Tag Archives: bbc

TV Licensing, threats and abuse

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Andrew

The torrent of nasty letters from TV Licensing continues. You may recall back in October I wrote about TV Licensing, and the obnoxious tactics they were employing to try and make me buy a TV license for my place in … Continue reading →

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TV Licensing

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Andrew

The TV Licensing staff are on strike due to a pay dispute. This seems as good a time as any to talk about the TV license and the notorious enforcement company, TV Licensing. I am a big fan of the … Continue reading →

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They stole our revolution

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Andrew

BBC iPlayer is great. Except: if you dislike Flash if you’re a Free and Open Source Software user if you’re out of the country on business you prefer the command line you’re a militant license-payer who believes you should have … Continue reading →

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Frackday

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Andrew

Yesterday and today is Hackday London, taking place at Alexandra Palace. I headed down bright and early yesterday, arriving just after 9am, for what I hoped would be a couple of days of interesting stuff. It was certainly interesting, but … Continue reading →

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BBC Creative Archive

Posted on September 9, 2005 by Andrew

It’s now possible to download content from the BBC Creative Archive (see Slashdot for the story). Unfortunately when I registered, I was told they think I’m outside the UK…. despite being on a UK academic network at the time. I … Continue reading →

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Conspicuous Absence

Posted on July 3, 2004 by Andrew

I really like the radio feature of iTunes – despite having 6000 songs in my iTunes collection, sometimes it’s nice to hear music selected and ordered by someone else. So I was extremely pleased and impressed to find that Virgin … Continue reading →

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The man rocks

Posted on March 5, 2004 by Andrew

I just discovered that the CD I’m listening to is mixed by John Peel. Nothing remarkable, you might say … but the CD is in the Live series from Fabric, one of London’s superclubs. I’d never have thought the venerable … Continue reading →

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Hutton, BBC, Tony

Posted on January 29, 2004 by Andrew

The Hutton Enquiry is over, and the verdict is in. It seems to be that the blame is predominantly pinned upon the BBC. The result? Greg Dyke, a particularly effective and smart guy has quit. I was going to get … Continue reading →

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