entertainment in comment and analysis
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment Its back-of-the-seat phones incorporated in the entertainment system reportedly carry 7,000 calls per month. Soon, even a window seat above the Atlantic will no longer be beyond the reach of the chirping mobile phone. [26 Jun 2008]
Gareth Lewis
CIO Profile Before that he was VP of professional services at Interprovider and a partner in KPMG's internet, communications and entertainment business. Gareth Lewis was appointed group CIO at energy company Centrica in November last year and he has wasted no... [11 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment He told MWC: "We must as an industry learn to both partner and compete with these new players because our customers want to experience entertainment such as music downloads, mobile TV, user-generated content such as YouTube and social networking... [29 May 2008]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment Experts in convergence between the technology, communications and media sectors, it advises some of the world's leading multinational sport, media, technology and entertainment companies. Culture secretary Andy Burnham clearly thinks the spread of... [22 Feb 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment Locating content and identifying ownership and rights is increasingly important, according to Julie Stoughton, SAP director of industry solutions marketing, media and entertainment. Stoughton uses the example of Lionsgate Entertainment's... [19 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.02.08
Round-Up The government had apparently given the entertainment industry plenty of time to consider a sensible approach to combating piracy that doesn't include suing anything with ears and an internet connection. [15 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.01.08
Round-Up The great man is seen interacting with fellow executives as well as celebrities from music, entertainment, movies and politics. "And now, the end is here And so I face the final curtain. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates took his final bow on stage at... [11 Jan 2008]
Bill Gates Q&A: On why 'it's all about software'
Comment For years, Microsoft's Bill Gates has been trumpeting software's ascent from the lowly PC to everything from mobile phones to home entertainment. Robbie [Bach, head of the Entertainment and Devices unit] is going to show some Nascar things, some... [08 Jan 2008]
Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier
Comment What's ahead for the corporate network is already brewing in the entertainment and sports worlds. Experts argue new media will spell the demise of the IT professional. Not true, says Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield. [29 Nov 2007]
Tech Visions: TV extends its reach
Comment Yet the practice of allowing video retransmission over the internet - even though it's only to yourself - is creating waves in the entertainment business. The power of broadcasters to dictate what you watch and when is waning. [24 Oct 2007]
James Murdoch
AS Profile James Murdoch may have slipped one place since last year, when a couple of smart moves turned Sky from a pay-TV provider into a telecoms provider, but he is still highly rated by the panel for what BSkyB is doing to converge entertainment formats... [12 Oct 2007]
Shigeru Miyamoto
AS Profile Nintendo has always been admired for pushing the boundaries of computer games entertainment in ways that make gaming accessible to a wide range of players. Shigeru Miyamoto has been at the centre of the creativity behind many of the flagship games... [12 Oct 2007]
Rob Pardo
AS Profile As the lead designer of World of Warcraft (WoW), Pardo has helped revolutionise computer game-playing entertainment for millions of people across the world. WoW is a massively multiplayer role playing game (MMRPG), where players meet over the... [12 Oct 2007]
The greening of IT: Cooling costs
Comment Witness the growth of on-demand entertainment services such as IPTV, and businesses moving to a pay-as-you-grow software as a service (SaaS) model. Data centres are essential to our future computing and entertainment environment. [21 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.09.07
Round-Up Not that the Round-Up is insinuating anything, far from it - she's the chief financial officer of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, which, the Xbox 360 aside, sounds like a nice, quiet job. [07 Sep 2007]
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