If you thought Bob de Bilde's Poly-blogging was stupid...

Then what about BSkyB? More needless crap as French car maker inspired Renault TV was launched yesterday. Remember Audi TV? It lasted five minutes. I dont see Renault TV staying viable that long...

What will they promote? More Renault Kwangos?

(Q: What do you call a Red Renault Kwango? A: An abortion)?

Will they feature the overpriced, under equipped Renault Espace?

And who will watch the channel more than once?

Renault TV launches on Sky TV

The French car maker Renault has launched a television channel on Sky TV in the UK and on CanalSat in France.

Renault TV will be used by the firm to showcase new models, technology and news.

There will also be features and even the possibility of some entertainment too.

According to Renault this channel has the potential to reach around thirty million viewers, which would give the company some great coverage.

However it should be noted that Audi did the same thing in 2005 and the channel on Sky TV closed down last year.

Renault can build on the success of the online TV channel www.renault.tv , which is ten months old.

This site has been attracting a lot of viewers and the average viewer stays on the site for fifteen minutes.

A new challenge...

I've just agreed to 'ghost write' the David Wilson blog for my old school mate, Dave 'Snooks' Wilson. The URL is http://thedavidwilson.blogspot.com/ and although I have a free hand in what I report, I have been given strict boundaries including a must inclusion of Aston Villa at least once a week. As we, along with Phil Finney and Richard (1099) Phillips were the only Villa fans in our year at school, then that shouldn't be too hard.

in reference to: Bob De Bilde (view on Google Sidewiki)

Virgin Media Faces Hiccup in Plans to Monitor Internet Traffic

Virgin Media has been criticised by human rights groups over it proposed use of Cview, a software programme that would allow it to monitor and analyse the browsing activity of its customers.

Virgin Media has been in talks with record labels for some time, seeking to draw up a deal whereby customers could download unlimited quantities of music for a monthly fee.

It’s plausible that during these negotiations the internet provider has agreed to crack down on illegal file sharing via peer to peer networks. The declared intention to focus on internet traffic to three P2P index websites (BitTorrent, eDonkey and Gnutella) certainly suggests that illegal file sharing is the main motive behind the introduction of Cview.

Emma Hutchinson, a spokesperson for Virgin Media, defended the plans:

“CView works at a core-network level, and simply analyses, entirely anonymously, the percentage of data that flows across the network that is copyrighted and being shared unlawfully.”

She went on to say that they would not gather information about individuals, and that “at no point” would this data be passed onto a third party.

“We’ve engaged with all the relevant bodies, including Ofcom, the ICO and the EC, to ensure they have the information they need to make an informed judgement about our planned trial”.

Speaking to the BBC Alexander Hanff, head of ethical networks at Privacy International, said:

“Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) intercepting communications is a criminal offence regardless of what you do with the data.”

Privicy International has requested that the EC investigate the proposed use of Cview.

Was it my multi-blogged moan?

Was it my multi-blogged moan that un-locked my new blog http://sequels-and-trilogies.blogspot.com/ ?
I know that blogger took the full 20 days to un-lock a blog of a friend of mine. Now his block WAS highly political but there should be no difference.
Perhaps it was my genuine threat to move to wordpress?

Who knows?

Thank You blogger for acting quickly

Bob de Bilde

in reference to: Prequels, Sequels & Trilogies (view on Google Sidewiki)

New Vbox installed by TWO technicians

A morning appointment from Virgin media was made last Sunday and promptly kept at... wait for it... 1310 hours (Ten past one in the afternoon).

Replacing the 'old' PACE V-box with a newer SAMSUNG V-box my Virgin media technicians were very polite AND they wore plastic overshoes each time they entered and exited my house.

They? Yes there were two of them, apparently according to them a commonplace thing with customers deemed to be verbally abusive to the Indian call centre staff...

Hmmmmmmmm? That was quite a specific revelation by the boys, for whom I made coffee, tea biscuits and offered hot buttered toast (with Marmite or marmalade) but all of that was refused.

"Verbally abusive to the Indian call centre staff"?

Now I don't like talking to people who give themselves an English sounding name and then cannot speak "my" English. There is always something lost in the conversations when I add a colloquial phrase and they respond "excuse me?"

It was always said that America and Britain were divided by a common tongue, and the other overused phrase "lost in translation" too comes to mind.

Perhaps if Mr Branson and his executives (Virgin media) and Mr Murdoch and his executives (BSkyB) and The BT shareholders and executives (BT Vision) took smaller cuts from our excessive fees then the companies could all employ 100% British based staff in a British based call centre!

The song "Dream the impossible dream" springs to the forefront. Or did I see Don Quixote on FREEVIEW 4 Film channel 15?

LOL

Bob de Bilde gets his 15 minutes of fame...

on IS A C*NT...

http://isacunt.blogspot.com/2010/01/bob-de-bilde.html

Thanks to GOT & the crew

in reference to: Bob De Bilde (view on Google Sidewiki)

My Disgust at Blogger

Blogger has marked one of my blogs (Prequels, Sequels & Trilogies) as spam...

It will be deleted within 20 days if I do not lodge a review

WTF Blogger... I am seriously considering moving all my blogs to the more versatile Wordpress !

I am reposting this on ALL my other open blogs using the sidewikibar thingy!!!

in reference to: My Sony Ericsson Sucks: My Disgust at Blogger (view on Google Sidewiki)

Woke up this morning...

...to find my Vbox frozen on UK Gold (sad I know). I rebooted it and got a funny code on the display and a green TV screen.

Phoned "151" and was told I needed another new box (3rd in 3 years)! Virgin told me I would get an engineer on Wednesday PM

This time I hope I will get the 4 days credit for "no service"

"I hope the weather is monsoon quality on your 'private' island Mr Branson"

Sky Viewing Card...

BSkyB, under the guise of 'security' are forcing tens of thousands of 'ex' customers who use their own Sky box as a 'freeview' to buy a new card so that they can continue to do so.

At the moment, if you do not, then every hour a blue box appears telling you to contact Sky or Freesat to get one.

"What a fucking cheek. I purchased the satellite box and jumped through all the hoops and eventually opted for a cable TV/telephone/broadband supplier, but still used my own Sky box to receive freeview channels."

How very dare they...

Pixelated Picture on Sky Channels...

I have a Virgin box AND a SKY box. I was a SKY customer but following great reports about Virgin broadband, compared with BT and other phone line Internet providers, I switched in 2006.

Recently, Ive noticed that some channels (particularly the SKY family) have poor quality images during 90% of viewing, with pixelation during normal viewing.

I've also noticed that the pixelated images seem to miraculously disappear during adverts for SKY-HD and SKY-PLUS services.

Bob de Bilde's Comment:

How can this be so unless the pixelation is caused deliberately?

On the forums it seems I am not the only person to notice this, and some experts bend over backwards to blame VIRGIN MEDIA's system of re-transmitting a satellite feed via their own optical systems for the problem.

I repeat my last question with that response in mind: If the pixelation only occurs during programs and disappears during ads for SKY-HD and SKY-PLUS, how can it not be deliberate?