These are some of my favourite tunes but only one is possibly associated to insurance events:
UK Flood 2007 ie
Rihanna - Umbrella
And the ones which should have applied:
Lucifer - House for Sale - big hit in the Netherlands a long time ago - song for every recession and negative equity
Red Hot Chill Peppers - Snow should have been re-released in the UK a few months ago!
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Monday, 15 February 2010
ITV's FA cup woes - disaster just averted
Spurs, Villa and Man City going out of the FA Cup over a six-nations weekend could have spelt disaster for ITV’s future FA cup ratings in the UK. As it turned out replays could be a blessing in two ways. The ITV hierarchy do not want us to see workman-like Birmingham City (or is that the coaching genius who is Alex McLeish) win dour games. However, ITV do like an angry Neil Warnock. Chelsea’s next round match against Stoke or Man City should be televised and the ITV shareholder should be hoping for Man City to beat Stoke from a financial viewpoint as well as Spurs and Villa getting through. However, there may be some tasty replays and clichés still to be seen and heard on ITV1 and ITV4 before the next round commences.
Meanwhile, SkySports News are always keen to remind us after each round how average attendances are generally falling at FA Cup ties compared to league fixtures...
thoguh Southampton's rose which they also pointed out as regularly.
FIVE up their game this week with Liverpool FC (in the Europa Cup) and The Mentalist, alongside NCIS which is struggling to compete with Midsomer Murders when it is shown on ITV1. Even, I watch the latter and I am a big NCIS fan as I still watch virtually all the repeats on FIVE and most of them on FIVE USA. The reason for watching Midsomer is that the ITVPlayer does not show Midsomer but Demand FIve and my VCR allow me to watch NCIS. The current big guns in FIVE's tv armoury are brand new CSI and CSI:NY, brand new The Mentalist, new to Five "NCIS" and the UEFA Cup. Brand new NCIS is the top-rated programme on FX. Also LIVING has first-run rights to CSI:MIAMI another of FIVE's top-rating programmes
NCIS is restarting again from the beginning this time on FIVE USA, and is alongside the CSI franchises, also a top-10 programme on that network. NCIS is also probably the best value programme on FIVE. Repeated very often on second-run rights nowadays, the US success of the show is phenomenal - miles ahead of other dramas even while up against American Idol.
Meanwhile, SkySports News are always keen to remind us after each round how average attendances are generally falling at FA Cup ties compared to league fixtures...
thoguh Southampton's rose which they also pointed out as regularly.
FIVE up their game this week with Liverpool FC (in the Europa Cup) and The Mentalist, alongside NCIS which is struggling to compete with Midsomer Murders when it is shown on ITV1. Even, I watch the latter and I am a big NCIS fan as I still watch virtually all the repeats on FIVE and most of them on FIVE USA. The reason for watching Midsomer is that the ITVPlayer does not show Midsomer but Demand FIve and my VCR allow me to watch NCIS. The current big guns in FIVE's tv armoury are brand new CSI and CSI:NY, brand new The Mentalist, new to Five "NCIS" and the UEFA Cup. Brand new NCIS is the top-rated programme on FX. Also LIVING has first-run rights to CSI:MIAMI another of FIVE's top-rating programmes
NCIS is restarting again from the beginning this time on FIVE USA, and is alongside the CSI franchises, also a top-10 programme on that network. NCIS is also probably the best value programme on FIVE. Repeated very often on second-run rights nowadays, the US success of the show is phenomenal - miles ahead of other dramas even while up against American Idol.
Monday, 1 February 2010
Will 3D TV be succesful enough in the United Kingdom?
Note how three-dimensional is now spelt differently: 3D. This is essential...the internet (was a longer word which) eventually became the web.
It will be profitable but more slowly than HD as the TVs are not readily available yet. This assumes that after Avatar's ongoing success and the acclaim (or is that publicity) on SkySportsNews and SkyNews that their 3D on a big TV coverage got of the Arsenal v Man U game. As long as the Cinema/BBC 3D offering of rugby union this weekend is not bad then the answer will be...yes.
How much would subscribers be prepared to pay for HD and 3D on top of the standard definition subscription? Clearly ITV HD should be able to generate revenue from this, eventually as will of course the BBC after breaking the distinction between Black & White and Colour licence fees and trying to grab a share of the HD subcription fees.
Finally, could the Rugby World Cup be a moneyspinner for ITV (ie England win and big performance or for S4C if given coverage rights).
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