Fit for James Bond November 10, 2009 IT’S funny the varied reactions that you get when you are driving around in a supercar. Take a moment when I was parked unloading some things from the boot. A guy came over to the car, looked at me and probably wondered how I was going to react if he made a comment. His opening [...]
What lies beneath November 9, 2009 WHEN rumour broke that law firm Clifford Chance’s female employees were being given a £90 allowance to buy fresh knickers after all-nighters at the office, our first thought, perhaps worryingly, was not for their wellbeing. Instead, we couldn’t help but wonder just what City women are wearing under their suits, such that nothing short of [...]
Virgin Media’s Berkett joins the Guardian board November 9, 2009 Guardian Media Group (GMG) said yesterday that it had appointed Virgin Media chief executive Neil Berkett to its board as a non-executive director. The publisher of The Guardian and The Observer, which has been battling losses in the face of the advertising downturn and a consumer switch to online news sources, said it was delighted [...]
Murdoch in war over ‘theft’ of content November 9, 2009 MEDIA tycoon Rupert Murdoch threw down the gauntlet to Google yesterday, declaring that News Corporation-owned websites such as The Times and The Sun would soon block the search engine. Murdoch accused Google and Microsoft of “stealing” content from his newspapers’ online portals and said he was planning to pull their pages from search engines’ indices. [...]
Prem goal fest means punters who buy goals keep winning November 8, 2009 A FEW weeks ago, there was a story kicking about that the high street bookies were suffering because of the low number of draws that we have seen in the premier league so far this season. The high number of goals meant that there were fewer nils-nils and one-alls, and far more edge-of-the-seat, high-scoring thrillers. [...]
Blues can start kicking away from title rivals November 5, 2009 CHELSEA vs MANCHESTER UNITEDSUNDAY – 4.00PM SKY SPORTS 1 CARLO Ancelotti squares up to Sir Alex Ferguson for the second time as Chelsea boss and although his team won the Charity Shield you can be certain a win on Sunday will mean more to the Italian. The Blues have looked different class at Stamford Bridge [...]
Pace signals a healthy full year outlook November 4, 2009 SET-TOP box maker Pace said yesterday it was on track to meet expectations for the year as it continued to perform well in a strong digital TV market. The company, which makes devices for BSkyB and Comcast, said average selling prices were increasing in the second half compared with the first half of the year, [...]
CITY VIEWS: IS SKY TOO DOMINANT IN THE PAY-TV MARKET? November 2, 2009 CHRIS CORNELL LLOYDS PRIVATE BANKING“Sports-wise they have definitely got too much power, to the detriment of the game, I think. It would make more sense from a viewer’s point of view if they were to wholesale premium content, though there is then an element of penalising Sky for its success.” ALISON FISHER CHARLES TAYLOR ADJUSTING“I [...]
C4’s Lygo paid more than the Prime Minister November 2, 2009 STATE-OWNED Channel 4’s director of programmes Kevin Lygo was paid five times more than Prime Minister Gordon Brown last year. The former comedy scriptwriter was the highest paid public sector worker, receiving £1.1m in the 2008/2009 financial year, compared to Brown, who earned just over £193,000. Lygo’s package was made up of a salary of [...]
A supersonic joyride in a bullet-holed combat plane November 1, 2009 SOARING at almost 10,000 feet above East Anglia in a jet aircraft, the view of the coast and out to sea never fails to amaze and delight. Far below, villages and towns are just tiny specks, while cities form darker smudges on the ancient rural landscape. Rolling the jet onto its back and pulling back [...]