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Let’s make some world-class media: Media trends forecast 2011-20

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 | Posted by: Alex Connock
Categories: Media sector | Tags: business, Alex Connock, media, digital, UK, growth, video, online, trends, TV, forecast, television, RTS, apps, global economy, WPP Stream, formats

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What will make British media businesses world class in the next decade? It’s a big question but there is consensus on the answer. Pretend TV founder, Alex Connock, reports back from the Royal Television Society convention and WPP Stream and finds out what the world’s biggest media and internet players are thinking about – from dual screen and interactive TV to social video and BRIC markets…

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TV at a turning point in Edinburgh

Thursday, September 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector | Tags: business, Alex Connock, media, BBC, Edinburgh, broadband, TV, Google, ITV, Channel 4, television, James Murdoch, YouTube, Mark Thompson, Sky, Paul Abbott, festival, local TV

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The media needs investors, but where are our tax breaks?

Thursday, December 17, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector | Tags: business, Alex Connock, tax, media, investment, government, Ten Alps, AIM, PBR, funding, tax relief, EIS, Pre-Budget Report, advertising, television, policy, Peter Mandelson, film, X Factor, subsidies

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Happiness is creative talent

Thursday, November 26, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector | Tags: business, Alex Connock, entrepreneurs, media, awards, Ten Alps, talent, Facebook, Manchester, television, RTS, creative

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