all for not ‘pre-ordering’ a virtual ticket to the game.
The big fuss was caused when Setanta went bust and no one else wanted to buy the rights to the game, because England had already qualified for the World Cup by this point anyway. This resulted in Perform, who are a solely internet-based sports broadcaster, obtaining the rights.