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We talk to Ciarán Murray from Olas, a seasoned veteran of the blockchain industry and a former employee of BSkyB, about what does the future hold for Ireland's local media sector. He argues that local media serves as a cornerstone of community life in Ireland, providing trusted news that keeps people together. Today local media continues to be among the most trusted news sources in Ireland, with up to 70% relying on local newspapers and radio for information. He is concerned, however, about the decline in local journalism in Ireland and warns of the formation of news deserts if we don't do something about it.Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more news and supports for start-ups and SMEs in Ireland. If you want to start and grow a business, ThinkBusiness.

In this episode of Talk2TheHand, we dive into the fascinating evolution of Sky TV, the network that revolutionised British broadcasting. From its scrappy beginnings in the late 1980s to becoming a powerhouse in sports, entertainment, and news, Sky's journey is one of bold risks, fierce competition, and game-changing innovation. We explore how Rupert Murdoch's ambitious venture transformed from a struggling satellite operation into a household name that reshaped how the UK watches television. We start by revisiting the early days of Sky Television, when it battled for survival against British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB). The infamous "satellite wars" of the early '90s set the stage for Sky's dominance, culminating in the dramatic merger that created BSkyB. We'll unpack the challenges Sky faced—financial losses, technical hurdles, and skepticism from traditional broadcasters—and how clever marketing and strategic partnerships helped turn the tide. Of course, no story about Sky is complete without talking about its groundbreaking acquisition of Premier League broadcasting rights in 1992. This bold move didn't just change the face of British football; it revolutionised sports broadcasting worldwide. We discuss how Sky Sports redefined live sports coverage, introduced new technologies, and created an entirely new viewing culture around football, boxing, cricket, and more. But Sky wasn't just about sports. We delve into the network's expansion into movies, original programming, and news, including the launch of Sky News, which brought 24-hour rolling news coverage to the UK for the first time. From cult classics on Sky One to the rise of Sky Atlantic's prestige dramas, we explore how Sky diversified its content to compete with streaming giants in the digital age. Finally, we reflect on Sky's lasting impact on British media and culture. With the rise of streaming services like Netflix and Disney+, how has Sky adapted to stay relevant? What does its acquisition by Comcast mean for its future? Join us as we unpack the story of Sky TV—a tale of ambition, innovation, and the ever-changing landscape of television. Talk2TheHand is an independent throwback podcast run by husband and wife, Jimmy and Beth. Obsessed with 90s nostalgia and 90s celebrities, we'll rewind the years and take you back to the greatest era of our lives.   New episodes bursting with nostalgia of the 90s released on Tuesdays. Please subscribe to our podcast and we'll keep you gooey in 1990s love. Find us on Twitter @talk2thehandpod or email us at jimmy@talk2thehand.co.uk or beth@talk2thehand.co.uk

Manchester United: The Lost Tapes episode three is out now on all podcast platforms. We think you'll love it. More below.---Manchester United has been subject to numerous takeover attempts in its rich and controversial history. In the early 1980s, Robert Maxwell chanced his arm, so too did Rupert Murdoch with BSkyB in 1998. We all know about the Glazer family's seizing of control in 2005 and Sir Jim Ratcliffe's recent acquisition of a minor but controlling share.Still, perhaps the most infamous of all remains Michael Knighton's fascinating attempt to buy Manchester United in the summer of 1989. You'll remember many of the details, surely. The sight of the former schoolteacher doing Trafford pitch before the opening day of the season has gone down in legend.United spent big, as Knighton promised the world. Yet, before Christmas, his takeover bid had collapsed, and he was proclaimed as a Walter Mitty character by the press. What went wrong has often been disputed. Now, for the first time, you'll hear the reasons for the breakdown, as it happened, told by those who were involved at the time.This is Manchester United, The Lost Tapes. Stories from United's rich history, told in a way you've never heard before. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, host Farzana Baduel speaks with Mitch Kaye, an industry trailblazer and co-founder of The Academy, one of the UK's fastest-growing consumer PR agencies. From starting his career in the BSkyB press office to leading agencies that have redefined the industry, Mitch has established himself as a creative trailblazer and a passionate advocate for innovation in PR. Mitch co-founded The Academy in 2014. Since then, it has quickly become one of the youngest agencies in PRWeek's Top 20 consumer league table, representing brands like Amazon, Mastercard, Burger King, and Tinder. In This Episode, We Explore: Mitch's career journey, from BSkyB to founding Mischief and The AcademyThe secret ingredients behind a successful PR campaign that cuts through the noiseBalancing creative risk with strategic discipline to deliver impactful results The balance between creative risk and strategic restraint in campaigns Insights on managing and inspiring teams while retaining a start-up mindset Connect with Mitch Kaye:: - LinkedIn: Mitchell Kaye- Website: The Academy Follow Farzana on Social Media: Twitter & Instagram: @FarzanaBaduelExecutive Producer: David Olajide - david@curzonpr.com Podcast Manager and Editor: Ikechukwu Mgbenwelu ike.mgbenwelu@prca.global Disclaimer: Views expressed by the guest are their own and not necessarily endorsed by the Fuse podcast.

David Elstein was the head of programming at BskyB, the director of programmes at Thames Television, before launching Channel 5 as its chief executive in 1997. Since then, he has chaired innumerable boards and organisations including the British Screen Advisory Council and Open Democracy. David was part of the last Conservative government's inquiry into the BBC's future funding model, which was later scrapped by Labour. In this episode, we discuss the idea of ‘mutualisation' of the BBC, the effects of government policies on public service broadcasting, funding models, access and content concerns, BBC efficiency, and the “fantasy economics” in BBC annual reports. We also examine the impact of tax breaks on the UK's creative industries. “Instead of funding public service content, we've funded high end content made for the American producers in our studios. We are now kind of contract labour for Warner Brothers, Paramount and Fox. I mean, it's mad.” Listen to all our episodes here: https://podfollow.com/beebwatch/view To support our journalism and receive a weekly blog sign up now for £1.99 per month (NB we only charge for one creation per month): www.patreon.com/BeebWatch/membership Or if you'd rather make a one-off payment (which doesn't entitle you to the blog) please use our crowdfunding page:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-boltons-beeb-watch-podcast @BeebRogerInstagram: rogerboltonsbeebwatchLinkedIn: Roger Bolton's Beeb Watchemail: roger@rogerboltonsbeebwatch.comwww.goodeggproductions.uk  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Nick talks to Robbie BurnsRobbie has been a journalist and writer since earning his journalism degree from Harlow College in 1981. He began his career as a reporter and editor for various local newspapers before becoming editor of ITV and Channel 4's teletext services from 1988 to 1992. During this time, he also wrote ITV's daily teletext soap opera, Park Avenue, for five years.Afterward, Robbie transitioned to freelance journalism, contributing to newspapers such as The Independent and The Sun, and played a role in establishing CNN's financial news service. In 1997, he became editor of BSkyB's teletext services, where he launched their shares and finance section and developed entertainment phone lines, including a Buffy the Vampire Slayer hotline that earned him nearly £250,000.In 2001, Robbie left full-time employment to focus on share trading and running a London café, which he later sold for double his initial investment. While at BSkyB, he began broadcasting a diary of his share trades, which gained significant popularity and was later moved to his website, nakedtrader.co.uk. The site became one of the UK's most-read financial resources. Currently, Robbie writes a weekly column for ADVFN and conducts trading seminars featuring live market demonstrations. Since 2001, he has achieved tax-free trading gains exceeding £2.5 million, earning him a place among the UK's few ISA millionaires. His publicly shared trades alone have generated over £1.5 million in profits, showcasing his consistent success even during challenging market periods.Nick and Robbie talk about his career path to becoming the Naked Trader and his favoured stocks. The 6th edition of the Naked Trader is available here. Robbie's Book Choice:Rich Dad Poor Dad: by Robert T. KiyosakiRobbie's music choice's where:I'm Alive by Stretch & Vernhttps://open.spotify.com/track/5F9rZa65ePNd3HZFkavre7This content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus”) (Incorporated in England & Wales No. 4417845), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) for designated investment business, (Reg No. 224621) and is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange. This content is for information purposes only and neither the information contained, nor the opinions expressed within, constitute or are to be construed as an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell the securities or other instruments mentioned in it. Zeus shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages, including lost profits arising in any way from the information contained in this material. This material is for the use of intended recipients only.

This week on the podcast, we're thrilled to introduce Jade Mackay, a dynamic marketing consultant and rural business woman whose diverse journey bridges both urban and rural landscapes. Jade currently resides in Goondiwindi with her husband, Jack, and their 3-year-old son, Tom. Jack, an agronomist by trade, manages his own farm, growing wheat, barley, and chickpeas.Jade's career path has been marked by pivotal moments and bold decisions, including a major shift at 35 when she realized that city life wasn't her ultimate destination. After earning a degree in Business with a focus on Marketing and PR, her first role as a Marketing & Admin Coordinator for Port Douglas Daintree Tourism set the stage for an impressive career. She went on to work for major companies like Wagamama in Sydney and Boston, David Jones, Foxtel, and News Corp in Sydney, Walt Disney and BSkyB in London, Virgin Mobile in Sydney, RB Sellars and White Story in Melbourne, and Goondiwindi Cotton back in Goondiwindi.Jade and Jack, who met in 2018, have been married for five years. Their journey to parenthood was not without its challenges; after a five-year battle, they welcomed their beautiful son, Tom. Now, living rurally, Jade finds inspiration in the agriculture industry, particularly with the rapid advancements in technology. She sees immense potential for growth but emphasizes the critical need to attract more people to regional areas to support this development.Passionate about creating change, especially as a rural woman, Jade believes in the power of community involvement. Whether it's joining a committee, volunteering, or taking on local work, she feels that immersing oneself in community life not only creates opportunities but also enriches the overall experience of living in rural areas.Tune in to hear Jade's story of resilience, adaptability, and her vision for the future of rural industries and communities!Follow Jade on Instagram and follow her Instagram picks or social suggestions:@Enjoyed the episode-  producing these podcast are a blast and take time, I would love it if you could show me some love and support,  by liking, rating and sharing this episode or you can do so by - Buying  me a coffeePlease make sure you leave a review or rate this episode. @married_tothe_landBoarding school it can be an overwhelming decision and process, but the team from Boarding Schools Expo are here to help make that process easier. On October 11th join the Australian Boarding Schools Summit live online. Join expert panellists, parents, students and the schools themselves and deep dive into the stuff you want to know about. Boarding Schools Expo Australia - helping families for 20 years - right from the heart of rural Australia.

It's rare for Al Pacino to appear in an advert. However, in 2013 he made an advert for Sky in the UK. A brief 1 minute advert advertising their broadband service. It was directed by Peter Lydon.Lydon joins the podcast to discuss making the advert with Pacino. In this discussion, peter talks about how involved Al was with the process, what it was liking directing him and why he received late-night phonecalls from the actor after they had finished filming. All About Al: The Pacino Podcast is written, edited and presented by Mark Searby Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Huhne, the former Lib Dem energy secretary, made headlines when he settled a phone hacking allegation against News UK for a six-figure sum. Huhne alleges that executives at the corporation authorised the hacking of his phone to facilitate Rupert Murdoch's attempted purchase of BSkyB. Ed sat down with Chris to discuss the trial, Rupert Murdoch, and the state of the British media. ** Responding to the statement, a spokesperson for News UK told the Guardian that Chris Huhne had made “serious allegations which are denied”.They said: “Mr Huhne had the right to go to trial but chose to negotiate a financial settlement and to settle his legal action rather than have these allegations tested at trial. It is strongly denied that there was any corporate motive or direction to obtain information unlawfully. Huhne was a senior politician and stories published were legitimate and in the public interest.”A spokesperson for News Group Newspapers (NGN), part of News UK, told the Guardian that it had made an “unreserved apology” to victims of voicemail interception by the News of the World and paid damages to those with “proper claims” since.They said: “As we reach the tail end of litigation, NGN is drawing a line under disputed matters, some of which date back [to] more than 20 years ago. In some cases it has made commercial sense for both parties to come to a settlement agreement before trial to bring a resolution to the matter.”News UK does not accept any liability or make any admissions to claims regarding the Sun for these or any future claims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Stephen Barden, DProf, is a specialist in organizational leadership and strategy. He works with board-level leaders to help them and their successors develop and initiate strategies that benefit and sustain the entire organization. His practise has worked with clients in  Europe, the USA, the UK and Africa. Dr. Barden has been Chief Executive of News Digital Systems, Axel Springer Television and Quadriga plc. He has been Chief Operating Officer of BskyB and Managing Editor of TV-am plc. As an entrepreneur, he has founded businesses in the media, technology and communications sectors. Stephen Barden holds a Doctorate (DProf) from Middlesex University for his research into how top organisational leaders learn to use power and authority. He has a Diploma in Professional Coach-mentoring for Senior Executives from the Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Programme for Management Development and has substantial training in Organisational Development, Action Centred Leadership and Negotiation. He is a trained Mediator accredited by the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, Regents University, London. He is the author of the book “How Successful Leaders Do Business with Their World: the Navigational Stance” – which details his work on the exercise of leaders' power and authority and forms the foundation for his practice.

On this week's episode, David and Martin chat about that time the FAI sold the rights for Live HOME Ireland internationals to the EVIL empire of Rupert Murdoch's BSKYB. The moved caused uproar up and down the country, so much so, even Bertie had to step in! Find out WHY it happened, HOW it happened and WHAT happened, when it, erm, happened...

Over 30 years he has developed a strong reputation on the international corporate speakers' circuit for his work on thought leadership and for delivering personally moving interventions with long lasting effect. His intimate, uplifting and humorous messaging relates powerfully to our lives both in and out of work.His overriding purpose is to help us generate ever increasing levels of virtue, optimism, courage and generosity. This helps us realize even greater spirit as we navigate change, serve others, overcome challenges and carry out our everyday interactions with a warmer tone, greater awareness and stronger conviction for achieving excellence.He chairs and presents at numerous conferences for organizations including: Aviva, AXA, British Gas, British Telecomm, BSKYB, British Navy Training, BUPA, Cancer Research UK, Centrica, Dropbox, E.on, EE, Expedia Group, The FSCS, Hewlett Packard, HSBC, IBM, Microsoft, MoreTh>n, NBCUniversal, Network Rail, Npower, O2, RSA, The AA, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The FCA, The NHS, VirginMedia…Please click here to learn more about Ian Woodhouse.About Brad Sugars Internationally known as one of the most influential entrepreneurs, Brad Sugars is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and the #1 business coach in the world. Over the course of his 30-year career as an entrepreneur, Brad has become the CEO of 9+ companies and is the owner of the multimillion-dollar franchise ActionCOACH®. As a husband and father of five, Brad is equally as passionate about his family as he is about business. That's why, Brad is a strong advocate for building a business that works without you – so you can spend more time doing what really matters to you. Over the years of starting, scaling and selling many businesses, Brad has earned his fair share of scars. Being an entrepreneur is not an easy road. But if you can learn from those who have gone before you, it becomes a lot easier than going at it alone. That's why Brad has created 90 Days To Revolutionize Your Life – It's 30 minutes a day for 90 days, teaching you his 30 years experience on investing, business and life.Please click here to learn more about Brad Sugars.Learn the Fundamentals of Success for free: The Big Success Starter: https://results.bradsugars.com/thebigsuccess-starter Join Brad's programs here: 30X Life: https://results.bradsugars.com/30xlifechallenge 30X Business: https://results.bradsugars.com/30xbusinesschallenge 30X Wealth: https://results.bradsugars.com/30xwealthchallenge 90X – Revolutionize Your Life: https://30xbusiness.com/90daystorevolutionize Brad Sugars' Entrepreneur University: https://results.bradsugars.com/entrepreneuruniversity For more information, visit Brad Sugars' website: www.bradsugars.comFollow Brad on Social Media:YouTube: @bradleysugars Instagram: @bradleysugars Facebook: Bradley J SugarsLinkedIn: Brad SugarsTikTok: @bradleysugarsTwitter: BradSugars The Big Success Podcast https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/the-big-success-podcast/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/ep-24-ian-woodhouse-the-big-success-podcast-with-brad-sugars

My name is Richard Wray, and this is the Evolvepreneur Secrets for Entrepreneurs Show and I am your host today. I believe that continual education and growth is key to everyone's success. This is why I am so excited to be partnering with a world class entrepreneur like John North to learn more myself and help guide others with his strategic approach to business growth. Coming from a small mining town in the North of England, the idea that I would have worked and lived in multiple countries and delivered success stories for major companies like Microsoft, the BBC and BSkyB would have felt like a dream when I was younger. Despite detractors, this is exactly what I have done!

From early on in her career, our guest Dawn Airey has been marked out as a talent in scheduling and commissioning. From a regional ITV station, she held high-profile posts at BSkyB and Channel 4. We also discuss what it was like to set up Channel 5 - the UK's first new channel for 15 years - from a blank piece of paper. David and Justin list the many and various ways that things can go wrong in a TV studio, and broach the dreaded subject of 'getting cancelled'. Plus all the usual news and views.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-show-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shahin chats with Jon Amery, Head of Marketing at Australian Finance Group (AFG) about building data-driven customer communications and onboarding strategies. Jon has worked for some of the UK and Australia's biggest brands, including BSkyB, AOL, Virgin Media, VOCUS and now AFG across Executive Marketing, Commercial and Customer experience roles. He's been twice recognised by CMO50 in the top 10 Chief Marketing Officers in Australia and spent 5-plus years advising (mostly B2B) start-ups through all stages of growth. The episode covers: How to build the onboarding processRepurposing research-based contentHow to refine the onboarding process using customer feedback Resources mentioned in this episode: Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel KahnemanHow Brands Grow - Byron SharpRevisionist History - Malcolm Gladwell _________________ For your copy of the State of ABM in APAC Report (2022): https://xgrowth.com.au/abm-report/ Miss out on our latest webinar? Listen here: https://xgrowth.com.au/blogs/programmatic-abm/ Join the Slack channel: https://growthcolony.org/slack Hosted & Produced by Shahin Hoda, Allysa Maywald & Alexander Hipwell, from xGrowth We would love to get your questions, ideas and feedback about Growth Colony, email podcast@xgrowth.com.au

Sue Barker is a television presenter and former professional tennis player. She presented the BBC's Wimbledon coverage for nearly three decades, before stepping down this year, when she received a standing ovation. Sue was born in Devon in 1956, and was educated at the Marist Convent School where she had a reputation for being naughty – until her PE teacher, Mrs Chadwick, diverted her energy into tennis. Aged 11 she was selected for training by the local tennis coach Arthur Roberts, who had already guided players to Grand Slam titles. Sue started playing – and winning – junior tournaments. She turned professional at 17, and moved to the US, joining a new women's tour set up by Billie Jean King. During her career, she reached the ranking of World No. 3, playing and defeating her contemporaries, including Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Evonne Goolagong and Virginia Wade. Her biggest win came at the French Open in 1976 where, aged 20, she took her first – and only – Grand Slam title. Her biggest disappointment came at Wimbledon the following year, when she lost in the semi-final, despite being the clear favourite. Plagued by injuries, she retired from tennis in 1985. She began commentating on Australia's Channel 7, before moving to BskyB in the UK, and then joining the BBC in 1993. She has hosted Wimbledon, Grandstand, the Summer and Winter Olympics, the Commonwealth Games, BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and A Question of Sport. When she announced her retirement from TV, her idol Billie Jean King called her the GOAT, the ‘greatest of all time'. DISC ONE: Run Boy Run by Woodkid DISC TWO: Piano Concerto in A minor, composed by Edvard Grieg and performed by Sir Clifford Curzon (piano) and London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Øivin Fjeldstad DISC THREE: Harry Hippie by Bobby Womack DISC FOUR: California Girls by The Beach Boys DISC FIVE: The Greatest Love of All by George Benson DISC SIX: Simply Beautiful by Al Green DISC SEVEN: Grandstand by Keith Mansfield DISC EIGHT: Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John BOOK CHOICE: All In by Billie Jean King LUXURY ITEM: New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc wine CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Harry Hippie by Bobby Womack Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Katy Hickman

On this episode of Leadershp Bites we have Dawn Airey. Dawn is a powerhouse of street smarts, commercial acumen and drive.I have seen her operate in a number of different spaces, she is a tour de force, she is also compassionate and higly dialled in to the context and the moment.We spoke about:✅ Senior Teams✅ Culture✅ Get messages out✅ Operating under stress✅ Managing under performanceListen on Itunes, Spotify and all platforms, also listen direct from your laptop/PC on the livingbrave.com website.Dawn joined Central Independent Television in 1985 as a management trainee. In 1989 she became Director of Programme Planning at Central and was appointed to the Central broadcasting board. In 1993, she moved to London to become the first Controller of Children's and Daytime Programmes.In 1994, she became Controller of Arts and Entertainment at Channel 4.It was reported in The Sunday Times that her forthright manner had earned her the soubriquet "Scary Airey" and "Zulu Dawn".Airey joined Channel 5 in 1996, as its first director of programmes. It was during her tenure that she agreed with an interviewer that some might think the channel's core strengths were "films, football and fucking" but added it was about a lot more. She was subsequently appointed as chief executive of the channel in 2000.In 2002, she joined, BSkyB. There she was responsible for running all Sky channels, except Sky Sports, and she was in charge of programming and advertising sales. In 2006, she became managing director of Channels and Services whereupon she gained additional responsibility for all third party channels, joint ventures and networked media.In May 2008, after eight months at ITV plc, Airey earned Grade's enmity when she resigned to rejoin Channel 5 as chairman and CEO, with a remit to increase profitability and audience share. This she did. She left RTL in April 2013.In August 2013, she joined Yahoo! as senior vice-president of Yahoo EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). She was in the post until September 2015.Airey was chief executive officer (CEO) of Getty Images photo agency from October 2015 to 31 December 2018, at which time she became a non-executive director member of its board.In 2019, The Football Association appointed Airey as chair of the new joint Barclays FA Women's Super League and Championship board.In 2021, she also served as a member of the Government's Expert Panel for a Fan-Led Review of Football Governance.Airey chairs the joint Barclays FA Women's Super League and Championship board (2019-) and the boards of the National Youth Theatre (2011-) and the educational platform Digital Theatre+ (2019-).To find out more about Guy Bloom and his award winning work in Team Coaching, Leadership Development and Executive Coaching click below.The link to everything CLICK HEREUK: 07827 953814Email: guybloom@livingbrave.com Web: www.livingbrave.com

How has Virgin Media transformed as a content aggregator and entered the streaming wars with their new product ‘Stream'? On this episode, Jack Davison is joined by David Bouchier, Chief TV and Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media O2, a media and telecommunications venture between Virgin Media and O2 which formed in 2021. A leader in multi-platform streamed entertainment, David leads a dedicated team who look after content and programming across Virgin Media's TV platform. Prior to joining Virgin Media O2, David was a member of The Management Executive of BskyB in the UK, where he was responsible for handling the company's investment in German Pay TV, before moving to News Corporation as Managing Director of Programming for Sky Italia. He subsequently returned to the UK and set up his own pay TV broadcast business, creating a number of pay television channels. We get an insight into David's experience evolving Virgin Media O2 from a linear Pay TV aggregator into an innovative paid video services aggregator, utilising strong content provider relations and tech integrations to offer streamlined OTT entertainment options to customers. He discusses the launch of Virgin's new TV service, ‘Stream', and its aim to seamlessly offer a traditional linear TV experience paired with flexible, affordable bundles to ensure customer loyalty through a tighter financial climate. Here is a breakdown of the topics discussed in the episode: The evolution of Virgin as a content aggregator Sourcing content successfully through strong content provider relations The launch of Stream and its 3 primary propositions for customers: value for money, flexibility and convenience Keeping viewers engaged through integration and curation: the importance of providing an entertainment service that provides for the new generation of ‘channel-flickers' that seek flexibility UI design in the Stream service: merging the essentials of new-world and old-world interfaces for ease of use Listen now! Download our latest insight: A New Studio D2C Partnering Model - Paramount+ launches with Sky Stay in the loop: 3Vision Website: https://www.3vision.tv 3Vision Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3vision 3Vision Twitter: @3Vision

Live Sports – The Next Streaming WarTHE DIGITAL SEATS REVOLUTIONBy Keith Teare • Issue #316 An average sports stadium can hold 50-100,000 fans. But teams have millions and sometimes billions of fans. What is the true value of the rights to stream games? This week Amazon bought UK Champions League rights. Can we expect more money to come for sports rights and who should own them?ContentsLive Sports — The Next Streaming WarEssays of the Week* Will China Build Your Next Car?* China EV Battery Breakthrough* Howard Morgan's Amazing Career* Critiquing Crypto Promoters* Startup Workforce Trends from Carta* Does VC Investing Violate Crypto Ethics* Software Salaries — Europe and USA* Web3 Use Cases Part IIGood News* Sequoia raising $2.25bn?* EF raises $158m Series C* Plural launches €250m Entrepreneur Led Fund* Long Term Stock Exchange Raises $100m* Normalyze Series ABad News* A16Z slows pace of investments* VCs advise company sales* Substack cuts 13 jobs* Unity loses 4% of workforceStartup of the Week* PaveTweet of the Week* BlockFi sold for $25m after raising $1.2bn?EditorialSoftware is about to eat live sports. The signs have been coming for some time. Apple pioneered the trend by buying the rights to Friday night baseball and MLS soccer. It is rumored to be interested in Sunday Ticket for NFL streaming.Now Amazon is strongly favored to buy the rights to one of the biggest football competitions in the world — the UEFA Champions League — in one of its biggest markets — the UK. This follows the deal announced in March, an 11-year deal, valued at $1bn (£824m) annually, for Amazon to broadcast live NFL football in the US.These deals highlight the next stage in the competition between broadcast, cable, and satellite networks on one side and streaming giants on the other. Live sports and live news are the only significant content that consumers want and streamers historically did not have.The value of live sports to a rights owner is that it compels sports fans to buy subscriptions to services that host their favored events.Rupert Murdoch pioneered the approach with Sky Sports when building out his BSkyB franchise. It required every football (soccer) loving home to install a satellite dish and set-top box. And they did.Now Apple and Amazon are playing their game and have very deep pockets for doing so.The key to understanding how to play the game is to understand its value. I am familiar with the English Premier League so using it as an illustration here are the facts.The EPL has 20 teams. Between them, they have over 2 billion global fans who have 380 games per season. That is a total market available of 760 billion viewers. The EPL is currently planning to sell the rights for £10.5 bn ($14.2) for 3 years:For the 2022 to 2025 rights cycle, The Times says international deals will be worth UK£5.3 billion (US$7.1 billion), up 30 per cent, while domestic deals bring in UK£5.1 billion (US$6.9 billion), with commercial partnerships taking the total to UK£10.5 billion (US$14.2 billion).That makes $4.73 bn per year. On a per viewer/game basis that is point six of a cent per viewer/game in revenue.* Games Per Week 10* Total Fan base 2,000,000,000* Number of Weeks 38* Total viewer/games 760,000,000,000* Rights per year $4,730,000,000* Revenue per viewer/game $0.006Of course, the rights buyers monetize the games at a multiple of their cost, by selling subscriptions and advertisements. The total value of the league measured in income is unknown. But clearly, it is well over $4.73bn a season. Perhaps 9–10 times that.The income goes to the rights buyers, not to the League.So if streamers gain control of the EPL, how much might it be worth?Let us assume that 50% of the fan base watches one game a week and pays $1 a game. That would be as follows:* Total Fan Base 1,000,000,000* Number of weeks 38* Games Per Week Per Fan: 1* Viewer Games Per Week 1,000,000,000* Price per game: $1* Weekly Revenue: $1 billion* Seasonal Revenue: $38 billion* Revenue per viewer/game $1So at 1 game per week, at $1 a game, streaming could generate $38 billion per season. In reality, the price per game can be higher and most fans would watch more than one game per week.The untapped fortune here is what I call digital seats. Liverpool FC can fit under 70,000 fans into its Anfield stadium. But over 500,000,000 would pay to watch live games. Double that for Manchester United. Streamers can create these digital seats. Over time they can deliver a better than stadium experience to those seats.This means that the price Amazon is paying for European football is very small compared to the opportunity.Beyond that, the EPL itself should probably retain the rights and offer ticket-based streaming directly to fans globally. In that case, the revenue would come back to the EPL and not be placed into the hands of middlemen.The real promise of streaming is to cut out the middlemen and simply pay for production and transport, as a cost. Movies, TV series, News, and Sports will all go that way. This week Amazon is shining a light on this.VideoThat Was The Week's video cast streams live each Friday. The recorded version is available only to subscribers. Subscribe here.Live Sports — The Next Streaming WarAmazon close to deal over Champions League rights in UKUS retailer and streaming giant set to split UK rights with BT Sport, while BBC to broadcast highlights in new Match of the Day editionAmazon is close to securing a groundbreaking deal to broadcast live Champions League football in the UK from 2024, with highlights returning to terrestrial TV for the first time in nearly a decade in a midweek BBC Match of Day show.The US internet retailer and streaming giant, which already has a broadcast portfolio spanning Premier League football, tennis and rugby, is understood to be set to split the UK rights with existing holder BT Sport in a new deal with the governing body, Uefa, running from 2024 until 2027.Continue reading…www.theguardian.com • ShareEssays of the WeekChina Built Your iPhone. Will It Build Your Next Car?RUMORS OF AN Apple electric car project have long excited investors and iPhone enthusiasts. Almost a decade after details of the project leaked, the Cupertino-mobile remains mythical — but that hasn't stopped other consumer electronics companies from surging ahead. On the other side of the world, people will soon be able to order a vehicle from the Taiwanese company that mastered manufacturing Apple's gadgets in China. Welcome to the era of the Foxconn-mobile.In October 2021, Hon Hai Technology Group, better known internationally as Foxconn, announced plans to produce three of its own electric vehicles in collaboration with Yulon, a Taiwanese automaker, under the name Foxtron. Foxconn, which is best known for assembling 70 percent of iPhones, has similar ambitions for the auto industry: to become the manufacturer of choice for a totally new kind of car. To date it has signed deals to make cars for two US-based EV startups, Lordstown Motors and Fisker.Foxconn's own vehicles — a hatchback, a sedan, and a bus — don't especially ooze Apple-chic, but they represent a big leap for the consumer electronics manufacturer. Foxconn's ambitious expansion plan also reflects a bigger shift across the auto world, in terms of technology and geography. The US, Europe, and Japan have defined what cars are for the last 100 years. Now the changing nature of the automobile, with increased electrification, computerization, and autonomy, means that China may increasingly decide what car making is.If Foxconn succeeds in building a major auto-making business, it would contribute to China becoming an automotive epicenter capable of eclipsing the conventional powerhouses of the US, Germany, Japan, and South Korea. Foxconn did not respond to requests for an interview.The automobile industry is expected to undergo big transformations in the coming years. An October 2020 report from McKinsey concluded that carmakers will dream up new ways of selling vehicles and generating revenues through apps and subscription services. In some ways, the car of the future sounds an awful lot like a smartphone on wheels.That's partly why there's no better moment than now for an electronics manufacturer to try car making, says Marc Sachon, a professor at IESE Business School in Barcelona, who studies the automotive industry.www.wired.com • ShareChina's CATL Announces 1,000-Km / 620-Mile CTP 3.0 EV BatteryThe company says its energy density is 255 Wh/kg and that it will debut in 2023, although it did not mention for which application.insideevs.com • ShareThe Petty Pleasures of Watching Crypto Profiteers FlounderBehind all the Web3 bluster is just “hollow abstraction.”I cannot stop watching videos of Web3 boosters failing to explain the usefulness of the technology. I realize this is petty, but the videos are deeply cathartic.I'm talking about two clips in particular, both of which were posted by Liron Shapira, a tech investor and writer, and a critic of crypto and Web3. The first is of Packy McCormick, a newsletter writer, investor, and advisor to A16z's crypto venture-capital team. I urge you to watch this clip before reading any further (but I'll also summarize parts of it below):McCormick is questioned by Zach Weinberg, a crypto skeptic who asks McCormick to reason through why a given problem might be better solved with a Web3 or blockchain-based project. McCormick offers up the example of a blockchain-based real-estate transaction, which he says hasn't been done yet but is touted as one of Web3's “promised” examples. Property buying outside of the blockchain is a long, onerous process, McCormick argues. He suggests that, “theoretically, you could make all these things NFTs … you could transact very quickly, borrow against them in the global market as opposed to going to Bank of America to take out your mortgage. You have a more open system that people are able to transact in more creative ways in.”Weinberg stress-tests this particular scenario (putting your house on the blockchain) first by asking: What would happen in a decentralized mortgage market if a mortgage lender couldn't get its money back? McCormick responds, essentially, that the lender could take legal action via the courts. They go back and forth a bit about smart contracts, and at every turn Weinberg pushes McCormick with some version of the same question: What makes this blockchain version better than the current system? McCormick has no answer. Here's a transcript of the end of their exchange:newsletters.theatlantic.com • ShareCompensation report: The state of startup compensation, H1 2022For most startups, payroll is the primary driver of cash burn. And with inflation and economic unease on the rise, knowing trends within compensation is critical. How can a founder balance the need to conserve capital with the imperative to grow? How can leaders pay employees fairly through boom and bust cycles?At Carta, we see it as our responsibility to share the insights that come from an unmatched amount of data about the private market. That includes data on startup headcount, payroll and equity metrics, salary medians, and remote work. We created this compensation report from data using more than 127,000 employee records from startups that use Carta Total Comp, the premier compensation management platform for private companies.Key trends:* Remote hiring soars: In 2019, about 35% of new hires were based in a different state than the primary company headquarters. So far this year, that number has ballooned up to 62%.* Geo-adjusting is the norm: The vast majority of companies (84%) take employee location into account when deciding on compensation packages.* Engineering is a key hire: Engineering accounts for nearly half of payroll spend in companies valued between $1 and 10 million.* Terminations rise: Across all of Carta's platform, involuntary terminations made up 29% of departures in May 2022 (the rest were employees leaving their jobs by choice). That's nearly double the 15% termination share recorded in August of 2021.Note: If you're looking for compensation benchmarks against companies like yours, you can also download the addendum to this report to get an extended dataset.www.carta.com • ShareDoes Venture Capital Investment Violate the Ethos of Crypto? Sequoia Says No — Ep. 367unchainedpodcast.com • ShareThe Trimodal Nature of Software Engineering Salaries in the Netherlands and EuropeUpdate: dozens of hiring managers confirmed this trimodal model applies to all global markets: from the US, through Asia to Latin America as well. Also see TechPays.com for data recorded for a growing number of countries in the three tiers. (Watch this article as video narrated by me, withblog.pragmaticengineer.com • ShareWeb3 Use Cases: The FutureWill web3 justify the hype?Today, real people are spending real money to use real products, even if some seem silly or circular.But the real question isn't whether there are any use cases, but whether there will be use cases that, collectively, are worth the hype.In other words, will web3 produce use cases that justify all of the venture dollars, investment, and talent dedicated to the space? I think it will. That's what today's essay is about.There are two time-scales on which I'm excited about web3's potential: the next few years and the next few decades.If there is another bull cycle in the next few years, I think it will happen on the backs of real products that people use at scale, not speculation. When those hit, speculation will follow, but that will look more like a traditional tech bull run than pure speculation. These products are on the way — the applications are coming and the infrastructure continues to improve.In the next few decades, I believe that web3 infrastrastructure will become the fabric of much of what we do online and in our financial lives. I also believe that the experiments web3 protocols are running in economic design, incentive alignment, and governance will jump out of the internet and impact “real-world” institutions.Today, I'll dive into some of the future use cases and potential benefits I'm excited about.The Next Few DecadesSo let's begin with the future. If all of this pans out, so what?www.notboring.co • ShareGood NewsSequoia Capital Targets $2.25 Billion for Two U.S. VC FundsSequoia Capital, defying the tech market sell-off that's chilled startup fundraising, is asking investors to commit money to two new U.S.-focused funds, according to two people familiar with the matter.The Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture capital firm behind Airbnb and DoorDash expects to dedicate $1.5 billion to a U.S. growth fund focused on more mature companies, the people said. It's also planning a $750 million fund focused on earlier-stage deals, one of the people said. The firm expects to close the new funds in July.They're the latest of what Sequoia is calling “sub-funds,” launched after the firm overhauled the structure for its U.S. and European business. In a bid to make it easier to hold stock in companies after their initial public offerings, Sequoia set up an evergreen main fund called the Sequoia Capital Fund. The firm is now inviting investors in that fund to place their money in these new sub-funds.www.theinformation.com • ShareWhy we've raised our $158M Series C to invest in the next generation of co-founders — Entrepreneur FirstEntrepreneur First (EF) is the best place in the world to find a co-founder and start a startup from scratch. We are excited to announce we've raised a $158 million Series C round from a global alliance of some of the world's top technology founders and investors. They include: Patrick and John Collison, co-founders of […]www.joinef.com • ShareWise's Taavet Hinrikus among four co-founders in group seeking to disrupt traditional venture capital in the regionPlural launches €250mn entrepreneur-led fund for European tech start-ups — Financial TimesFour European entrepreneurs have launched a €250mn fund to back tech start-ups across the region, seeking to disrupt the traditional venture capital model by creating a peer-to-peer investment platform. Called Plural, the new fund's co-founders are Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder of the international payments company Wise; Ian Hogarth, the co-founder of Songkick; Sten Tamkivi, the co-founder of Teleport; and Khaled Helioui, the former chief executive of Bigpoint. The group aims to invest in more than 25 start-ups over the next 18 months, taking early-stage stakes of between €1mn and €10mn. If successful, Plural will enlist dozens more entrepreneurs as investors and raise bigger funds to boost the European start-up sector. The move comes during a tech downturn which has led many VCs to slow investment, complaining that it has become difficult to value start-ups at a time of turmoil in public and private markets. But Hinrikus, who last year floated Wise in London at a valuation of close to £9bn, said the fund was a response to the European start-up sector beginning to mature like Silicon Valley, with one generation of successful entrepreneurs backing the next.www.ft.com • ShareStock-Exchange Startup Gets $100 Million Investment Funded by Walton Family Member — The Wall Street JournalThe Long-Term Stock Exchange, a Silicon Valley firm trying to push for sustainable investing, said it raised $100 million in June from James Walton, part of the famed family associated with Walmart Inc. WMT -0.16%▼The investment comes as traditional venture-capital firms are pumping the brakes on funding startups right now, wary of taking on new risk when the markets and economy appear to be in a tenuous position. Companies are instead having to strike deals at big discounts to their prior funding rounds, cut costs or look to less common investors, such as corporations, to write checks.Mr. Walton, the grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton, is a philanthropist and conservationist, a co-leader of the social impact fund Wend Collective. He and The Space Between, the venture fund with which Mr. Walton partnered to provide the funding, started discussions with the exchange months ago.The exchange was talking to Mr. Walton, TSB and several other investors about a Series C funding round this winter when the markets “dropped out on us,” said LTSE founder and chief executive Eric Ries. Other investors who said they would participate in the funding round backed out, skittish from a stock market roiled by soaring inflation, a war between Russia and Ukraine, and a swift retreat from fast-growing companies, including most tech stocks.www.wsj.com • ShareNormalyze's multicloud management tools aim to tighten security and lower cost | VentureBeatData security has become more complex due to the proliferation of data, an explosion of microservices, rapid cloud adoption, hybrid work environments, compliance, remote work and more.“Today's enterprises find their data scattered throughout their various cloud environments with limited visibility of where sensitive data resides. It's a massive problem that current cloud security offerings aren't equipped to handle,” said Amer Deeba, cofounder and CEO at Normalyze.“We built Normalyze to classify and secure sensitive data across all public clouds,” Deeba said. Normalyze announced today that it's coming out of stealth with $22.2 million in series A funding. This round brings the company's total funding to $26.6 million to date.“Our graph-powered platform is a hub that connects all data with assets, identities, accesses, misconfigurations and vulnerabilities to help security teams continuously discover sensitive information, determine attack paths and automate remediation efforts to secure it,” said Ravi Ithal, Normalyze cofounder and CTO.venturebeat.com • ShareBad NewsEven A16z Is Slowing Its Investing PaceAndreessen Horowitz is one of the most-recognized venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and it just keeps growing. But amid a broader pullback in venture investment, the firm also appears to be slowing down its investing pace this quarter, at least compared to where it was last year.To be clear, a16z hasn't hit the brakes. In fact, it's still one of the most active investors in the United States, according to Crunchbase data, along with Tiger Global Management.It's just not investing at the same rapid pace it adopted last year, according to our data.The firm has participated in 46 funding rounds totaling around $2.5 billion so far in the second quarter, the lowest levels since before 2021, Crunchbase data shows. The number of rounds it has participated in and the amounts raised in those funding rounds is also down quite a bit from the first quarter of this year, when the firm participated in 62 funding rounds that totaled around $6.1 billion.Andreessen Horowitz did not respond to a request for comment or to verify our data.news.crunchbase.com • Share‘Put up the for-sale sign,' more VCs tell founders as market sours — PitchBook News & AnalysisAfter years of telling their portfolio companies to grow at all costs, investors are dishing out an entirely different type of advice.Cut expenses, borrow venture debt, or raise additional capital at a flat or even slightly lower valuation than the previous round.But if after trying to take those steps the startup is still at risk of running out of cash in 12 months or less, then some investors are telling companies to resort to even more drastic measures: try to sell to a strategic buyer at a discount rather than risk going out of business.“I've called founders [to say], ‘I think you should sell,'” said Chris Farmer, a partner and CEO at early-stage firm SignalFire. “A sale could be attractive to founders because they don't have to lay off everyone, and investors can get some or all their money back. It's a soft landing.”Some startups that are short on capital are trying to raise a financing round and run a sale process simultaneously, said Wayne Kawarabayashi, a partner and head of M&A at Union Square Advisors, a technology-focused investment bank.“There are a lot of these dual-track conversations now,” Kawarabayashi said.So far, there haven't been many low-priced acquisitions in this market cycle. But we may soon see more sales like that of Tile, in which investors barely make their money back. Tile, a developer of tracking devices for personal items, was sold to Life360 for $205 million. Prior to the January sale, the company had raised a total of $150 million from investors like Bessemer, GGV and Khosla Ventures, according to PitchBook data.pitchbook.comSubstack cuts 13 jobs to avoid raising more venture capital — TechCrunchThe newsletter platform Substack laid off 13 employees today, mostly in HR and writer support roles.Co-founder and CEO Chris Best informed the company after holding meetings with the affected employees. The meetings also included founders Hamish McKenzie and Jairaj Sethi. That's probably a better way to deliver the news than some other companies' approaches (cough, Coinbase), but the news is still rough for a company that raised $65 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) just last year. Even then, we were skeptical about how the company managed to earn a $650 million valuation so soon.Like several other companies that boomed in a time when venture capital flowed more freely, Substack must figure out how to survive in a hostile economic time.Substack reportedly tried to raise another venture round as recently as last month, but the platform chose not to take on more funding. According to The New York Times, Substack earned about $9 million in revenue in 2021, which comes from the 10% cut it takes from writer subscriptions. Aside from a 3% credit card processing fee, that means that Substack writers are earning around $90 million a year — though the top 10 writers earn $20 million of that pile of cash. These figures would have made it challenging for the company to raise at a higher valuation than its last round.techcrunch.com • ShareUnity lays off 4 percent of its workforce to realign its resourcesUnity has laid off hundreds of employees in its offices across the globe, according to Kotaku. The video game software development company known for its popular game engine has reportedly let around 300 to 400 staffers go so far. Layoffs are still ongoing, sources said, so those numbers may be higher by the time the company is done. Unity has confirmed to Engadget that it's “realigning some of [its] resources,” which has led to the dismissal of approximately 4 percent of its entire workforce. That's consistent with the report that it has let around 300 people go, since its LinkedIn page lists 8,048 employees.The company told Engadget:“As part of a continued planning process where we regularly assess our resourcing levels against our company priorities, we decided to realign some of our resources to better drive focus and support our long-term growth. This resulted in some hard decisions that impacted approximately 4% of all Unity workforce. We are grateful for the contributions of those leaving Unity and we are supporting them through this difficult transition.”While the mass dismissal affects Unity's entire workforce, Kotaku said it's mostly concentrated on its AI and engineering divisions.www.engadget.com • ShareStartup of the WeekPave, whose software analyzes HR data to help companies close pay and equity gaps, raised a $100M Series C at a $1.6B valuation and acquired rival Option ImpactAllison Levitsky / Protocol:Option Impact, a benchmark compensation product from Advanced-HR, has a new owner. — Pave, a fast-growing Option Impact competitor …www.techmeme.com • ShareTweet of the Week This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thatwastheweek.substack.com/subscribe

400 Global Telecom Carriers are Upgrading their Networks. How will creators share nextgen immersive experiences? Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Ayla Kremb, COO of Diffuse Funds Find out why Susan Brazer considers blockchain a female technology and how innovations including web3, 5G peer-to-peer networks are empowering woman, environmentalists, and scientists to share data and nextgen immersive experiences. A member of Global Women in Blockchain https://globalwomeninblockchain.org she describes blockchain as a female technology rooted in resonant values including collaboration, community, transparency, trust, decentralization, and immutability. #metaverse #5g #web3 # About the Guest Susan Brazer is currently the CEO of LionShare Media, which is launching the THIN-AIR™ 5G cloud-native platform for premium entertainment and immersive media. Susan has led the launch and operation of consumer-facing mobile, media and technology platforms, applications and services for: Apple, DirecTV, SES Astra, FIFA World Cup Venture Fund, Viacom/Showtime, Virgin Mobile, and Nokia. Previously, Susan was VP, Wireless Device Strategy and Business Development at Nokia, and VP, Corporate Development & New Products at Virgin Mobile USA. Prior to this, Susan was EVP, Corporate Development at the FIFA World Cup Venture Fund, where she raised $50M+ to develop interactive TV, gaming, and avatar training ventures. Susan was the SVP, Networks & Marketing for Viacom's Showtime Intl in the Middle East and Africa, overseeing MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, The Movie Channel, TV Land, BloombergTV, Paramount, Style and Discovery. Susan was the VP, Marketing at Compression Labs, where led the business plan and launched DirecTV with Hughes Communications, which created the first 500 channel TV service. As VP, Digital TV Strategy at SES ASTRA, she led the migration of 22 countries with major broadcast operators--BSKYB, CanalPlus, Kinnevik, Bertelsmann, CLT and Multi-Choice. The genesis of Susan's new products and UI/UX expertise began at Apple Computer, where she launched its 1st portable computer, the Newton, and Knowledge Navigator (the prototype for the iPAD and Siri). She was an M&A analyst at PepsiCo (acquired Kentucky Fried Chicken) and an International Treasury Analyst at Phillip Morris, where she was an early adopter of the first electronic forex trading systems. Susan holds a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and attended the London School of Economics. Susan is on the Board of Global Women in Blockchain and a mentor at Princeton University's Keller School of Engineering for Innovation and Entrepreneurship." # About Better Worlds Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

Als ich im Jahr ‘91 im westfernsehfreien Dresden meine erste eigene Wohnung bezog, war verständlich die erste Installation die einer TV-Satelliten-Schüssel vorm Fenster. Diese empfing in den dreistelligen Kanälen oberhalb von Homeshopping und videover- und, perverserweise, audioentschlüsselten Softpornosendern den frei empfangbaren Ableger von Sky, BSkyB des bondbösewichten Rupert Murdoch. Dem war der ideologisch subversive Charakter des utopisch-kommunistischen Star-Trek-"The Next Generation"-Programms mit Captain Jean-Luc Picard durch die Zensur gerutscht, weshalb ich mir jeden Nachmittag auf diesem Sender eine Folge des Meisterwerks im Original ohne Untertitel geben konnte. Mein englisch war dank sozialistischer Sprachpädagogik knapp unterhalb von passabel, welches den Genuss der Space-Opera zu einem linguistisch interessanten Experiment machte: Die erzählten Stories begaben sich in einem  abgesteckten und überschaubaren Setting und das Vokabular war entsprechend limitiert. In diesem gab es jedoch unzählige Technologismen deren Bedeutung man nur durch Deduktion über ein paar Szenen hinweg entschlüsseln konnte. Deuteriumkammern, Holodecks und Warpkerne waren faszinierende Begriffe, die in bekannten Satzstrukturen, Subjekt, Prädikat, Objekt, eingebunden waren, deren Bedeutung man ahnte, aber eine ganze Weile nicht komplett durchstieg. Das erforderte Konzentration, aber da die Stories faszinierend waren, war mir das die Anstrengung und das kleine Vertigo wert, wenn immer man die Serie einschaltete und sich im Sprachdurcheinander zurechtfinden musste.Giwi Margwelaschwili, ein Deutscher Schriftsteller mit georgischen Wurzeln, it's complicated, macht ebenfalls einen Kapitän zum Haupthelden. Im ersten von sieben Bänden seiner Autobiographie (von denen jedoch erst zwei erschienen sind) heißt sein Picard “Wakusch” und er ist es sujetbedingt selbst. Nach den ersten paar Seiten im Buch und dem zweiten oder dritten WTF? bemerkte ich die kleine Anstrengung und das seltsames Vertigo aus den Neunzigern wieder, war aber schon so tief in der Story eines, wie ich durchaus mühevoll entzifferte, Kindes, geboren 1927 in Berlin und wie es sich im Aufstieg und Fall Nazideutschlands ebendort lebte. Was war passiert?Nun: “Kapitän Wakusch” ist eines der wenigen Bücher, die zu besprechen ohne dem Rezipienten wenigstens eine kleine Leseprobe an die Hand zu geben, wenig Sinn macht. Der erste Satz im Buch lautet:"Goglimogli ist mit Zucker angerührtes Eigelb, das die kleinen Wichte zu essen bekommen, damit sie groß und stark werden."Noch ist nichts Beunruhigendes passiert, auf dem halben Weg zum Pudding stehen geblieben, ist "Goglimogli" halt etwas, was man in Georgien isst, denkt man. Georgien vermutet man als Herkunft des Autors auch ohne Wikipedia zu konsultieren, überlange Namen mit vielen Ws, Schs und immer noch eine Silbe oder zwei mit I hinten dran. "Wicht" ist ein reizendes Wort für kleine Kinder, wir sind gespannt."Und es ist der Anfang aller wichtigen Geschichten, die ein Häuschen und eine Wartburg zum Gegenstand haben", geht es weiter.Man stutzt. Wartburg. Eisenach? Wikipedia hilft nicht wirklich, ein Strg-F in Giwi Margwelaschwilis Eintrag um nach "Eisenach" und "Wartburg" zu suchen, bleibt ergebnislos. Es folgt: "In den Goglimogli 27 ist - was jeden Altertumsforscher entzücken muß - aber auch der Goglimogli des ersten Jahrhunderts eingeträufelt."Das seltsame Vertigo beim Lesen stellt sich ein und man ahnt, dass das hier ein Werk ist, das mit ein paar Regeln bricht und so tun wir das auch mit einer eisernen falschgoldschen: "Lese nie über ein Kunstwerk vor dessen Konsumtion". Oder so ähnlich. Ich verabscheue Klappentexte, die Teaser von Netflix werden ignoriert, wenn jemand über ein Werk referiert, dass ich plane zu lesen, hören oder sehen, sing ich laut und schief "Lalala!". Bei “Kapitän Wakusch” jedoch guck ich kurz in Herausgeber Jörg Sundermeiers Einleitung und da mir erklärt wird, dass es um eine Autobiographie von Giwi Margwelaschwili geht, in ein paar Byte der Wikipedia. Und so wird der Grund für das Erfinden oder das immer recht clevere Umwidmen von Begriffen schnell klar. Während der erste Band von "Kapitän Wakusch" mit dem Untertitel "Deuxiland" die Jahre von Margwelaschwilis Geburt bis zum Jahr 1947 beschreibt, geht es im zweiten Band, ominös "Sachsenhäuschen" untertitelt, um seine Inhaftierung und anschließende Verbannung durch den sowjetischen Geheimdienst nach Georgien. Mit zwanzig Jahren findet sich Margwelaschwili also in einem Landesteil, dessen Sprache er kaum versteht, welches zu einem Staatenbund gehört, dessen Sprache er kaum spricht und deren Zensoren der Autor, aufgewachsen in Deutschland während des großen Vaterländischen Krieges, höchst suspekt ist. In Tbilisi sitzt ein angehender deutscher Schriftsteller ohne sich in dieser Sprache austauschen zu können unter permanenter Beobachtung. Da wird man schon ein wenig wunderlich und so lässt er seinem literarischen Schnellkochtopf nur sehr kontrolliert den Dampf ab und bemüht sich die Story zu erzählen, die da raus muss, ohne dass die Zensoren sie ihm wegnehmen. Denn Kopierer waren im Ostblock Verschlusssache - und dazu gehörte Blaupapier. Geschriebenes, welches die Zensur nicht besteht, ist für immer verloren. Das Resultat ist ein Kunstwerk an der Scheide von wunderbar und hässlich, es entscheidet die Tagesform. Nicht die des Schreibenden, das Werk ist, zumal ob der absurden Länge von allein 400 Seiten für die ersten zwanzig Lebensjahre, beeindruckend konsistent. Nein, es hängt enorm von meiner Bereitschaft ab, die Sprache "gut" zu finden, was für jedes gewöhnliche Stück Belletristik, einen Whodunnit, eine Space Opera oder "Harry Potter" ein klarer Daumen nach unten sein muss - aber "Kapitän Wakusch" ist etwas Anderes, ein Stück zwischen kreativ-poetischer Belletristik und Wittgensteinscher Sprachzerlegung zum Zwecke, die halbgebildeten Idioten von der sowjetischen Zensur mit ihrem nемецко-русский словарь in den Wahnsinn zu treiben. Man sieht sie vor sich, wie sie Goglimogli im Wörterbuch nicht finden und zu wenig deutsch sprechen um "zu fühlen", dass Goglimogli für Ideologien und deren Konsequenzen stehen, für das Bewusstsein des Selbst und alles was man im Kopf ist. Und dabei gibt Margwelaschwili doch eine Menge Hinweise. Er nummeriert sie doch so reizend. Goglimogli 17. Goglimogli 27. Goglimogli 37. Ja, man muss unterscheiden zwischen dem, der 27 an die Macht gekommen ist und dem der 27 geboren ist, Herr Zensor, das muss man im Gefühl haben.Dann googlen die Dixieland und ahnen, dass damit nicht nur die Musik gemeint sein kann, denn es gibt rechtes und linkes Dixieland. Merken sie, dass das linke Dixieland sich nicht geografisch verortet sondern ideologisch? Dass man im rechten Dixieland den Charleston tanzt, aber nicht den Boston? Und führen Dixiebahnen dorthin während man in seiner Burg wartet?Das alles kann eine Tortur sein zu lesen und es kann ein genialer Mindfuck sein. Es ist an den besten aller Tage ein permanentes Bilderrätsel, welches einen durch ein Berlin der Dreißiger führt, welches, hinter dem Schleier der Wortbildungen seltsam konkret erscheint. Wie der Kunsttext eine erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit und Bereitschaft zur Phantasie bedingt, gibt er der Lesenden Schwung sich ein kleines Kopfkino zu befüllen, zusammengesetzt aus den Bildern der eigenen Jugend in der Hauptstadt, ein paar Film- und Fernsehfunkschnipseln und abstrakten Vorstellungen über die Dreißiger Jahre ist man, Tagesform vorausgesetzt, enorm drin in einem Berlin in dem sich die Normalität einer Kindheit inmitten von Veränderungen abspielt, die wir alle faktisch kennen, uns aber nur schwer ausmalen können. An schlechten Tagen jedoch, an denen ich erschöpft in den Ohrensessel sinke und nur noch “Inspector Barnaby” schauen möchte, darf ich "Kapitän Wakusch" nicht in die Hand nehmen. Mich ekelt es vor Goglimogli, "Was für ein blödes Wort!" poltert der innere Monolog, "Schreib richtiges Deutsch!" befiehlt der ewige Nazi im Deutschen Literaturkritiker. Deshalb bin ich erst auf Seite Hundert von Vierhundert im ersten Band und fühle mich ulyssisch, fürchte, die hoffentlich alle noch im Verbrecher Verlag erscheinenden Bände, in diesem Tempo im Leben nicht mehr zu schaffen. Was egozentrischer Scheiß ist, denn Margwelaschwili hat nicht für mich geschrieben, sondern für sich und ist also niemandem etwas schuldig. Solcherlei Literatur kann gut gelingen und schlecht, leichte Literatur ist es fast nie. Für mich ist es große Kunst, die ihren Platz findet zwischen der vielen kleinen, einfach lesbaren und sie dabei weit und breit überragt.In der nächsten Episode bespricht Anne Findeisen “Was das Leben kostet”, ein Buch von Deborah Levy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lobundverriss.substack.com

Jeremy Hunt is an optimist and his positive attitude towards life shines out throughout this entertaining and revealing interview. He shares great stories and insights from his time as Foreign Secretary, Health Secretary and Culture Secretary - including his candid take on the Murdoch bid to takeover BSkyB. It's his time at Health that is most fascinating and he is open and philosophical about his successes and failures in the job. He's philosophical in general and has a great approach to politics which is inspirational. The contrast with the current incumbent of Number 10, who Jeremy stood against in the 2019 Leadership Election, is irresistible. Follow Jeremy on Twitter: @Jeremy_Hunt NEW GUESTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE: 20 Dec: Christmas Special with Jacob Rees-Mogg, Rosena Allin-Khan and MP410 Jan: Neil Kinnock24 Jan: Angela Rayner Buy tickets to The Political Party, live at The Duchess Theatre including the next show with JACOB REES-MOGG, ROSENA ALLIN-KHAN and MP$ here: https://www.nimaxtheatres.com/shows/the-political-party-with-matt-forde/ Email the show: politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Does football need to be governed by an independent entity? Does the Premier League only look out for its own interests?Chapters - 0:00 - Overview of the Fan-Led review & Recommendations10:00 - SSLJA's viewIn this episode of The Straight Shootin' View, SSLJA discusses the results of a recent fan-led review which has recommendations that English Football be governed by an independent body, instead of by the Premier League.SSLJA discusses this along with what needs to change in football including the fit & proper persons (owners & directors) test, increasing the amount the Premier League contributes to Grass Roots football & more, including Premier League Chief Richard Masters appearing to only half back bringing in an independent entity to oversee the game in this country.For more information about Pitch Talk visit: Our Official Website - http://www.pitch-talk.comhttp://Facebook.com/pitchtalk (Become a fan & member of our Facebook group)http://Twitter.com/pitchtalk @pitchtalkhttps://www.instagram.com/pitchtalk/http://Youtube.com/pitchtalk Find & Subscribe to our audio - Add us to your favourite podcast app via RSS Feed - https://pitchtalk.podomatic.com/rss2.xmlPodomatic - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/pitchtalkPodbean - https://pitchtalk.podbean.com/Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pitch-talk-podcast/id445883703Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3BpdGNodGFsay9mZWVkLnhtbASpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0y9lR6WJaNLyAr7diAHhqh#upsellAmazon Music - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ee0280cc-f15b-49bb-a3e2-b688e0dd49d5/Pitch-Talk-Podcast?Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/pitch-talk-podcast/Mixcloud Archive (Incl. Classic podcast episodes) - https://mixcloud.com/pitchtalk/PlayerFM - https://player.fm/series/pitch-talk-podcast-2859976Premier League, Football Governance, Grass Roots Football, EFL, National League, TV Money, Transfer Levy, Richard Masters, Tracey Crouch, Manchester City, Chelsea fc, Manchester United, Liverpool fc, Media, Politics, Government, FA, Pitch Talk Vlogs, Football Videos, Football Podcast, Football Vlogs, Football blogs, EFL, Podcast, Podomatic, Podbean, EPL, Spotify, amazon music, playerfm, mixcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, money, football, players, coaching, soccer, Grass Roots Football, FA, opinion, fans, facebook, twitter, igtv, instagram, YouTube#PremierLeague #FootballGovernance #GrassRootsFootball #EFL#NationalLeague #TVMoney #TransferLevy #RichardMasters #TraceyCrouch #ManchesterCity #Chelseafc #ManchesterUnited #Liverpoolfc #sky #BSkyB #skysports #BBC #BBCsport #matchoftheday #Media #Politics #Government #Diversity #PitchTalkVlogs #FootballVideos #FootballPodcast #FootballVlogs #Footballblogs #PremierLeague #EFL #Podcast #Podomatic #Podbean #EPL #Spotify #amazonmusic #playerfm #mixcloud #ApplePodcasts #GooglePodcasts #money #football #players #coaching #soccer #GrassRootsFootball #UEFA #FIFA #opinion #fans #facebook #twitter #igtv #instagram #YouTube

Welcome to the final episode of the 4 part series where SSLJA reviews, Fever Pitch; The Rise of the Premier League.In this final episode of the Straight Shootin' View, SSLJA discusses Series 1 Episode 4 of Fever Pitch; The Rise of the Premier League, which was documentary by Studio 99 aired on BBC 2. SSLJA gives his thoughts on the final episode featuring the start of the Manchester United v Arsenal rivalry, the fall of Blackburn Rovers and more including his overall thoughts on the series. SSLJA also discusses what he felt was missing from the series and what could have made it better, along with what he liked and disliked about the series.For more information about Pitch Talk visit: Our Official Website - http://www.pitch-talk.comhttp://Facebook.com/pitchtalk (Become a fan & member of our Facebook group)http://Twitter.com/pitchtalk @pitchtalkhttps://www.instagram.com/pitchtalk/http://Youtube.com/pitchtalk Find & Subscribe to our audio - Add us to your favourite podcast app via RSS Feed - https://pitchtalk.podomatic.com/rss2.xmlPodomatic - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/pitchtalkPodbean - https://pitchtalk.podbean.com/Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pitch-talk-podcast/id445883703Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3BpdGNodGFsay9mZWVkLnhtbASpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0y9lR6WJaNLyAr7diAHhqh#upsellAmazon Music - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ee0280cc-f15b-49bb-a3e2-b688e0dd49d5/Pitch-Talk-Podcast?Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/pitch-talk-podcast/Mixcloud Archive (Incl. Classic podcast episodes) - https://mixcloud.com/pitchtalk/PlayerFM - https://player.fm/series/pitch-talk-podcast-2859976#PremierLeague #feverpitch #BBCdocumentary #studio 99 #NewcastleUnited #Blackburnrovers #manchesterunited #Liverpool #arsenal #SpiceGirls #RupertMurdoch #sky #BSkyB #skysports #BBC #BBCsport #matchoftheday #ArseneWenger #AlexFerguson #KevinKeegan #KennyDalglish #JackWalker #IanWright #AlanShearer #DavidBeckham #KeithGillespie #LesFerdinand #MartinEdwards #Media #Politics #Government #Diversity #PitchTalkVlogs #FootballVideos #FootballPodcast #FootballVlogs #Footballblogs #PremierLeague #EFL #Podcast #Podomatic #Podbean #EPL #Spotify #amazonmusic #playerfm #mixcloud #ApplePodcasts #GooglePodcasts #money #football #players #coaching #soccer #GrassRootsFootball #FA #FIFA #opinion #fans #facebook #twitter #igtv #instagram #YouTube

Welcome to episode 3 of a 4 part series where SSLJA reviews, Fever Pitch; The Rise of the Premier League.In this third episode of the Straight Shootin' View, SSLJA discusses Series 1 Episode 3 of Fever Pitch; The Rise of the Premier League, which was documentary by Studio 99 aired on BBC 2. SSLJA gives his thoughts on how the documentary discussed the subject of the instant celebrity status that a lot of Premier League were propelled into, focusing on the divergent career paths of former teammates Keith Gillespie and David Beckham, who in the same season were chasing their first premier league winners medals, with Newcastle United and Manchester United respectively.For more information about Pitch Talk visit: Our Official Website - http://www.pitch-talk.comhttp://Facebook.com/pitchtalk (Become a fan & member of our Facebook group)http://Twitter.com/pitchtalk @pitchtalkhttps://www.instagram.com/pitchtalk/http://Youtube.com/pitchtalk Find & Subscribe to our audio - Add us to your favourite podcast app via RSS Feed - https://pitchtalk.podomatic.com/rss2.xmlPodomatic - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/pitchtalkPodbean - https://pitchtalk.podbean.com/Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pitch-talk-podcast/id445883703Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3BpdGNodGFsay9mZWVkLnhtbASpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0y9lR6WJaNLyAr7diAHhqh#upsellAmazon Music - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ee0280cc-f15b-49bb-a3e2-b688e0dd49d5/Pitch-Talk-Podcast?Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/pitch-talk-podcast/Mixcloud Archive (Incl. Classic podcast episodes) - https://mixcloud.com/pitchtalk/PlayerFM - https://player.fm/series/pitch-talk-podcast-2859976#PremierLeague #feverpitch #BBCdocumentary #studio 99 #NewcastleUnited #Blackburnrovers #manchesterunited #Liverpool #arsenal #SpiceGirls #RupertMurdoch #sky #BSkyB #skysports #BBC #BBCsport #matchoftheday #Ericcantona #Paulmerson #AlexFerguson #KevinKeegan #KennyDalglish #JackWalker #IanWright #AlanShearer #DavidBeckham #KeithGillespie #LesFerdinand #MartinEdwards #Media #Politics #Government #Diversity #PitchTalkVlogs #FootballVideos #FootballPodcast #FootballVlogs #Footballblogs #PremierLeague #EFL #Podcast #Podomatic #Podbean #EPL #Spotify #amazonmusic #playerfm #mixcloud #ApplePodcasts #GooglePodcasts #money #football #players #coaching #soccer #GrassRootsFootball #FA #FIFA #opinion #fans #facebook #twitter #igtv #instagram #YouTube

Welcome to episode 2 of a 4 part series where SSLJA reviews, Fever Pitch; The Rise of the Premier League.In this episode of the Straight Shootin' View, SSLJA discusses Series 1 Episode 2 of Fever Pitch; The Rise of the Premier League, which was documentary by Studio 99 aired on BBC 2. SSLJA gives his thoughts on subjects brought up in the episode including the Blackburn v Manchester United title race, player salaries rising, Cantona's kung fu kick and Racism.For more information about Pitch Talk visit: Our Official Website - http://www.pitch-talk.comhttp://Facebook.com/pitchtalk (Become a fan & member of our Facebook group)http://Twitter.com/pitchtalk @pitchtalkhttps://www.instagram.com/pitchtalk/http://Youtube.com/pitchtalk Find & Subscribe to our audio - Add us to your favourite podcast app via RSS Feed - https://pitchtalk.podomatic.com/rss2.xmlPodomatic - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/pitchtalkPodbean - https://pitchtalk.podbean.com/Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pitch-talk-podcast/id445883703Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3BpdGNodGFsay9mZWVkLnhtbASpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0y9lR6WJaNLyAr7diAHhqh#upsellAmazon Music - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ee0280cc-f15b-49bb-a3e2-b688e0dd49d5/Pitch-Talk-Podcast?Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/pitch-talk-podcast/Mixcloud Archive (Incl. Classic podcast episodes) - https://mixcloud.com/pitchtalk/PlayerFM - https://player.fm/series/pitch-talk-podcast-2859976#PremierLeague #feverpitch #BBCdocumentary #studio 99 #NewcastleUnited #Blackburnrovers #manchesterunited #Liverpool #arsenal #DavidDein #RupertMurdoch #sky #BSkyB #skysports #BBC #BBCsport #matchoftheday #Ericcantona #Paulmerson #AlexFerguson #KevinKeegan #KennyDalglish #JackWalker #IanWright #AlanShearer #DavidBeckham #KeithGillespie #LesFerdinand #MartinEdwards #Media #Politics #Government #Diversity #PitchTalkVlogs #FootballVideos #FootballPodcast #FootballVlogs #Footballblogs #PremierLeague #EFL #Podcast #Podomatic #Podbean #EPL #Spotify #amazonmusic #playerfm #mixcloud #ApplePodcasts #GooglePodcasts #money #football #players #coaching #soccer #GrassRootsFootball #FA #FIFA #opinion #fans #facebook #twitter #igtv #instagram #YouTube

Welcome to episode 1 of a 4 part series where SSLJA reviews, Fever Pitch; The Rise of the Premier League.In this first episode of the Straight Shootin' View, SSLJA discusses Series 1 Episode 1 of Fever Pitch; The Rise of the Premier League, which was documentary by Studio 99 aired on BBC 2. SSLJA gives his thoughts on how the documentary tackled the subject of the formation of the Premier League and how it set up future episodes in the series.For more information about Pitch Talk visit: Our Official Website - http://www.pitch-talk.comhttp://Facebook.com/pitchtalk (Become a fan & member of our Facebook group)http://Twitter.com/pitchtalk @pitchtalkhttps://www.instagram.com/pitchtalk/http://Youtube.com/pitchtalk Find & Subscribe to our audio - Add us to your favourite podcast app via RSS Feed - https://pitchtalk.podomatic.com/rss2.xmlPodomatic - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/pitchtalkPodbean - https://pitchtalk.podbean.com/Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pitch-talk-podcast/id445883703Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3BpdGNodGFsay9mZWVkLnhtbASpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0y9lR6WJaNLyAr7diAHhqh#upsellAmazon Music - https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/ee0280cc-f15b-49bb-a3e2-b688e0dd49d5/Pitch-Talk-Podcast?Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/pitch-talk-podcast/Mixcloud Archive (Incl. Classic podcast episodes) - https://mixcloud.com/pitchtalk/PlayerFM - https://player.fm/series/pitch-talk-podcast-2859976Premier League, Fever Pitch, BBC Documentary, Studio 99, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, David Dein, Rupert Murdoch, Sky, BSkyB, Sky Sports, BBC, BBC Sport, Match of the Day, Eric Cantona, Paul Merson, Alex Ferguson, Kevin Keegan, Kenny dalglish, Ian Wright, Alan Shearer, David Beckham, Keith Gillespie, Les Ferdinand, Martin Edwards, Media, Politics, Government, Pitch Talk Vlogs, Football Videos, Football Podcast, Football Vlogs, Football blogs, EFL, Podcast, Podomatic, Podbean, EPL, Spotify, amazon music, playerfm, mixcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, money, football, players, coaching, soccer, Grass Roots Football, FA, opinion, fans, facebook, twitter, igtv, instagram, YouTube#PremierLeague #feverpitch #BBCdocumentary #studio 99 #NewcastleUnited #Blackburnrovers #manchesterunited #Liverpool #arsenal #DavidDein #RupertMurdoch #sky #BSkyB #skysports #BBC #BBCsport #matchoftheday #Ericcantona #Paulmerson #AlexFerguson #KevinKeegan #KennyDalglish #JackWalker #IanWright #AlanShearer #DavidBeckham #KeithGillespie #LesFerdinand #MartinEdwards #Media #Politics #Government #Diversity #PitchTalkVlogs #FootballVideos #FootballPodcast #FootballVlogs #Footballblogs #PremierLeague #EFL #Podcast #Podomatic #Podbean #EPL #Spotify #amazonmusic #playerfm #mixcloud #ApplePodcasts #GooglePodcasts #money #football #players #coaching #soccer #GrassRootsFootball #FA #FIFA #opinion #fans #facebook #twitter #igtv #instagram #YouTube

Andrew Croker, Chairman of multiple enterprises and one of the most outspoken sports Entrepreneurs hailing from the UK.  Fun and colorful deep dive into Andrew's 40+ years in the industry from his days following his dad around Football club board rooms to successfully launching Perform, the Global Cycling Network and getting Hawk-Eye into Football.   Key Highlights How it started, back in ancient history in 1973, his father becoming the General Secretary of the English FA Opening doors and hanging out with his dad in Football club board rooms and socializing with everyone in sports Joining BSB (later BSkyB) as employee #4-5, drawing up weekly sports schedule Finders, Binders, Minders and Grinders.  He was always a “Finder” How sitting next to Sir Frank Lowe (Advertising Legend) on the Concorde lead to launching Orbit –  sports marketing agency    Next stop, Ian Todd asking him to start IMG Football Division together with Paul Smith    Sportal – massive rise and big crash  - missed the big sale by weeks – dotcom boom and bust story of the year 2000 Premier League international TV rights (IMG, Sport+, Fox/Newscorp partnership) –  working with new Sportfive as International Board Member and UK CEO How “Perform” idea was seeded and came together – group in Hamburg looking at Digital Production idea – Oliver Slipper – Premium TV  & Inform team Access Industries (Len Blavatnik) comes into the picture – meeting Robert Louis-Dreyfus – and eventually cutting a deal with Len to merge Premium TV and Inform to form Perform Going public and taking it back private, from de-coupling Perform's profitable B2B business from DAZN's B2C business and the differences in business models and valuations Next opportunity arrives with Play Sports Group – Claude Ruibal, Global Head of Sports of YouTube at the time providing the “seed money” for the Global Cycling Network on YouTube (Chairman role) – great story from how it started and eventually sold to Eurosport/Discovery Network in 2019 Fascinating Hawk-Eye Football story (South Africa World Cup story and how we ended up in the same stadium in Bloemfontein)  and our thoughts on VAR (Video Assistant Referee) in football Oakwell Sports Advisory – Chairman Advisory Board – intersection between sports world and Private Equity His views on PE in sports, not mincing his words as usual – and a bit of Consultant bashing to top it off Final thoughts on why we both love the industry and can't wait to get back out   About Andrew Croker Andrew Croker is a very well-known figure in the sports management and media business, with over forty years' experience. He has worked with many of the biggest rights holders, media owners, agencies and sports brands in the world. Andrew was the first Head of Sport at BSB, the forerunner to Sky Sports, and started and ran IMG's global football division. In 2007, as Executive Chairman, he co-founded the digital sports rights agency, Perform Group, now DAZN, the live and on-demand sports streaming service. He remains an adviser to Stats Perform, the leading sports data and streaming service. He also consulted to Hawk-Eye for ten years until 2019, focussing on the introduction of technology into football, and was also Chairman of Play Sports Group, which included the Global Cycling Network - the world's leading community of cycling fans - until its sale to Discovery Networks in 2019.   Follow us on our social sites for the latest updates Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsentrepreneurs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcusluerpodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-entrepreneurs Website: https://marcusluer.com Podcast: https://marcusluer.com/podcast To get in touch, please email us at podcast@marcusluer.com   Feel Good by MusicbyAden https://soundcloud.com/musicbyaden Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_feel-good Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/bvgIqqRStcQ

BSkyB had come to save us all from the pit of despair that we called the late 1980s in football. Valley Parade, Hillsborough, Heysel, Hooliganism and Racism all cast a bad shadow on the game and the rights to the Old First Division were burning a hole in ITV's pocket. So they ceded control of the TV rights, 22 clubs broke away and formed the Premier League and English football - and football on the whole - hasn't looked back. We start our journey in the first months of the Premier League's 1992-93 season. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tadhg Kelly is a highly experienced consultant in augmented reality, virtual reality, and video games. He has a deep background in game design and production, as well as partner and developer relationship management. Since the early 90s, Tadhg has worked on all sorts of game projects, from board games and live-action roleplaying games to multi-million dollar PC projects. He has served as lead designer, senior producer, and a number of other roles at several companies including BSkyB, Lionhead, and Climax. We get deep on this episode with topics spanning: -The transition from game designer to consultant and the lessons he learned along the way -What is the “Sexy / Worthy Trap” and how do you use it to your advantage? -Balancing speed-to-market against adding more features -The benefit of the games industry opening up to more diverse skillsets -Simple mistakes made at the beginning of a project that can cost you in the long run -The value of letting your game developer do their job You can work with Tadhg by visiting www.mobilegamedoctor.com, For more info and resources head to www.playmakerspodcast.com!

Serial entrepreneurs are exceptionally gifted in bringing new business ideas to the market. Today's special guest, is a member of the serial entrepreneurs club, and he has built a continuous string of success that we're going learn about to see how you too can develop business ideas into a successful venture. What You'll Discover About Serial Entrepreneurs (highlights & transcript):https://businessconfidentialradio.com/?p=93811&preview=true# (HIGHLIGHTSCLICK HERE FOR AUDIO TRANSCRIPT) * The key to serial entrepreneurs success [02:21] * The nature of serial entrepreneurs [3:26] * How this serial entrepreneur picks the winners from the losers [05:20] * The biggest business challenge facing serial entrepreneurs [08:17] * Where business culture is most vulnerable to sabotage [10:32] * How to be ruthless in maintaining your business culture [12:14] * The two things that drive serial entrepreneurs [15:09] * Sources of business guidance for serial entrepreneurs [18:30] * And MUCH more. Guest: Norman CrowleyNorman Crowley is a serial entrepreneur, who founded and sold three businesses for over three-quarters of a billion dollars before the age of forty. He started his first business, a welding company, when he was just 16. The Cork, Ireland-based business had 8 employees within a year, with Norman selling it when he turned 20. He then started a computer and internet business called Trinity Commerce, growing the company 170 employees by the time he was 28 and selling it for $21 million. He then started Inspired Gaming Group (the world's largest company in the server-based gaming domain), which was sold for $500 million; and Europe's largest Wi-Fi hotspot provider, The Cloud, which was bought by Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB for $77 million in 2011. In 2010, Norman founded energy efficiency company https://www.crowleycarbon.com/ (Crowley Carbon), feeling his next venture needed to be about more than making money. He wanted to set up a business that made a real difference in addressing the global climate change issue. The company is focused on reducing the energy that businesses consume by ensuring the heating and cooling in buildings operates efficiently. It employs 250 people across offices in 20 countries, and boasts an impressive client list which includes Owens Illinois, Glanbia, Johnson & Johnson and Intel. To date, the business has saved customers over $400 million in energy. In 2019, he launched electric car company Electrifi, which creates world-class hypercars, by converting classic luxury cars (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin) into high performance electric cars using Tesla components. Boasting a performance specification on par with a Formula 1 racing car, these electrified cars can hit speeds of 0 to 60mph in under 2 seconds and deliver a driving range of 600km. Not since DeLorean closed its doors in the 1980s has anyone attempted to bring back car manufacturing at scale to Ireland, but the entrepreneur who was born just a short distance from Henry Ford's home place is not afraid of a challenge. He also launched Crowley Solar in 2019, with the aim of increasing the amount of solar energy produced in Ireland by 50%. The firm has already completed a 6MW solar installation in the UK and is currently completing projects in Ghana, Mexico, Poland and Ireland. Earlier this year he founded https://www.studioava.com/ (AVA). It is the first company to manufacture cars in Ireland of any scale in almost 40 years. The company is developing a “hyperclassic” – a new family of electric cars, with very high performance, but with styling inspired by some of the greats of motoring's past. Choosing to be part of the global climate solution instead of the problem, he is not afraid to call it as it is and identify those that are failing our planet or shirking their responsibility in making this required change.  It's not all about business though for the entrepreneur. He set up The

This is episode five of our series of Re-Thinking Sport, with Portas, the global strategy consultancy dedicated to sport and physical activity. Today we're talking about government regulation of football with our guests Rick Parry, the chairman of the EFL, and Adam Paker from Portas. Rick Parry is the former chief executive of Liverpool, the original CEO of the Premier League and a board member at New York Cosmos.He was recruited from his position as a senior management consultant with leading UK firm Ernst & Young in 1991 to assist in planning the new Premier League. Appointed Chief Executive in February 1992, the competition was officially ratified just seven days later by The Football Association, allowing Parry to proceed with negotiations for a television deal which was eventually awarded to BSkyB and the BBC for a then record bid of £304 million over five years.The context of the conversation is the recent review of English football carried out by Tracey Crouch MP, the former sports minister and a previous guest on Unofficial Partner. Her review was set up following the failure of The Super League, which features six of the Premier League's leading teams. UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announced he had “no choice” but to move quickly and launch the Government's manifesto commitment of a fan-led review.The review he said will be wide-ranging in nature and will examine the potential for changes to ownership models, governance, how finance flows through the game and how to give supporters a greater say in the running of the game.The launch of the fan-led review comes following a number of high profile collapses in recent years including Bury Football Club that went into administration last year after being expelled from the Football League in 2019.If you like the podcasts you'll love the Unofficial Partner newsletter, that goes direct to the inbox of thousands of senior executives across the global sports business every Thursday. To join them, sign up via unofficialpartner.com 

Jay Patel is an experienced commercial executive with over 25 years’ experience in the TMT sectors through various operational, investment and advisory roles. Jay enjoys working with fast growing technology businesses and has served as both an executive and non-executive director on the boards of both private and public companies over the last 20 years with international experience across the UK, India, Africa and the US. Currently the CEO of IMImobile Plc, a company Jay helped start in 2003 and which he led to the listing of in 2014. The Company provides mobile technology solutions to global bluechip companies across the world employing over 1000 people and since 2010 we have profitably grown revenues from £15m to over £150m;raised £45m for exiting early investors, executed five major acquisitions and repositioned the technology offering. Previously, Jay was a co-founder of venture capital firm Spark Ventures plc, which had £250 million under-management in various public and private funds. Jay has led a number of successful investments, restructurings and exits in the technology sector across digital media and publishing, B2B software and B2C eCommerce.Jay has also worked in corporate finance roles at UBS Warburg and BSkyB. I qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and have a MBA from INSEAD and an Economics degree from LSE. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-patel-821a1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESOURCES & LINKS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.pipspredator.com https://www.investing-champions.com https://www.trading-champions.com #tradingonline #investing #trading #pipspredator #alpeshpatel #business Subscribe to my newsletter for more tips: https://www.alpeshpatel.com/blogsignup Subscribe to my Telegram channel for daily market information: https://t.me/pipspredator Follow me on my LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alpeshbpatel/ Join my Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/tradefx4profit Follow more free resources including my book from www.investing-champions.com and www.alpeshpatel.com My daily insights are on my instant messenger app - also free. Get my FREE Trading Journal & Picks

John Gleasure has been on the forefront of sports media distribution from his early days in BskyB to the dotcom boom days of Sportal to launching 3G applications for Hutchison Whampoa. And then starting Inform with a group of fellow sports executives 15 years ago which turned into PERFORM and now DAZN (the leading Sports OTT platform globally). Incredible journey and learning along the way.    Key Highlights Playing some decent football can get you a good job, ask John.  His early days at EMI Music  BskyB, learning the ropes in the cable industry, Marketing Manager for Sky Sports, Sky Digital, his true University in business and sports  Dotcom days, Sportal – interviewed by Andrew Croker, incredible team of people, launching various websites (portals) for sports properties, wild ride – dotcom crash Leading to role at Hutchison Whampoa, Head of Sports – 3G rollout, video clips, etc – learning, it takes a lot longer than you expect for technology and consumers to pick it up (as example, the company didn't use the Premier League rights for 1.5 years because they were not ready to deploy it) Inform Group – ventured into Entrepreneurship together with Simon Denyer, Stefano D'Anna and Mike Ingram    First business model didn't work and then stumbled into the Live streaming for Betting websites space, started to work with Premium TV (Oli Slipper) Business started to take off and grow, merger with Premium TV to create Perform Group – mutually beneficial for both sides, bringing in Access Industries (Ukraine born, UK/US Billionaire, Sir Len Blavatnik) Lots of opportunities to grow internationally for a mostly UK based business at the time  Took role as MD APAC and moved to Asia – acquisition of content, driving new digital revenues which were not there before for rights holders, building partnerships  Key to Performs success was ingesting huge volume of content at the right cost and driving new revenue streams from it – betting revenue, PPV, other subscription services (first look at OTT) IPO in 2011, raised GBP 168 million in process, looking for growth – buying Goal.com, Opta, Livesport services, etc  Going from B2B to B2C business model and the challenges along the way  De-listing in 2013 (GBP 700 mil valuation), market didn't appreciate all the new business areas the management was exploring, including OTT – safer to be private  The start of the DAZN idea, in 2014 – OTT is much more than streaming on the web – radical change of business model  Two distinct businesses, Perform B2B and DAZN B2C – clear focus on growing DAZN and Perform needed its own home to continue its growth  Divested out of Perform, Goal.com, etc – kept equity stakes – New partnership now known as "Perform Stats" How the DAZN launch markets were picked, DACH (German-speaking region) and Japan – similarities in PayTV markets and opportunities to buy strong content for a reasonable price Launching across multiple platforms from native Apps (Android & IOS), web, smart TV, consoles, Pay TV boxes, etc – find DAZN everywhere, anytime  OTT and beyond – 60-75% watch DAZN on TV in Germany – certain events over 1 million streams – watching through traditional TV still the largest viewership (surprising for me)  OTT goes way beyond traditional linear TV coverage in terms of fan engagement and user interactivity But the “old” arbitrage model is still there and pure subscription model is tough to make work, advertising still plays an important role and other revenue streams   DAZN's global boxing offerings – US$ 1.99 per month (test price) – purchased big rights globally  Multi-sport focused, different offerings across the world. Scale is a big differentiator, better rates, etc F1 in Spain, Bundesliga and Champions League in Germany – lots of new rights coming on stream and new management firepower  Partnership model vs straight forward rights sales model – current tough times might help in a positive way if we all learn from it   About John Gleasure is DAZN Group Executive Vice Chairman. In this role, he works on the company's long-term strategy and focuses on key priorities including key global business partnerships, new ventures and diversity and inclusion. John is a member of the DAZN Group executive committee management team and is a founder of DAZN and Perform Group. With more than 25 years of experience within international media, rights, marketing and distribution, John previously held leadership roles at Sky Sports, EMI Records, Hutchison Whampoa and Sony Pictures.   Follow us on our social sites for the latest updates Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsentrepreneurs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcusluerpodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sports-entrepreneurs Website: https://marcusluer.com Podcast: https://marcusluer.com/podcast To get in touch, please email us at podcast@marcusluer.com     Feel Good by MusicbyAden https://soundcloud.com/musicbyaden Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_feel-good Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/bvgIqqRStcQ

We report from the Cable and Satellite congress in London. Analogue is still alive in Holland and Germany. Digital is still very expensive. Rupert Murdoch has not announced which receivers he will chose for his BSKYB service. Increasingly satellite signals are scrambled. We explain the conditional access module which has considerably complicated the market for individual satellite enthusiasts. Professor John Campbell can't imagine that viewers will want to edit their own programmes. He thinks that traditional radio is trouble. Remember that CBS started by importing Cuban Cigars. He also sums up exactly what happened to a lot of shortwave radio. Andy Sennit has also news about ASTRA. There is also news about Radio For Peace International in Costa Rica. Joseph M Costello has passed away on April 23rd at 56 so the future of WRNO. We looked at into the archives. Mike Bird has the propagation review. Radio Australia is having its budget cuts, with 80 staff to lose their jobs.

Shaa Wasmund MBE joins me for this week's epic interview episode. Shaa is a serial entrepreneur and has been named one of the UK’s Top 20 Most Influential Entrepreneurs by The Sunday Times and and one of the ‘Most Influential Women in the UK' by the Institute of Directors. Having started her path as the only licensed female boxing promoter in the world at the time when she worked with the legendary Super Middle Weight Champion Chris Eubank, Shaa went on to found her own PR firm which managed the launch of Dyson vacuum cleaners. In a move to digital business in 1997 she became a founding director of the travel website Deckchair. She then went on to launch lifestyle website "My Kinda Place" in 2000, ands even years later, the site was sold to BSkyB.In 2007, Shaa established Bright Station Ventures, an investment vehicle with $100million of capital. In January 2009 Shaa launched Smarta, a site dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and small business owners. More recently Shaa has created an incredible online community named ‘The 6 Figure Club’ and has taught thousands of like-minded entrepreneurs how to build successful online businesses, and she has shifted her aim to giving women the tools and the confidence to create profitable sustainable businesses. We discuss redefining male dominated industries, advice for young entrepreneurs and startups, community, empowering women and the stories behind her number 1 best selling books. Learn how to build your personal brand with our FREE 5 Step Personal Brand Accelerator Guide which is available at https://www.livconlon.com/free-personal-brand-guide

The weekly #HumansFirst open and inclusive calls can all be found here -> https://humansfirst.club/events In addition, you can also find the online rally that is taking place and the 2-day retreat in the UK at th same link -> https://humansfirst.club/events “This experience will create more buying power for employees, a positive pressure on organisations that could be once leverage, if responded to you well” - Mark “If it isn’t serving you, it is holding you back. If we don’t recognise that this is the time to let go of it, I am not sure when that will be” - Hilton Mark's bio: Mark Edgar is a people-centric, strategic and innovative consultant, facilitator and coach with global experience developing and delivering impactful and business focused people strategies across a range of sectors. He has over 25 years’ experience building HR solutions across the broad HR agenda including transformational change, talent management, engagement and organizational effectiveness. Mark runs his own consulting Goat Rodeo Project designed to help organizations avoid train wrecks! He is the co-founder of future foHRward – a community for HR professionals to build their capabilities and confidence in leveraging the opportunities that come from the new world of work. He is also a board member of Strategic Capability Network. Most recently Mark worked for RSA for over 8 years in the role of CHRO with overall responsibility for HR and Communications for the Canadian business. Previously, he was based in the UK as Head of Human Resources within Centrica Plc; a major energy company operating in the UK under the British Gas brand. He has also worked for BSkyB, a TV, broadband and phone company, in an HR role responsible for their operational business units and customer facing teams. Mark lives in Canada with his wife and two daughters and spends his time playing, coaching and watching soccer – or what he calls football! Hilton's bio: My personal mantra is “Question Everything” Over the past 18 years I’ve been fortunate to put that mantra to task in a diverse number of settings, categories and markets. From global brands as diverse as IBM, Coca-Cola, Nokia, Enron, Hilton Worldwide and Ernst & Young to markets as unique as Canada, Japan, UK, Germany and Bulgaria, I’ve lead numerous brand, digital and business strategy engagements. And had a ton of fun doing it. My passion is create winning brands by helping businesses become more adept at handling change and more effective at creating extraordinary customer experiences. I am passionate about culture because, over the course of my career, I’ve seen time and again that culture is either an accelerant of growth – or an impediment. As a marketer, I believe that culture really is an organization’s only sustainable competitive advantage…and that winning organizations are the one’s that commit to their culture daily. Email - mike@mjvacanti.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjvacanti/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MJVacanti Web - https://humansfirst.club/ Email - garryturner0@hotmail.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/garryinterpersonalcatalyst/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/GarryIPCatalyst --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valuevulnerability/message

As the whole world deals with the current crisis we have seen a "collective empathy" as we make the extra effort to help others. Whether that be looking out for those that more vulnerable, or our neighbours or clapping for the NHS we all seemed to have felt more empathy. But with no end in site of the crisis, how do we sustain that and what are some practical learning strategies that we can all learn to help do that?We are joined byKate Reid - Former Producer and BBC and Head of Editorial at BSkyB and an experienced leadership coachJudy Purse - Co-founder of RocheMartinMartin Daubney - A hugely experienced executive coach with a background within communications for the pharmaceutical industrySome the topics discussed include:What is they key definition of Empathy?Why is Empathy so particularly important in the current circumstances?What are some real life examples of this?How does Social Distancing effect this?What are some of the negative impacts people could face?How would developing Empathy help?What are some development strategies everyone can practice?How can we use technology to help us?

Collyn talks about brand strategy, particularly how brands identify cultural and social roles and opportunities. Collyn emphasises the importance of a brand strategy to understand their role within the culture. Cultures are what make us feel connected to one another and part of something bigger. People want things they can connect with and if they can identify this to the brand, it brings the strategy to life.Collyn Ahart helps brands connect with culture, with clients like Rapha, BSkyB, The Royal Mail and Divine Chocolate.This means understanding and articulating a brand's unique but often humble role in a culture's shape and metabolism.But what happens when there are no brands acknowledging a culture? A cultural opportunity? She has created an outdoors-wear brand for women for this very reason.—Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2013.Watch Collyn's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/collyn-ahart-sell-your-pursuit-not-your-product

Today's interview is with Bian Salins, Head of Social at Now TV, BSkyB. I was introduced to Bian by Martin Hill-Wilson who suggested I should talk to Bian as she was one of the few people that really 'gets' what it is to be a 'social business'. More importantly, he said, she doesn't just talk about it….she makes it happen for big organisations. Therefore, I was very excited when Bian agreed to spend some time sharing her experience and a few insights around social business and what it takes to make the transformation into a more social business. This interview follows on from my recent interview: The Tools To Deliver Amazing Customer Service Every Time – Interview With Shep Hyken – and is number eighty three in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders that are doing great things and helping businesses innovate, become more social and deliver better service.

To understand and deal with HR challenges better, we must first understand what we are dealing with in the general scale—what are the overall business challenges? No matter on what level it is, external or internal, it will still affect the performance of the team. It's always better to know the root cause before we build any plans in HR Management. So, in this episode of The HR Uprising Podcast, Nick Holley, the Associate Director of the Corporate Research Forum, dives deep about strategies on how to improve our HR, without removing the traditional ones, and opening our eyes to the unnoticed ones. Discover also the concept of systemic thinking, which can help every OD professional. Other topics that were discussed involve building credibility, determining every individual's drive, maintaining a business' sustainability and many more. KEY TAKEAWAYS “Value is not created to be operationally efficient in the here and now, but it's really understanding the future trends in your market and developing a strategy to respond to it. ” To ensure that we improve our HR, we must know the challenges the business is facing. Determine the external and internal factors that affect them. If HR professionals want to establish their credibility, then it's easiest when they bring actionable solutions inside the business. Make changes not just in the HR space, but also for the entire company/industry. Stand your ground. Don't get over your head on building your image. Let's act on what the business needs and not on what the line managers want. D. professionals are systemic thinkers—meaning, they know and understand that every element is interconnected with each other and with that information, they're able to drive improvements and prevent complications. Systemic thinking – understanding that there are several elements in each system that are connected and impact each other ‘What drives performance and what can we do?' This is the most basic question we shall ask in HR. It's not going to start with planning HR management, but to understand what motivates every individual. BEST MOMENTS “HR is not about HR; HR is about the business.” “The world is full of solutions looking for problems.” “The questions you need to start with: Why is our business in trouble? How are we going to get out of trouble? And, what is HR going to do in that journey?” “We are not accountable to line managers; we are accountable to the long term sustainability of the business.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Join the HR Uprising Linked In Group here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ The HR Uprising Podcast: The Art of Demystifying O.D. https://hruprising.com/episode-3-the-art-of-demystifying-o-d/ Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz https://www.amazon.com/Being-Wrong-Adventures-Margin-Error/dp/0061176052 Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can Be Copied by Howard Yu http://www.howardyu.org/leap/ Deep Work: Rules for Focused Succes in a Distracted World by Cal Newport https://www.crforum.co.uk/events/crf-learning-hrbp-business-catalyst/ https://www.crforum.co.uk/events/crf-learning-integrated-talent-management/ https://hruprising.com ABOUT THE GUEST Nick Holley has extensive experience not only in researching key trends in HR (he was voted the fifth most influential thinker in HR) and working with major global businesses, but he also has a background in senior HR roles as a partner at Arthur Andersen and Director of Global People Development at Vodafone.  This gives him a highly focused commercial and practical outlook on HR. Nick has worked as a coach and facilitator for HR leadership teams and helped them develop their people and organisational strategies and plans in Allianz, BAT (London and Kiev), BSkyB, Centrica, CERN (Geneva), Danske Bank (Copenhagen), Heineken (Lisbon), HSBC, Imperial, ING (Amsterdam), KAUST (Jeddah), Legal and General, Mercedes Benz, Nationwide, Nordea (Copenhagen), Qatar National Bank (Doha), Salesforce, Saudi Aramco (Dhahran), the Serbian Government (Belgrade), Serco and the United Nations (Copenhagen). He has also developed and delivered HR capability programmes for the Abu Dhabi Government (Abu Dhabi), Avanade (Frankfurt, London, Seattle and Singapore), Celtel (Lagos), Cisco, Credit Suisse, Danone (UK, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Jakarta, Mexico City and Paris), Ecobank (Accra), Egmont (Copenhagen), Health Education England, HRNorge (Oslo), HSBC (Birmingham, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Mexico City, New York and Vancouver), ING (Kuala Lumpur), ITV, Johnson Matthey, Kier, KPMG, Ladbrokes Coral (UK and Gibraltar) , Marston's, Mitsubishi UFJ, Morgan Stanley, NATS, NetJets (London, Lisbon and Zurich), NHS, Oracle, Oxfam, PZCussons, Rolls Royce, Rosneft (Moscow), SABMiller, Saudi Telecom (Riyadh), Shell, Spirax Sarco, Statoil Hydro (Stavanger), Thomson Reuters, UBS (Hong Kong, London, New Jersey, Stamford and Zurich), Whitbread, Yahoo and Zebra Technologies. He is an internationally recognised speaker at HR events in Barclays, BT, California Strategic HR Partnership, Dansk HR (Copenhagen) , EPIC, Flora (Icelandic HR Association), GSK, Henley Business School, Hovis, HR Forum, HRNEurope, HRNorge (Oslo), HRTech, Kone, Lloyds TSB, Mercedes Benz, Nestle, NHS, Prudential, Royal Mail, SABMiller, SDWorx, Shell, Siemens, Sony Ericsson and Willmott Dixon. He is an Executive Fellow at Henley Business School and was a professor and for ten years head of the Centre for HR Excellence.  Nick is Associate Director of Learning for the Corporate Research Forum. @Nick_Holley https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nickholley https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/disrupt-die-nick-holley/ https://diginomica.com/performance-management-the-soul-sucking-monster-of-hr Corporate Research Forum https://www.crforum.co.uk/ https://www.crforum.co.uk/events/crfs-organisation-development-manifesto-a-road-map-for-progress/ ABOUT THE HOST Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up' together. “If you look up, you rise up” CONTACT METHOD Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/ Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/ Twitter: @lucindacarney Instagram: @hruprising Facebook: @hruprising   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's largely known that generational differences are an important factor for organisations but a different thing to know what we should do to attract, develop and keep younger talent.   In this episode of The Learning & Development Podcast, David interviews Rowena Bach to discuss on how to handle different generations in the workforce. Learn also about the different challenges that Rowena has seen throughout her career. This conversation explores some of the things L&D teams - and Early Careers specialists - should consider and doing to capitalise on the big opportunities that a good Early Careers strategy can present. They also covered the different trends that companies should watch out for so they can improve their recruitment process and take into mind their senior team members. Discover more about these when you tune in.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  There are two problems that Rowena is trying to solve for organisations:  Macro-level, where your background dictates where you're going  Organisational, recruitment management  It's difficult to handle the team especially if it comprises the 5 generations in the workforce. Each lived a different life that has shaped their values and behaviours right now.  Challenges:  Establishing an inflow of talent  Ageing skill of workforce  (Organisational) Receiving up to 35,000 applications for 100 roles  (Organisational) Low budget  Organisational development and learning and development help the newly recruited people adjust in the workplace.  The new generation base their decision-making process on activism, radicalism, and loyalty, while the baby boomers base it on hierarchy, legacy, and commitment.  Key Trends to watch out for in L&D:  Global skills gap  Impacts of technology on workforce  Access to information  Though the interview might be the most vital part of the recruitment process, it does not envelope everything that we need to know from entry-level talent.  BEST MOMENTS  “Why do L&D professionals and HR professionals stay in this industry? It's because we're in the space that brings something in the business that they don't have time for.”  “Every single one of those is potentially a customer.”  “Every new person that you bring will challenge your organisational dynamic.”  “People have specific reasons why they work.”  “It's almost a fallcy that interviews get you what you need to know about the person.”  “Dealing with equality is not just an ethical imperative; there's so much evidence about how a balanced workforce fastly improves how successful organisations are.”  ABOUT THE GUEST  Rowena Bach is an Early Careers/Future Talent leader with 15 years' experience of setting talent strategies (people and digital), consulting and leading change programmes, and teams, to deliver commercial value.   Prior to this, Rowena was Head of Future Talent at BSkyB following her role as Learning & Development Manager for Disney Consumer Products.  Her current role involves Rowena helping clients get to know the evolving Gen Z landscape, understanding and utilising the Apprenticeship Levy, attracting and retaining diverse candidates in the recruitment process, and ensuring that emerging talent pipelines match the needs of your business.  You can follow and contact Rowena via:  Twitter: @Rowena_Bach  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowenabach/   Website: http://insights.tmpw.co.uk/u/102f64x/rowena-bach   Article mentioned in the podcast, ‘The Global Skills Gap in the 21st Century': https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/global-skills-gap-21st-century-rowena-bach/   ABOUT THE HOST  David James   David has been a People Development professional for more than 20 years, most notably as Director of Talent, Learning & OD for The Walt Disney Company across Europe, the Middle East & Africa.   As well as being the Chief Learning Strategist at Looop, David is a prominent writer and speaker on topics around modern and digital L&D as well as an active member of the CIPD L&D Advisory Board.   CONTACT METHOD   Twitter:  https://twitter.com/davidinlearning/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjameslinkedin/   Website: https://www.looop.co/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is our 2 year anniversary episode! In this episode, we talk about a massive CRM project failure that took place years ago, and my Top 5 red flags that can tell you if your project is going down the same road to failure. Links: EDS vs. BskyB Court Decision: https://www.scribd.com/document/32707026/EDS-v-BskyB-court-decisions EDIT: Several people asked me if this was a Microsoft Dynamics CRM/365 implementation because I didn't make that clear on the episode. The project that's the subject of this episode started in November 2000. Microsoft Dynamics CRM was not released until 2003. So the answer is No. But this was a CRM Implementation and the lessons we learned from this disaster can be extrapolated to the implementation of ANY CRM solution available in the market today. However, the software is not the focus or the reason for the disaster. Based on the way things were done, I think the project would've been a disaster regardless of the software being implemented. I will discuss more on Episode 53.

GUEST BIO: Ruth is an award-nominated digital artist, web consultant, keynote speaker and writer with 15 years of experience in the digital industry.  Ruth is a Google Development Expert, having worked for companies such as O2 and BSkyB and with clients including the BBC, NBC and Heineken. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Ruth John is Phil’s guest on today’s I.T. Energizer show. For the past 15 years, she has worked in the digital design and development field. Ruth has worked for start-ups, creative agencies and media companies as well as in the telecommunications sector. She specializes in data visualization, animation, audio and 3D. Ruth is also a technical writer and a regular conference speaker. KEY TAKEAWAYS: ­(0.57) – So Ruth, can you expand on that brief introduction and tell us a little bit more about yourself? Ruth explains that currently she is a self-employed consultant. She specializes in helping companies to build or document creative development. Usually, she ends up filling in skill gaps for her clients, especially when it comes to audio, animation and visualization. (1.32) – OK, so what led you into that particular avenue? Ruth explains that while working for agencies on front end development projects, she ended up filling a range of skill gaps. One of which was design. Despite the fact that her focus was research and development, she ended having to use her creative skills a lot. It was this that made her realize that she had a flair for design and the creative side of IT and that she enjoyed that kind of work. (1.53) – Phil asks Ruth for a unique IT career tip. Ruth’s number one tip is not to be afraid to turn work down. Sometimes it is because she sees red flags, other times it is because the job is not fully suited to her skill set. She is especially cautious if it looks like the project has not been spec’d properly or is underfunded. Phil asks her if that is something she has had to learn from experience. Ruth said yes. When you are self-employed getting the balance right is tricky because you’ve still got your bills to pay. This fact makes it harder to learn to say no and will mean that occasionally you will have to say yes even when the role is not a perfect fit for you. (3.57) – Ruth is asked to share her worst career moment. Like quite a few IT professionals, Ruth has made the classic mistake of deleting a production database. Of course, that was a serious mistake, but one that was relatively easily rectified because they had a proper backup. Throughout the early part of her career Ruth experienced sexism. In one office, every morning when she walked into the office they shouted boobs at her. A pretty awful environment for her to work in, but that job did not last long. Fortunately, things are getting better now for female IT workers. The other negative situation that sticks in Ruth’s mind was landing a very well paid job only to then discover that the working environment was toxic. Plus, the team was not great. That was a very low point for Ruth. Sadly, it meant that her best career moment was rolled up with her worst one. (5.09) – Can you explain how your worst career experience rolled into your best moment. Ruth said that she left that job. It was a difficult decision for her to leave such a well-paid role, but doing so was extremely liberating. (5.45) – So, have you learned anything from that particular experience in terms of who you choose to work with? Ruth explained that it gave her a better understanding of when to say no and when to say yes to a project. For example, she recently took on a project that was slightly underfunded. She did so because it gave her the chance to work with someone she already knew and trusted. It turned out to be a great decision. (7.28) – Do you see the trend of applying multiple technologies to one problem continuing? Or do you think that it is going to go the other way? Ruth said that she hopes multiple technologies will continue to be used. Having options helps people to be innovative, dig deeper and come up with interesting solutions. (6.44) – Ok, Ruth what is it about the future of the IT industry and careers that excites you, in particular. Ruth is excited by how creative IT is getting, especially at the front end where she works. You can now build anything using CSS or JavaScript, even something quite abstract. (8.48) – What first attracted you to IT, Ruth? Ruth confesses that when she first left university she was not attracted to a career in IT, at all. Her entertainment technology degree was similar to media studies, but, with the focus being on technology. For example, music technology, 3D and film animation. During her course, she did a year of Java programming and hated it. But, despite that, she applied for and landed a job as a web developer and ended up enjoying it. (9.38) – So, there must have been something that kept you going in terms of wanting to continue to work in the industry? Ruth agrees and thinks that it was seeing 3D artists and video editors at work. That made her realize that they were stuck in a dark room all day. Whereas as a developer, she got to move around, experience more and get involved in all kinds of projects. (10.34) – What is the best career advice you’ve ever received? Ruth has recently read Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg and found it refreshing to hear someone recognize the fact that “having it all” is not really possible. Currently, Ruth is focused on her career, but definitely feels the social pressure to get married and have children. (11.38) – If you were to begin your IT career again, now, what would you do? Ruth says she would have more confidence in her own abilities. She really wishes she had worked an environment that had instilled that in her. (12.18) – What career objectives are you currently focusing on? Because this is Ruth’s 2nd year as a consultant, this year’s target is to make more money. In 2018, she has not quite hit most of her targets. She does not really set goals as such. Instead she has people she wants to work with and projects she wants to be involved in. (13.27) – What is the number one non-technical skill that has helped you the most in your IT career? Ruth teaches coding to adults. In that role, patience is an essential skill. The course is an intensive one, so there is a lot for the students to take in. Naturally, most of them struggle with various aspects of what they are learning. Getting students through this phase requires a lot of patience, so you get good at it. In time, you realize that this skill is actually very helpful in all aspects of your life. (14.13) – Phil says that he has also noticed that everyone learns in a different way. Something that has helped him to realize the importance of adapting what you say and how you say it to suit the person or people you are speaking to. Ruth agrees, and comments that in every class you end up with different kinds of learners. So, you have to think on your feet and adapt the way you teach to enable them to complete the course successfully. (14.50) – Do you incorporate all of those into the way you teach? Ruth does, she also takes advice from her mother and sister. Both of them are ex-teachers. (15.19) – Phil asks Ruth to share a final piece of career advice. Her advice is to find likeminded people. A while back Ruth was nominated for an award for an article she wrote. It was about a really random subject – doing audio video visualizations using web technologies. Not long after the nomination, a guy who was doing something similar got in touch with her. They collaborated for a while. In the end they formed a bit of a collective of people doing using similar technology to create music, control lighting rigs and that sort of thing. Over the years, these people have been really helpful, in many different ways. BEST MOMENTS: (2.20) RUTH – “I actually turn a lot of work back or just say no, off the bat, just because I see a lot of red flags.” (6.59) RUTH – “Front end technologies, like CSS and JavaScript have exploded so much over the past 5 to 10 years that you can quite easily build anything you want with them now.” (13.20) RUTH – “I like to think about projects that I would like to work on, or people that I'd like to work with.” (15.26) RUTH – “Find like-minded people.”   CONTACT RUTH:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rumyra LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthjohn/ Website: https://www.ruthjohn.com

The first thing you see on Gerry's site is "Customers are your lifeblood. lose them and you bleed to death" Gerry is known as The Customer Lifeguard. His mission is to save the world from bad customer service and if you have been to many high street stores recently you'll realise just how much work he has on his hands! He helps breathe life into customer service operations and customer experience strategy and ensures their strategy, people and technology are all aligned to provide positive outcomes for their customers and colleagues. Gerry has provided organisational leadership on people development, business transformation, customer engagement and technology enablement for huge companies in the UK, Canada, and EMEA. Including the likes of National Express, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, The Royal Albert Hall, O2, Screwfix, Sage, BSkyB, Bell Canada and TELUS. In this episode we discuss: Good and bad customer experience and talk about some of the airlines and telephone companies as examples. Gerry gives great suggestions on how companies can go implement better systems to improve the experience their customers receive. How AI will impact customer service. Customer service in the US, Canada and UK www.customerlifeguard.com   Full details at: https://tonywinyard.com/ee016-gerry-brown/ How to leave a review for the podcast

Get your laugh tracks ready, as we're taking on our first sitcom with the the 1990 Hitler sitcom Heil Honey, I'm Home!In 1990, the British network Galaxy (later part of BSkyB) produced a sitcom from Geoff Atkinson called Heil Honey I'm Home! that centered on Nazi dictator Adolph Hitler, his wife Eva Braun, and their wacky Jewish neighbors; confusingly they all have New York accents. Eight episodes were produced, but only one aired.If you want to watch Heil Honey, I'm Home, you can watch it on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9jJx0NSjwContact Us!Email: pilotprojectshow@gmail.comInstagram: @pilotprojectpodFacebook: https://fb.me/pilotprojectpodTwitter: @pilotprojectpodVoicemail: (469) 573-2337Subscribe for Free!Apple Podcasts: http://apple.pilotprojectpod.comGoogle Play: http://googleplay.pilotprojectpod.comRSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/pilotprojectpodSpotify: http://spotify.pilotprojectpod.comStitcher: http://stitcher.pilotprojectpod.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We're eating leftovers from 1986's The Thanksgiving Promise and we're talking about our next episode, featuring the 1990 Hitler sitcom Heil Honey, I'm Home!In 1990, the British network Galaxy (later part of BSkyB) produced a sitcom from Geoff Atkinson called Heil Honey I'm Home! that centered on Nazi dictator Adolph Hitler, his wife Eva Braun, and their wacky Jewish neighbors; confusingly they all have New York accents. Eight episodes were produced, but only one aired. If you want to watch Heil Honey I'm Home, you can watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9jJx0NSjwContact Us!Email: pilotprojectshow@gmail.comInstagram: @pilotprojectpodFacebook: https://fb.me/pilotprojectpodTwitter: @pilotprojectpodVoicemail: (469) 573-2337Subscribe for Free!Apple Podcasts: http://apple.pilotprojectpod.comGoogle Play: http://googleplay.pilotprojectpod.comRSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/pilotprojectpodSpotify: http://spotify.pilotprojectpod.comStitcher: http://stitcher.pilotprojectpod.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Giles Palmer is the founder and CEO of Brandwatch, a leading social intelligence company. Formerly of BSkyB, Giles started Brandwatch and since its launch in August 2007, it has grown to become one of the world’s leading social media analytics and listening companies.

The Beijing-based StarTimes Group is now one of Africa's most important media companies with 1.4 million subscribers across 30 countries. The pay TV company is leading the continent's transition from analog to digital television with some of the world's most affordable cable/satellite TV packages priced as low as $4 per month. In the burgeoning Digital TV sector, StarTime is far and away the market leader. The company's reach covers 90 of the continent's population powered by 5,000 distributions and 3,000 convenience shops where consumers buy their services and pay monthly bills. Unlike standard cable and satellite TV bundles in other regions of the world, you won't find CNN or other major Western channels on StarTimes' platform. In addition to dozens of local African channels, there is a wide selection of Chinese news, entertainment and sports programming. Although StarTimes is technically a private company with no official government affiliation, the pay TV operator is playing a vital role in China's soft power diplomacy agenda in Africa. “There’s a huge ideological element” to StarTimes’ African operations, said Dani Madrid-Morales, a doctoral fellow at the City University of Hong Kong who has researched the company. “It’s a huge effort to get Africans to understand China. Even the selection of TV shows is very carefully done. It’s very specific shows that showcase an urban China, a growing China, a noncontroversial view of China.” In addition to broadcasting Chinese and African national channels, StarTimes is also producing more of its own content in local languages, including Swahili, from its new production facility in Nairobi.  Dani joins Eric & Cobus to discuss what's behind StarTimes' aggressive expansion in Africa and how the company plays a critical role in China's broader effort to influence African 'hearts & minds.' Join the discussion? What do you think of the expansion of Chinese TV programming in Africa and the emerging dominance of a foreign-owned pay TV operator across Africa's pay TV sector? Is there any difference between what StarTimes is doing in Africa and the approach taken by the Australian-born, U.S. citizen Rupert Murdoch who owns a controlling-stake in the British satellite operator BSkyB? Share your thoughts with us: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twitter: @eolander | @stadenesque | @DMadrid_M

Wachsende Unternehmenszahlen bei Sky und Eurosport in den vergangenen Jahren haben dazu geführt, dass die Verhandlungen beider Sender über eine weitere Zusammenarbeit schwierig und langwierig waren. Während Eurosport von Discovery gekauft und mit neuen Fußball- und Olympia-Rechten ausgestattet wurde, schnappte sich das britische BSkyB, das jetzt Sky plc heißt, seine deutsche und italienische Schwester. Entstanden sind zwei Unternehmen, die inzwischen weltweit Geschäfte tätigen. Discovery wollte eigentlich höhere Erlöse für die Einspeisung in die Sky-Plattform generieren – und drohte kurz vor Verhandlungsschluss lautstark in der Öffentlichkeit mit dem Verschwinden der Sender von der Plattform. Bewirkt hat das offenbar nichts. Wie Sky im Rahmen des doch noch zustande gekommenen Deals bekanntgab, hätte Discovery letztlich einen über eine Woche alten Vorschlag von Sky akzeptiert. Wie geht es jetzt weiter? Wie viel ist Sky bereit für die noch nicht ausgehandelten 45 Eurosport-Spiele der Bundesliga zu zahlen? Und wer ist wirklich Sieger des Verhandlungsmarathons? Darüber diskutieren in dieser Woche Christoph Anheuser (von Sportmedienblog.de), Tim Glaubitz, Hauke Reitz und Gastgeber Fabian Riedner.

Hello! In this episode, I am talking all about the Doctor who wilderness years.From BBV to Dimensions in time via The New adventures. Subscribe on Itunes and Please review the Pod at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ian-todd-podcast-collective/id1053450770 Follow me on Twitter @iantodd82 #mondaspodcast Thanks for listening! Ian

Gareth Capon is CEO of Grabyo - the company that identifies itself as the “leader in real-time video” - and the man who formerly led strategy and product development for BSkyB's mobile app portfolio. He has also previously worked at Sony Music, BT and management consultancy Accenture. In this episode, he reflects on the dramatic shift in media consumption towards mobile, and what opportunities it brings to sports rights-holders, broadcasters and publishers.

Im Jahr 2008 brachte der damalige «Genial daneben»-Moderator Hugo Egon Balder die Idee von «Der Klügere kippt nach» ins Spiel. Sein damaliger Heimatsender Sat.1 hat das Format nicht umgesetzt, stattdessen sicherte sich Tele 5-Boss Kai Blasberg rund sieben Jahre später die Rechte. In der Zwischenzeit wechselte Ina Müller mit «Inas Nacht» vom NDR ins Erste und die bildundtonfabrik produzierte «Roche & Böhmermann». Alle drei Sendungen haben ein ähnliches Konzept: Die Gäste sollen Alkohol trinken, um locker zu sein. Über dieses Thema spricht Quotenmeter.FM-Moderator Fabian Riedner mit seinen Gästen David Grzeschik (Quotenmeter-Redakteur) und Hauke Reitz. Außerdem spielt die englische Fußballliga eine Rolle. Der TV-Vertrag zwischen der Premiere League und den zwei TV-Sendern BT und BSkyB der bringt der Liga weit über fünf Milliarden Pfund in drei Jahren. Da stellt sich doch die Frage, ob Sky Deutschland künftig ebenfalls tiefer in die Tasche greifen muss. Schon bald werden die Rechte der Bundesliga ausgeschrieben und derzeit gibt es im Bezahlfernsehen keine ernstzunehmende Konkurrenz. Kann sich deshalb die Geschäftsführung des Pay-TV-Senders erlauben auch weniger zu bezahlen?

Steve Folland discovers how CSS Wizardry's Harry Roberts went from secure staff job to in-demand consultant and international speaker. Harry now advises and runs workshops for the like of Google, BBC and NHS. But as a consultant, beware: if you're good at your job, you'll never get hired twice. You'll hear that there's a lot behind a Front-end Architect, as Harry shares great tips on self marketing, the importance of your own site's language to getting hired and the difference in being a freelance consultant and how to reach that point. Don't forget to subscribe via iTunes and the Podcast app for iPhone etc and also via Stitcher who have an Android app, or scroll down and download from here - If you like the podcast, please do leave a review if you get a chance. Here’s some of the key takeaway points: Before you leave your full time job: put time (years) into self-marketing Before you leave your full time job: give as much of a notice period as possible Give away a lot of your knowledge for free as 'content marketing' but don't forget to put a 'Hire Me' message across your blog and site Speakers don't often get paid, but there are many advantages Put something out there as soon as you can and then perfect it later, don't just wait Consultants should work to a 'value-based' pricing model More from Harry Harry Roberts on Twitter Harry Roberts' CSS Wizardry site Harry Roberts on GitHub Useful Links Harry's girlfriend's shop: Whosit & Whatsit A List Apart

Based in California, Hilary Perchard, VP of business development at Sky, is in charge of that company's efforts to invest in and build partnerships with US start-ups. In this recorded interview with [itvt]'s Tracy Swedlow, he discusses some of Sky's recent investments in US high tech and other areas, explains the strategy behind those investments, describes the kinds of companies that Sky is looking to invest in, and more.(Note: Hilary Perchard will be speaking at TVOT NYC 2014, December 9th in New York City; purchase your tickets here.) 

Media news and irreverent chatter with Olly Mann, joined this week by media consultant Paul Robinson and former TalkSPORT boss Moz Dee, now co-founder of Contented Digital Media. Radio listening figures were out on Thursday, so we take a moment to look at how the UK radio industry is faring - if you've never understood how RAJAR works, we have a handy explainer. There were great gains for digital brands as Absolute, Heat and Premier Christian Radio increase their share. At the BBC, Chris Evans gets ever closer to 10m - but there are questions to be asked about what Radio 3 is really for; as its listenership continues to decline, can it really justify financing five orchestras? Elsewhere: get ready for Sky Europe as BSkyB makes a move for Rupert Murdoch's satellite businesses in Germany and Italy. With Sky's money splashed on consolidation, how much will they have spare to keep their football rights? There's chaos in the hunt for a BBC Trust chair as Lord Coe pulls out of the... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/themediapodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The UK company behind programmes including Skins, Midsomer Murders and the Gadget Show has been sold to US media giants Discovery and Liberty Global. All3media group is comprised of eighteen leading production companies, which have always operated as individual businesses with creative independence. So, will a corporate buyout affect this culture? Steve Morrison, the Chairman of All3media joins Steve Hewlett to discuss.The public want and expect TV election debates to be held in in the run up to next year's general election, that's according to a new report by the Lords Communications Committee. But they want greater diversity among the moderators and for broadcasters to encourage more voter participation. Steve speaks to Lord Inglewood, Chair of the Committee, about the findings and the possible formats the debates could take.A new report from Directors UK claims there's been a decrease in employment of women directors in the last two years. It's examined over twenty eight thousand episodes of programmes, across of range of genres, and says that in some areas, such as entertainment and drama, production companies are more likely to hire men. Steve Hewlett talks to award winning director Beryl Richards about the findings. BSykB has confirmed it is in the early stages of talks over a possible deal to buy the German and Italian pay TV assets owned by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox. 21st Century Fox currently owns 57 percent of Sky Deutschland and all of Sky Italia. BskyB believe at the right value, this combination would have the potential to create a world class multinational pay TV group. Claire Enders, Enders Analysis talks about the ramifications of such a move.Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

Channel 5 has announced it has commissioned a series of new one hour live debates to tackle a range of issues including obesity, crime and debt. It follows the The Big Benefits Row: Live and The Big British Immigration Row: Live, the former brought the channel 2.6m viewers with an 8.9% share. Steve Hewlett talks to 5's Commissioning Editor for Factual Guy Davies about the planned programmes, and discusses the live debate format with former Question Time executive producer Steve Anderson and TV critic Kevin O'Sullivan.As the head of all of BskyB's content outside of sport, Sophie Turner-Laing has spent the last few years trying to boost the broadcaster's entertainment offerings. She's been the driving force behind deals with HBO, launched Sky Atlantic, and is a firm advocate of developing home grown content. But in a climate where BskyB is now having to spend more on sports programming, will this lead to more pressure on entertainment spend? Sophie Turner-Laing joins Steve Hewlett in the studio.The BBC's director of strategy and digital James Purnell has warned that plans by MPs to abolish criminal penalties for evading payment of the licence fee present a 'huge risk' that could lead to the closure of some the corporation's channels. He joins Steve Hewlett to discuss his fears about how the move would result in many more people refusing to pay, and looks at the potential loss to the organisation. And he responds to recent ideas about the the licence fee becoming a subscription model.Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

Public spending watchdog the National Audit Office has criticised the BBC for "not having a sufficient grip" on a failed IT project which wasted almost one hundred million pounds. The Digital Media Initiative was abandoned in May last year. Guardian reporter Tara Conlan joins Steve with the latest details of the story.Britain's biggest pay-TV operator BSkyB is due to report its latest results tomorrow. For the past two years, Sky has attracted fewer new television customers and its facing increasing competition; rival BT recently spent nearly £2 billion on sports rights, while competitor Netflix offers dramas and films. Steve Hewlett discusses with analyst Claire Enders whether suggestions like moving into mobile are feasible to help it compete.It's the American Super Bowl final this weekend. The NFL's biggest night is one of the most watched sporting events in the world, and it brings in advertising revenues worth millions. In the UK, the final is shown on Sky and Channel 4 and the NFL says its fan base here is growing; there are even rumours that a London based team might be created. Chris Parsons, NFL's Vice President, International talks to Steve about breaking the UK market, and the league's vision for becoming a mainstream sport.Today sees the launch by News UK of a news academy for young journalists. Rupert Murdoch's company, which owns The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, is increasingly releasing press releases about carol services, charity events, and the like, to promote itself. Steve Hewlett ask Director of Communications Guto Harri whether this is part of a grand plan to reshape the public's perception of an organisation plighted by accusations of phone hacking.Presenter: Steve Hewlett Producer: Katy Takatsuki Editor: Andrew Smith.

We speak to James Hughes from the trading floor of global forex trader Alpari after shares in BSkyB fell by 10% following the news BT had won the rights to broadcast Champions League football from 2015 in an £897m deal spanning three years. On the High Street shoe chain Barratts has entered administration for the third time since 2009, putting 1,000 jobs at risk. http://www.alpari.co.uk

DigitalOutbox Episode 176 DigitalOutbox Episode 176 - Twitter Trolls, Now TV and goodbye Skydrive Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 0:41 - Twitter under fire after bank note campaigner is target of rape threats 7:55 - Internet troll who abused Mary Beard apologises after threat to tell his mother 9:36 - UK 'losing fight' against internet crime, warn MPs 13:39 - Google asked to remove 100 million 'piracy' links in 2013 16:18 - Blu-ray successor plan unveiled by Sony and Panasonic 19:20 - Microsoft forced to rename SkyDrive following trademark case with broadcaster 22:10 - British broadcaster BSkyB launches £9.99 Now TV set-top box to make all TVs smart 24:34 - The Old Reader bites the dust 27:46 - Brits can now get hands-off with the Autographer wearable camera 30:33 - Asda removes Nintendo's Wii U from stores Picks Ian Immunicity - simple censorship circumvention - basically, configure browser to point to a proxy.pac file. This file contains the latest list of URLs that are commonly censored in the UK. When your send a request to one of these sites, your browser is instructed to route that traffic via our HTTP proxy server gateway.immunicity.net:8080 which will fetch the content and send it back to you. When you send a request for a website that isn't on our list of URLs that are commonly censored, your browser connects directly to that site, bypassing our servers completely. - free but costs money to run and so looking for donations - provided by torrenticity - http://torrenticity.com/

Sophie Turner Laing is the Managing Director, Content of BskyB. She’s responsible for their entertainment and news channels including the likes of Sky 1 and Atlantic. As one of the 100 most powerful women on the Woman’s Hour Power List - she joins Jenni to talk about what it’s really like working in TV, the myth of the work-life balance, and why it’s important to realise that you don’t need to know everything. .

Trevor Dann meets with media correspondent, Torin Douglas, who leaves the BBC later this month after nearly 24 years in the job. Torin has reported on the work of six BBC director generals, six BBC chairmen and a dozen cabinet ministers responsible for broadcasting and press issues. He covered the royal family's "annus horribilis" in 1992, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the ongoing debate over press and privacy. He has reported on the birth of BSkyB and the growth of the Murdoch empire, the ITV licence auction and mergers, and more than one BBC crisis. In this exclusive interview, Torin shares his memories of where the BBC was, how it has changed and where it might be heading in the future. There is also the weekly round up of news from Radio Today's Managing Editor, Roy Martin which includes the Competition Commission results on its six-month investigation into the takeover of GMG. The Radio Today Programme with AudioBoo is available every Wednesday. A TDC Production for Radio Today - for more information, please visit trevordann.com Produced by Jamie Tayler Voiceover - emilychiswell.com Music - Euro Star from ostinatomusic.com

DigitalOutbox Episode 163 DigitalOutbox Episode 163 - Adobe MAX and Windows Blue Playback Listen via iTunes Listen via M4A Listen via MP3 Shownotes 1:17 - Windows Blue 3:33 - Microsofts Gates iPad Users Really Just Want a Surface 8:22 - Google's decision to recognize Palestine could undermine peace efforts, Israel says 10:47 - Flipboard Brings Personalized Magazines To Android 14:18 - Adobe MAX 21:45 - Project Mighty smart stylus and Napoleon ruler 25:20 - BT offers free Premier League football in BSkyB battle 27:50 - EA confirms 10 percent of staff laid off in major restructuring 29:38 - 100 websites Capturing the digital universe Picks Ian OneTab - Whenever you find yourself with too many tabs, click the OneTab icon to convert all of your tabs into a list. When you need to access the tabs again, you can either restore them individually or all at once. - When your tabs are in the OneTab list, you will save up to 95% of memory because you will have reduced the number of tabs open in Google Chrome. Chris GeoGuessr - Random streetview, guess the location, answer shown and points awarded - Easy but fun....and smart

The row between the LSE and the BBC continues, following Monday's Panorama on North Korea. In today's programme, Sue Lloyd-Roberts, special correspondent for the BBC, describes how she went about reporting from North Korea and what precautions she takes when working undercover. Aidan Foster Carter, who analyses both Koreas, gives his view on the value of this week's Panorama and the risks faced both by journalists working there and the local people who come into contact with them. Before that, the BBC News head of programmes, Ceri Thomas, responds to some of the criticisms.There is a dispute between BSkyB and BT over premiership football rights, which could have an impact on consumers. Both companies have some of the rights, but will viewers have to subscribe to Sky and BT Vision separately to see them all - or can they sign up to one and get both? And why does it matter so much to the broadcasters? Mathew Horsman of Mediatique has been looking at the background.And, coincidentally, the BBC announced on Monday that the former Times editor James Harding would be the new head of news. We hear from Prof Ian Hargreaves, the last newspaper man to hold the post, on the challenges he'll face.Presenter: Steve Hewlett Producer: Simon Tillotson.

The new director general's vision for the BBC, BSkyB ruled 'fit and proper' and a preview of the third series of The Killing

The New Elizabethans: Rupert Murdoch the global media magnate whose career began when he inherited newspapers from his father, founded Australia's first national daily paper, the Australian and then came to the UK to buy The News of the World, The Sun and eventually The Times and The Sunday Times. His influence spread to the USA where he acquired other papers, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and several independent television stations. He formed BSkyB in 1990 which has dominated the British pay-TV market ever since. At the age of 81, despite the damage done to his business due to the phone hacking scandal, his political influence and business skills elicit both fear and admiration and Forbes magazine lists him as the 24th most powerful person in the world. The New Elizabethans have been chosen by a panel of leading historians, chaired by Lord (Tony) Hall, Chief Executive of London's Royal Opera House. The panellists were Dominic Sandbrook, Bamber Gascoigne, Sally Alexander, Jonathan Agar, Maria Misra and Sir Max Hastings. They were asked to choose: "Men and women whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands and/or given the age its character, for better or worse.".

On today's programme with Steve Hewlett:Why was BT prepared to pay so much for the rights to show Premiership football? Marc Watson is chief executive of BT Vision and he explains the strategy, while analyst Mathew Horsman of Mediatique looks at the implications for consumers and for rivals BSkyB.The Leveson Inquiry has raised concerns over a story in the Mail on Sunday this weekend which alleged Lord Justice Leveson threatened to quit over comments from Michael Gove - a claim he strongly denies. Anne McElvoy of The Economist and Professor Brian Cathcart from the Hacked Off campaign discuss whether the inquiry really does have the "chilling effect" on the media which some claim and whether the inquiry's response to the Mail on Sunday's story is proportionate. And Steve talks to Mark Damazer of St Peter's College, Oxford, about the variety of voices on the BBC. A report from Ofcom this week said there's a potential risk that people who consume the BBC's services don't get a wide enough range of voices and suggests the BBC Trust should monitor this. Mark Damazer is a former controller of Radio 4. The producer is Simon Tillotson.

BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch gives Steve Hewlett a rare interview on his strategy for Sky, including investment in programmes and importance of Premiership football rights - and addresses some of the stories surrounding Sky including its relationship with Rupert Murdoch and rivalry with the BBC. For further context, there was a discussion of BSkyB's recent strong financial report in last week's programme.Film director Michael Apted has been closely connected to the "Up" series on ITV since working on World in Action's "7 Up" in 1964. From Los Angeles, he tells Steve and the Guardian media writer Maggie Brown what he has learnt in the making of "56 Up" which is being shown next Monday - and why it would be much harder to attempt this kind of documentary series today. And Maggie Brown and Steve discuss what politicians might expect from the evidence of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson at the Leveson Inquiry tomorrow and on Friday.The producer is Simon Tillotson.

In today's programme with Steve Hewlett:Just a day after MPs say Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company, satellite broadcaster BSkyB posts big profits. It won't have escaped NewsCorp's attention that, if all had gone according to plan last summer, it would now own all of BSkyB and would now have all those profits to itself. In the current political climate, what are the prospects of NewsCorp launching a new bid for the 61% it does not already own? Mathew Horsman of Medatique and Theresa Wise discuss the future of BSkyB and whether NewsCorp will sell if buying all the shares becomes too problematic.Ashley Highfield is the chief executive of Johnston Press and tells Steve how he sees local paper surviving in the digital age. Later this month, some of Johnston's long-standing daily papers are going weekly.And Mihir Bose looks at the treatment the new England manager Roy Hodgson can expect from some newspapers simply because he is not the papers' favourite, Harry Redknapp.The producer is Simon Tillotson.

Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, who has come under pressure to resign following the release of emails to the Leveson Inquiry. The compromising emails suggest that he or his office was providing inside information to the Murdoch family over the BSkyB takeover bid. He, however, insists that he behaved with complete integrity during the process.Producers: John Murphy Anna Meisel.

Steve Hewlett canvasses reaction to today's evidence from Rupert Murdoch with Ben Fenton of the Financial Times and Sarah Ellison, formerly of the Wall Street Journal and now contributing editor of Vanity Fair. Steve traces the rise of the Murdochs - and politicians' interest in them - from Margaret Thatcher onwards, with former cabinet member Lord Fowler, former Guardian editor Peter Preston and Claire Enders of Enders Analysis. Moving on to the BSkyB takeover that dominated yesterday's coverage of James Murdoch's evidence, the panel are joined by Steward Purvis, formerly of OFCOM. Are the controls on media ownership, which the Murdochs have challenged over the decades, as relevant now as they were before the rise of the internet? Should politicians be taken out of decisions about media ownership? The producer is Simon Tillotson.

How much will BSkyB and Sky News miss James Murdoch after his resignation yesterday and what is the bigger picture for the Murdoch family's NewsCorp? Are the interests of the family and the shareholders diverging? That's the discussion between media analyst Mathew Horsman of Mediatique, US National Public Radio media correspondent David Folkenflik and former Guardian editor Peter Preston.The Leveson Inquiry reaches the end of its second stage today, focussing on whether the relationship between the press and police acts in the public interest. It comes after concerns that some former Met Police officers became too close to staff at the News of the World. Sean O'Neill of The Times and Anne Pickles of The Cumberland News discuss how working relations with police have changed since the News of the World closed last July. Peter Preston looks ahead the next stage of the Leveson Inquiry later this month, when news proprietors and politicians will be cross examined.And what is riding on the success of Britain's Got Talent and The Voice? Should Simon Cowell be concerned if The Voice becomes the most talked about singing talent show while The X Factor is off air? Colin Robertson, The Sun's TV editor, gives his views.The producer is Simon Tillotson.

The Press Complaints Commission has appointed Lord Hunt as its new chairman, after Baroness Buscombe resigned following criticisms of the PCC's handling of the phone hacking scandal. To hear about the challenges facing Lord Hunt and how the PCC might change, Steve Hewlett is joined by former PCC chairman Sir Christopher Meyer. James Murdoch is back under the spotlight as a House of Commons Media Select Committee hears more about his alleged involvement in negotiating a pay off with phone hacking victim Graham Taylor. Lawyer Mark Lewis, who gave evidence to the committee, discusses the most recent revelations. As BSkyB announces its first quarter results, there are also suggestions that some shareholders are unhappy with James Murdoch's role on the board. Financial Times Media correspondent Ben Fenton discusses BSkyB's results and whether the call for Murdoch's resignation will be answered. The US public broadcaster PBS is set to launch a subscription channel in the UK which it hopes will find a wider audience for its news, current affairs and documentary programmes. Paula Kerger, the CEO of PBS, explains what the brand, which is highly regarded in the US, can bring to UK viewers more used to watching US comedy and drama. The producer is Simon Tillotson.

WikiLeaks has released thousands of new diplomatic cables but the latest leak has failed to make such an impact in the UK media and there are suggestions that unredacted documents have been published, putting sources at risk. Can WikiLeaks continue to influence the headlines now that its partnerships with traditional media outlets have fallen apart? Heather Brooke and Emily Bell discuss WikiLeaks' future. Google's Eric Schmidt gave the MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival over the weekend, the first person from a non broadcast background to do so. But was his speech an olive branch to an industry which has described Google as a "parasite" in the past? To discuss how Google and TV might work together, and who stands to gain, Steve Hewlett is joined by Anthony Lilley. Ivan Lewis, the Shadow Culture Secretary, has called for stricter rules on media takeovers, following the controversy around News Corp's bid for BSkyB and fears News Corp could renew their bid. Ivan Lewis explains why he feels the current laws are not good enough and why parliament should "act urgently to close the loopholes" on media ownership.

Last weekend, a Libyan woman, Eman al-Obeidi, broke through the security surrounding foreign journalists in a Tripoli hotel to tell a horrific story. She accused Gaddafi's forces of beating and raping her before being dragged away. Jonathan Miller, foreign correspondent for Channel 4 News, was attacked as he tried to record Eman al-Obeidi's story. He explains the difficulties of reporting objectively from Libya where "the lies and spin and obfuscation are boundless."The culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has faced a series of challenges in recent months including negotiations over the BBC's new licence fee settlement, questions about digital piracy, plans for local television and the controversy over News Corp's bid for BSkyB. On the day that hundreds of arts organisations hear they have lost their funding due to Arts Council cuts, Jeremy Hunt talks to Steve Hewlett about his plans. The question of whether paywalls pay is up for debate again as The New York Times launches its second attempt at a paywall and The Times announces apparently encouraging figures. But can online subscribers, who pay significantly less than those who buy The Times in print form, make up for falling readers of the paper? The editor of The Times, James Harding, explains how the figures break down. The Producer is Simon Tillotson.

Richard Peppiatt's published an open letter to Richard Desmond, saying he was quitting his job at the Daily Star on several points of principle. He says he was asked to make up stories (the Star denies this) and was unhappy about the Star's coverage of Muslims in Britain. So, having admitted that he wrote stories he knew to be untrue, does he have a future in journalism? Last week the government decided not to refer News Corp's bid for BSkyB to the competition commission. This followed a report from Ofcom that suggested that increasing News Corp's ownership of the British media might lead to plurality issues. Ed Richards, the chief executive of Ofcom, joins Steve to discuss where Ofcom stands. Jason Gardiner, a judge on ITV's Dancing on Ice, is in trouble again over his acerbic comments and insults to the contestants. Gardiner is the latest in a long line of catty judges from "nasty" Nigel Lythgoe to Simon Cowell. But do all talent shows need a pantomime villain? Nina Myskow, 1980s talent show judge known for her cutting criticism, discusses why the spats between judges now make more headlines than the efforts of the contestants.The Producer is Simon Tillotson.

Last month, BBC director general Mark Thompson said the arrival of YouView would "herald an intense battle for the living room". This month, though, it became clear that viewers would have to wait for this upgrade to Freeview for up to a year longer than expected and more than two years longer than originally hoped. What are the implications for those viewers who want this next generation of free TV over the internet? Analyst Matthew Horsman, of Mediatique, offers an explanation for the delay and Steve Hewlett asks YouView's chief executive Richard Halton to give a date when it will finally arrive.This week saw the launch of OK!TV on TV Channel 5. Is it, as one reviewer said in the Guardian, neither "ok nor TV" or, according to another in the Express, a "resounding hit"? And how are the chances of OK!TV's success affected by the fact that OK!, Channel 5 and the Express are all owned by Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell, which may also be on the point of buying Big Brother? David Butcher of the Radio Times and Amanda Andrews of the Telegraph discuss the fortunes of 5. And it has been three weeks since Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, announced he would give Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp more time to address his concerns over "potential threats to media plurality" if NewsCorp buys the remaining 61% of BSkyB. If those concerns are not addressed, he said he would refer the bid to the Competition Commission. David Elstein, formerly of BSkyB and Chris Goodall, formerly of the Competition Commission, give their views on what's going on behind the scenes and what we can expect in the next few weeks.

Audio File:  Download MP3Transcript: NCWIT Entrepreneurial Heroes Lee Kennedy: Hi, this is Lee Kennedy. I'm the CEO of Bolder Search and a board member for the National Center for Women & Information Technology or NCWIT. This is part of a series of interviews that we are having with fabulous entrepreneurs. They're women who have started IT companies in a variety of sectors, all of whom have just fabulous stories to tell us about being entrepreneurs. With me today is Larry Nelson from w3w3.com. Hey, Larry. Larry Nelson: Hey, I'm excited about this interview, certainly a person with a tremendous amount of experience. Wow, I can't wait to get into this and we know we have lot of firm executives and young people that are looking into becoming an entrepreneur and getting into the high tech arena who are listeners. So, I'm really looking forward to this interview. Lee: Super. So, today we are interviewing Sukhinder Singh Cassidy. She is a leading Internet and media executive with a touch over 18 years of leadership in working with early stage companies including Google, Amazon, Yodlee and Polyvore, which is a leading global fashion community site. So, why don't I go ahead and interview Sukhinder. We are so happy to have you today. Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: Thank you. Lee: Larry, I think we'll just jump into things. Larry: All right. I'm going to ask you a question that Lucy Sanders always likes us to ask and that is how did you first get involved in the technology business and what technologies do you think are cool today? Sukhinder: I actually first got involved in the technology business probably 13 or 14 years ago in 1997, actually, late '96, early '97. Prior to that, I had been working in New York, in London in media and that investment banking. I stayed in Merrill Lynch for several years and then I went on to market BSkyB, which is the leading satellite broadcast at that time. So, actually, kind of a technology company but more of a media company. I moved to the Bay area on fundamentally I guess on thesis that I wanted to be close to entrepreneurs and one day be an entrepreneur myself. I did not know what I wanted to do but I did know there were smart motivated people in the Bay area. I had traveled out to San Francisco to visit friends and fell in love with the Bay area. So, I took a leap of faith. I moved from London, sold everything I had in London. Bought a car for $10, 000 in LA and drove up the Coast to San Francisco and found my first job. Larry: Wow. Lee: I have to say it is not too dissimilar to my background. I moved out to the Bay area and it's kind of hard not to get into technology. Sukhinder: Absolutely. So, I did not want to be an entrepreneur. But it was that classic, I didn't have an idea. So I thought the next best thing was to put myself close to smart people, working on interesting problems and being entrepreneurs themselves, somehow that path would be a positive one. Larry: Of all the different things that you've been involved with the technology, which ones do you think are cool today? Sukhinder: There are some I had been lucky enough to be involved with and some less so that I just admire from afar a bit. Probably, two of my favorites I'll say as consumer there's something you got to see these businesses built at Google. One, I mean the technology I just to love today, are anything that you would of think as geo or location based. So, my first job at Google was helping to launch Google maps and Google logo and the idea that your location is a pretty important indicator. Where you are relative to your friends in the case of Foursquare or where you are on a map and where you are trying to get to go and having driving directions on your iPhone, forgoing the traditional, heavy-duty MAPS systems that are sitting in cars or something; lightweight but just as revolutionary. So, I love anything geo where as a user my location has something to do and some relevance to play in what I want to do next. And I think we see geo now as a layer on top of many technologies. The second thing I love is of course cloud-based applications. For me, it is actually very simple. As a consumer, the idea that I no longer have to be stuck to one PC to access my contact list, to access my emails, to access documents. I mean today we have apps of every kind based on the cloud; business apps, enterprise apps, consumer apps. But I think of Google really as introducing that concept in a pretty revolutionary way with Gmail and now of course its very standard. I just love cloud based apps because they truly make me mobile. And the last thing, it's hard not to love the iPhone, now the iPad but if you think about the iPhone as just an incredible tool but more importantly an incredible statement instead of just ability to use that hardware and software. To have a pretty revolutionary consumer design and that the integration of hardware and software still matters. And owning both, which was Apple's proprietary focus and goal. And long after people forgot about hardware, Apple believed that innovation was still possible in hardware, right? And the group did this to all by fundamentally changing the way we communicate with the iPhone. Lee: I'll have to have an offline discussion about the iPhone versus Android GP and you being a former Google employee. Sukhinder: Yes and it means like I said like the Android OS and then the non proprietary system and that is amazing being able to boot application development to many different phone and the fundamental thesis for Google creating an OS and then integrating with third party hardware and redesigning hardware. Instead of working a new age phone that showcase the power software. So, I guess my point is that long after people have forgotten about hard ware and all the software, lo and behold Apple app and hardware. Lee: I know that's the jobs. Sukhinder: Application development layer and in Droid continues on that screen stream.  Larry: Well, I just want to let you know that I have something in common with you. We moved from Copenhagen to the Bay area a number of years ago. Lee: Are you trying to warn me up Larry? OK. All that said about your background and the technologies you think are cool. Tell us why entrepreneurship turns you on? What are you an entrepreneur? Sukhinder: I think there are probably three things I just love about it. Number one is obviously the building that create an author and that is every level. Yes, you are creating a business model on a product but also to go and author your team. Who you get to work with, how you want to work, the culture you want to create. I think that there are people who love to build stuff. I happen to love to build stuff. I think authorship and creation except for some people is a drag and I think I really enjoy the process. I think the second think is I'm sort of a gratification junkie. I like to put in work and get back feedback quickly and then iterate like progress to me is best measure in those increments and that is also how I motivate myself and I think entrepreneurship is really suited to this iteration cycles, right? You get to put out something out there, see the results, see what works, see what doesn't, try it, try something else. And I think that fast cycle times really feels and considers me and probably my own kind of cycle which I work and I think that is fundamentally one of the reasons that it gives me so much excitement. So, I think authorship and the ability to create the kind of quick iteration and feedback loop in entrepreneurship those are things that resonates really, really highly with me. Larry: Sukhinder, with all the things that you done in the different organizations, it's really phenomenal. But let me ask you this, along the way, who supported you in your career path or your role model or your mentor? Sukhinder: Well, first of all, it is interesting. I don't believe in a single role model. I feel like for different parts of my career, depending on the things I have to learn, there were different mentors to me and role models along the way. First and foremost, my father. He was a doctor and loves to be a doctor. He loves running the practice like the business of running the practice. My first job was doing tax returns when I was 15 years old. My father taught me balance sheets and income statements because he was fascinated and he was thinking of different ways to optimize his business and he share the same with me. My second job was in his office as secretary but he was clearly passionate about the job he was doing. The content of his job which was medicine and also entrepreneurship and running the business. He was from very young age clears want to work for yourself. I would say more recently, I think my role models and mentors have really been at some point of time very relevant to what I have to learn to ramp sure ramp, Google and obviously very notable angel come valley. Before that was the CEO of Jungly, my first copy in the Valley that was acquired by Amazon and I had a pleasure to work with the man. And he was an investor in Yodeli, the company that I joined as a co-founder and then ultimately was also involved with Google where I joined next. From Rome, I learned great skills and I also just learned how important it is to match a great business team with a great product team and Rome as an angel has been very successful in helping to find and integrate entrepreneurs. Rome was certainly one. I think Henry Ryan, one of the founders of Jungali, first company that I joined in the Valley. He is a serial entrepreneur. He is in a company five and he has calm, stability, successful exit, diversity and experience and it turned operating CEO so when I have current issues, I call him and I think about my route in Google. Certainly my boss Kurt Estani who was the chief revenue officer at Google and he was probably employed 13 or something like that build Google's revenue from zero to 23 billion. For me, certainly, I just add what I learn, the skill associated with being a great relationship daughter and a great manager not to say I was but I think I learned from him the important of their skills and he is just the ultimate consistent builder and relationship manager. And also, someday he was able to hire greatly skilled people and let them run. Stan Standberg is now running Facebook, Armstrong is running AOL. These people are on the team and I give credit for figuring out how to hire us, mentor us, harness us and still let us run and build. So, I think the different people are the different points of my career to some of them. Lee: Sukhinder, you have been super fortunate at least from my viewpoint to have such phenomenal mentors. That is really exciting. Sukhinder: Yeah, I certainly felt privilege to get to work with these people. So, I guess my point is it is not just one mentor but there are people you learn different skills and I think at different point of my career, I feel like I had the opportunity to work with these people and certainly some of them go and instilled to them. I go for different type of advice when I think there is something they have to offer me. Lee: So, on to something a little more tough, what is the toughest thing you've had to do in your career? Sukhinder: I think of very tough business challenges, but then I think of the challenges that take their toll on you emotionally. This is often a question I ask others when I'm interviewing them, when I'm interviewing executives to join my team. I often just say, "What's the biggest career mistake you've made?" Which is another way of asking the same question. But I think the things that take the hardest emotional toll on you are not the decision or strategy vantage point perspective you called wrong, because you can two or three or four different paths in a different strategy, and maybe you chose the wrong path, but smart people can have different answers. But the ones that're really tough, honestly, are the ones that surround people, right? Awful, making a decision that someone's not a fit. I think those are the most personally taxing and tough things to do in my career. You know, at Yodelly, certainly, we went through to Boston , we had to lay off people, and it was my first time laying off people. You dissolve a relationship with people, you feel a huge amount of responsibility for people's career and career choices when you bring them into a company, I do. Lee: Yeah. Larry: Oh, sure. Sukhinder: Some of that was recession-driven, but there're other times where it's actually not a function of the recession. Often in cases outside of those extraordinary circumstances, like the Boston 2002, the Internet dark days. It's really actually just about culture set, because the people you hire are, by and large, exceptionally competent. It's whether or not they're a fit with the organization, and it's a place that allows them to thrive. When you see that for whatever reason it's not working, learning to make that decision or call quickly or expediently, expeditiously, is important. Because the cost of not doing it well or quickly is high for everyone. It's high for the organization, it's hard for the person who feels like they're, for whatever reason, not able to get it done. They're feeling frustrated. But it's very hard to bring that conversation to a head, and I've been on both sides of it, right? I've certainly had to make the call when someone wasn't a fit, so I just think that whenever you have people decisions, your own decision to move on from something, or managing someone for whom you need to negotiate whether or not they're going to move on. Those are always the most difficult decisions, because they involve people's lives and careers and you want to do them with the right amount of diligence and care and conscientiousness, but also in a way that is expeditious for everyone. So everybody can move on. Larry: All right, well let's move on, and we're going to lighten this one up a little bit. Let's pretend, right now, you are sitting at your desk or around a table. You had a young person who thinking about becoming an entrepreneur. What advice would you give them? Sukhinder: Well let's see, I think there're tons of bits of advice you can give to young entrepreneurs, and I'm sure you have, in all of these interviews you've done, many greater nuggets than what I have to offer, but...I think if there were two things, and one may be obvious but I don't know if people truly accept it. So clearly one of the key things is to iterate in very quick cycles. I think a lot of times I spent, like, perfecting the business idea in PowerPoint. But the reality is, it's not substitute for customer feedback. As quickly as possible, and as cheaply as possible. So I think before you go out and raise money or create too many PowerPoints, you want to find a quick way to test and iterate on your idea at low cost. And keep trying until you find the nugget that seems to resonate with the consumer. Particularly true in Internet business, right? We're consumer Internet businesses. We can't quite predict how the online consumer is going to react, and what they're going to love, and what they're not going to love. It's not always just rational, right? Some of the web stuff companies weren't built of rational need. They just were launched and tested and iterated on, and they found some resonance with the consumer. So that's one, and it's probably fairly obvious. I think the second one, I think a lot of people say they're self-aware. But honestly, I think as an entrepreneur, you have to become incredible self-aware, and I think that's for a couple reasons. First of all, I think self-awareness revolves around understanding what's your own trademark strength, and what do you excel at, right? And part of building a great company, obviously, is figuring out how you fit and how to do what you're great at. If you can build an entire company around it, around your trademark strength, that's amazing. But quite often, building a great company is bringing into the building and, bringing in a diverse set of experiences. Often that means self-awareness about what you're also not great at, right? Where can you attract and surround yourself with people who have other strong skills that are complementary to your own. If you really want to win, and you really want to grow a company of some scale, I think it starts with self-awareness. Playing to your own trademark strength, and then being very quick. I would say in some ways open to building a company of great, strong, diverse talent that helps complement the skills you have. But it takes both parts, right? Playing to your own strengths, but also being, being pretty clear on your weaknesses, and certainly if you want to scale a company beyond a certain size. It is about recruiting incredible talent to your vision, but with complementary skills. Lee: I have to totally agree with you on that. Larry: Mm-hmm. Lee: I'm going to follow along and ask you, what do you excel at that's made you a fabulous entrepreneur? Sukhinder: Well I think first of all, I think most people who know me would consider me high energy and intensity. I think an entrepreneur for many years, it's about being your own best evangelist, right? Not for you, but for your company's vision. I think that requires a lot of energy. Then you have to be able to do that, and have a surplus of energy, if possible, to give to your team, right? To motivate and bolster them, and let them know it's possible. Again, most entrepreneurs, there's not always a rational need for what they're doing. They're often thinking to where the market is going, right. That requires evangelism. It requires a certain energy and intensity to come to work every day, and when the market's not yet there, or investors don't believe, that you believe, and you're able to convey that belief and conviction to others, with energy. So I think that's one piece. You know, I know how to sell. I spent most of my early career in sales. My college jobs, were summer jobs, were in sales. Then when I arrived in the valley, my functional specialty, if you could call it that, was business development. Business development in every company I've ever worked at correlated with sales. It was revenue-producing. As an entrepreneur, you kind of have to sell. And so I think having core skills that are functional set in sales and being very comfortable with that, has been helpful. And then roughly, I mean, I would circle back to the self-awareness piece. I'm certainly very, very flawed. But I think over the years, being in a variety of leadership situations and having to scale through both successful and failed experiences, I have the benefit of a lot of feedback. And I know what I'm good at and I know what I'm not good at. While I work at what I'm not good at, I try to play to my strengths and find a place where they can be accelerants, to a business or a team, and where they're not, I don't, I guess, pretend to believe that I'm going to become perfect. But I think I'm pretty clear on the areas I need to surround myself with to actually have a fully embodied and diverse team that's capable of getting it done. And so I think years and years, instead of repeated feedback on the same issues has yielded a lot of self-awareness. I think at this stage that what am I good at, and where is it that I need to bring in a strong and talented team to really create, and as I said, some things a team together can win. Larry: Well I like that. Let me throw a little curve ball at you. Now, with all that stuff that you're doing, you've mentioned everything from high-energy and intensity, how to sell, being self-aware, and everything else, how do you bring balance into your personal and professional lives? Sukhinder: Well, first of all, I guess let me start by saying I'm not a believer in balance in the typical way that people talk about it, which is just this ... I have this thesis that people imagine this perfect day, right, where you wake up at six, and you work out for an hour, and then you play with your kids. And then you have a great breakfast filled with protein and carbs, and you work perfectly from nine to six, and you come home and you feed your children and you have wonderful family time, and then you do two hours of email, and you get ... early, this is thesis of what balance looks like and I just don't believe it. I don't believe it, at least for me. I think balance has to be measured in cycles that are far longer than a day, often months and years. Because I think that to do anything well requires a certain amount of energy and focus. To be a great parent requires energy and focus and intensity. To be a great manager requires it, to be great manager requires it. To be a great entrepreneur. To be great at sports. And so, when you think about trying to do things well simultaneously, I'm a believer that kind of the best it gets is that there are going to be periods of your life which are all about work. There are going to be periods which may be all about family. And I measure balance in my life by cycles, there are cycles of time, often measured in months or years, where I know I'm going to have to give a lot of focus or priority to something. And then the best you can do in that situation, is really trying to manage very clearly expectations, which I think of as the multiple shareholders in your life, right. Your husband expects something from you. Your children expect something from you. Your team expects something from you. Inside constituencies. Boards you serve on expect something from you. And the most you can do is actually manage expectations very clearly, like hey, I'm going into a period that's going to require a lot of travel. What are we going to do about it. In the case of managing expectations, what I would say instead of negotiating with your family. There would be other times that you negotiate with work. And you say I'm about to have my third child. I'm going out on maternity leave, but I know we're trying to close a big deal. How are we going to get it done. And so, I guess I don't believe in balance, as by the standard definition. I believe instead, of cycles in your life. And managing expectations with an increasing number of constituencies as your life goes on. And hoping that when you look back on your life, as measured in months or years, maybe it was equally divided between all the things that are important to you, or at least divided between the one or two things that are important to you, in a way that you feel good about. But it's measured in a much longer cycle. And in between, you manage expectations, and you learn to live with a lot of guilt. Lee: Well, thank you for that honest answer. Suhkinder, it's clear you've achieved a lot. And we have thoroughly enjoyed hearing your answers to our questions, and last but not least, we're curious what's next for you. Sukhinder: It's a good question. I don't know. I mean, I think in the spirit of what we chatted about, which is, you want to play to your trademark strengths. For me, it's about working with great teams at high intensity and high RPMs, and feeling honestly that I could move to a place where I could make my maximum impact, and that's about finding a place where my skills are a great fit. And I think it could be pure entrepreneurship, and founding something, or it could be operating at significant scale and complexity. But where the trajectory for a company is high, and navigating it with a smart group of people is important. Both to them and to me. Lee: Well, we wish you great success in your next. Larry: Yes, and we're going to follow up on you too. Lee: So thank you so much for spending this time with us. Larry: You listeners out there, pass this interview along to others that you know would be interested, you can listen to it at w3.w3.com and ncwit.org 24/7, look at our blog, it will be in our podcast directory too. Lee: Thank you so much. Series: Entrepreneurial HeroesInterviewee: Sukhinder Singh CassidyInterview Summary: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy has worked at companies large and small in their early stages, including Google, News Corp., Amazon, Polyvore, and Yodlee. But before she got into the tech industry, she did the taxes for her father, a doctor. In this interview she gives some great advice about the energy and intensity she thinks are vital to being a successful entrepreneur, as well as the importance of knowing how to sell, and how to be self-aware. Release Date: January 30, 2011Interview Subject: Sukhinder Singh CassidyInterviewer(s): Larry Nelson, Lee KennedyDuration: 22:10

On the day the BBC World Service announces substantial job losses, Steve Hewlett talks to the Director General Mark Thompson about cuts, the licence fee settlement and the corporation's strategy for the forthcoming years. Are the changes at the World Service a sign of things to come, as the BBC finds a way to make efficiency savings following a licence fee settlement that will see its budget reduced by sixteen per cent? And as candidates for the Chairmanship of the BBC Trust are considered, Steve asks him about his relationship with it, as it works to represent licence fee payers. In the studio with us, Broadcasting consultant and former editor of Current Affairs for the BBC Tim Suter, who offers his analysis of Mark Thompson's plans, and Guardian columnist Maggie Brown who tells us what she would hope to see in the next Chairman of the BBC Trust. The media regulator Ofcom has published a report on News Corp's bid to buy the part of BSkyB they don't already own. The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that he may refer the bid to the competition commission but is first giving News Corp more time to suggest remedies. Stewart Purvis, the former Partner for Content & Standards at Ofcom joins Steve Hewlett to discuss the report's findings. The producer is Kathryn Takatsuki.

As revelations about Vince Cable's thoughts on Murdoch owned News Corp's bid for BSkyB come to light, Steve Hewlett looks at The Telegraph's role in reporting the story and asks where this leaves News Corp's bid. It's nearly thirty years since Rupert Murdoch bought The Times. Through freedom of information requests, the BBC has gained an insight into how the deal was done. Graham Stewart, author of The History of The Times: The Murdoch Years and Ben Fenton, Media Correspondent for the Financial Times, discuss the deal and the parallels with Murdoch's current bid for BSkyB. Upstairs or Downton? The creator of Upstairs Downstairs has suggested that ITV's successful Downton Abbey borrowed too heavily from her drama. With the BBC set to re-launch an updated version of Upstairs Downstairs this Christmas, freelance TV critic Emma Cox and Gareth McLean, soaps editor at The Radio Times, discuss who will win out in the costume drama wars. The producer is Simon Tillotson.

A story has leaked this morning that the BBC is to allow the National Audit Office to look at its accounts - an idea proposed by the three main parties before the election. An announcement is expected from Don Foster at the Lib Dem conference in Liverpool. When the idea was first raised, there were concerns that government inspection of the BBC books could compromise its independence. Media commentator Dan Sabbagh of Beehive City looks at the potential points of conflict.In Prospect magazine tomorrow, Peter Kellner writes on his research that shows a marked drop in the public trust in journalists in the last 5 years while trust in politicians has apparently increased. He discusses this with Elinor Goodman, former political editor at Channel 4 news. Elinor Goodman is at the Lib Dem conference and comments on the change in the level of media interest this year.And in a wide ranging interview, Lord Puttnam discusses the possible impact of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's planned buy out of BSkyB, executive pay at the BBC and Channel 4 and the government's closure of the UK Film Council.The producer is Simon Tillotson.

Rupert Murdoch's plans to buy out BSkyB have been questioned this week, with the leak of a report calling for Business Secretary Vince Cable to call in any deal for review. This would be under a law designed "to ensure the existence of a range of media voices, safeguarding the vibrancy of democratic debate". So should any takeover be subject to scrutiny? That is the discussion between TV executive David Elstein, former head of programming at BSkyB and Will Hutton, columnist and former editor of the Observer.The BBC has lost two leading figures this week, BBC One controller Jay Hunt and BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons. Jay Hunt starts with Channel 4 in January. What might this mean for the direction of the BBC and the programmes viewers see on BBC1? Media commentator Maggie Brown gives her view.London's 95.8 Capital FM is to go national, as the parent company Global Radio rebrands its local and regional chart pop music stations under the Capital name, just as it already has with Heart. Global chief executive Stephen Miron explains what lies behind the change. The British Film Institute has announced the discovery of 100 hours of tv dramas from the 1960s, lost until found recently in an archive in the USA. They include early performances by Sean Connery, Jane Asher and Dorothy Tutin, from a time when the tapes on which programmes were recorded were often wiped so they could be reused. The BFI's curator Steve Bryant talks about plans to show some of the plays in its "Missing Believed Wiped" season. The producer is Simon Tillotson.