First Drafts (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Baz, on Brand Baz, on Brand In addition to the notoriety gained for his controversial Prospect television collumn, Peter Bazalgette does a sideline in scandalising Britain, developing reality TV programmes like Celebrity Big Brother. We asked Peter - or Baz, as he prefers it - to reflect on the current hoo-ha over Russel Brand. Here is his responses. "Was the prank call perpetrated...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
The government's obsession with surveillance will damage the fragile online content economy, according to former Endemol creative director Peter Bazalgette. By Leigh Holmwood
First Drafts (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
As you might have read in this morning’s Financial Times, this month’s Prospect kicks off with a rather intriguing piece from Peter Bazalgette. Peter - or baz, as he tends to be known - argues that the claims of privacy campaigners are overblown, and that ignoring the benefits of a new generation of digital tracking [...]
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... Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, David Stevens, Managing Director – Digital, Endemol UK, Peter Cowley, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Film Council, John Woodward. How the gap between what audiences want to see and what can be bought to them could be narrowed by wide spread, high-speed broadband was one of the things highlighted by the CEO of the UK Film Council, John Woodward....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
YouTube's director of video partnerships Patrick Walker has become an investor in and joined the board of myvideorights.com, the digital distribution firm backed by former Endemol chief creative officer Peter Bazalgette. Walker, who oversees Europe, Middle East and Africa in his YouTube role, joins a high-profile board that also includes former Carlton TV International chief executive...
This Is Local London | Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
The renovation of the Crossness Pumping Station in Thamesmead has received a £1.5m boost in the 150th year since the “Great Stink”. Our reporter JON CHEETHAM spoke to Peter Bazalgette, the President of the Crossness Engines Trust and great-great grandson of the visionary engineer of the solution to London’s sewage crisis.
This Is Local London | Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
The renovation of the Crossness Pumping Station in Thamesmead has received a £1.5m boost in the 150th year since the “Great Stink”. Reporter JON CHEETHAM spoke to Peter Bazalgette, the President of the Crossness Engines Trust and great-great grandson of the visionary engineer of the solution to London’s sewage crisis.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Peter Bazalgette examines how light entertainment turned into a serious business.
This Is Local London | Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
... received a £1.5m boost in the 150th year since the “Great Stink”. Reporter JON CHEETHAM spoke to Peter Bazalgette, the President of the Crossness Engines Trust and great-great grandson of the visionary engineer of the solution to London’s sewage crisis. Telecoms giant BT is cutting 10,000 jobs, mainly among agency workers and sub-contractors.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
A Victorian pumping station built to clean up a heavily polluted River Thames receives £1.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
By Roya Nikkhah Last Updated: 5:22PM GMT 08 Nov 2008 'What really upsets me is all the brutality on television now,' says author Jilly Cooper Photo: Heathcliff O'Malley Peter Bazalgette, television executive who brought Big Brother to British TV: "The attempt to make use of the f-word as wit is starting to get very tedious. Swearing as a substitute for wit is very boring, as are people...
First Drafts (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
Peter Bazalgette’s article in the most recent edition of Prospect argues for a fundamentally new model of funding media, through different sorts of adverts run by digital tracking technology companies. Why so? Like broadcast television or fireworks displays, the web is very much what economists call a public good—something which is difficult to charge for [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Spare your poor piggybank, there's never been a better time to invest in free and open source software Related Stories Government snooping will harm web content, says former Endemol creative director Peter Bazalgette China's digital ad spend to rocket to $5.2bn Jerry Yang's memo -- 10% of you are fired Tech Weekly podcast: Web 2.0 wizard Tim O'Reilly Powerline, HomePlugs and gaming: eight...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
The ins and outs of this increasingly popular alternative to wireless home networking... Related Stories Editorial: In praise of ... Lawrence Lessig Government snooping will harm web content, says former Endemol creative director Peter Bazalgette China's digital ad spend to rocket to $5.2bn Jerry Yang's memo -- 10% of you are fired Tech Weekly podcast: Web 2.0 wizard Tim O'Reilly
FT.com (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
Technology can track our every move online: hence a state of war between commercial pioneers and privacy campaigners, writes Peter Bazalgette
