Podcast appearances and mentions of sky television

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

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Sky Television is putting up the price of its Neon streaming platform next year. From January 11, a standard monthly plan will go up $2 - to $20 - and ads will now show during pauses. Sky Sport Now prices will also rise for the second time this year. Gorilla Technology commentator Paul Spain says it's not a sweet deal. "Any time you mount these sorts of changes, there will be some people that will exit, particularly when you've got so many streaming options now- is it worth paying multiple subscriptions?" LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, current affairs commentator Josie Pagani and former National staffer Ben Thomas joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more! This year's PISA results left a lot to be desired. National's Erica Stanford has since laid out plans to change these results for the better. Are they something we need to be worried about? Kiingi Tuheitia is inviting iwi to meet at Turangawaewae Marae on January 20 to form a unified voice in holding the Crown to account. National MPs have pushed back- will this achieve anything? Sky Television is putting up the price of its Neon streaming platform next year- and include advertising. Is this a good idea? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sports broadcasting expert Colin Smith joined the show to discuss yet another price hike from Sky Television.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to another fun-filled episode of the SFP-NOW TV Reviews Show. In this episode, Ian and Marx are once again joined by Supergeeked Up's Jeff Burns as we boldly go where we always go in order to discuss the latest genre television. After our brief catch-up discussion in which gaming and Jeff's writing comes up as well as an update about 'Tales of Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants'. We transition smoothly into the TV Reviews. On the menu for this week's episode and in no particular order are the Amazon Prime series Citadel as we discuss that finale, The Grython, Sky Televisions The Lazarus Project, which is returning for a second season soon. Netflix's Fubar and of course the return of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. We kick off with a chat about the series finale of Citadel, which impressed us with its high-octane stunts and solid acting. Ian and Marx felt that some of the flashback scenes on the show were a bit dominant in regards to they slowed down the story somewhat. But we all pretty much agreed that it is good to have a good spy series on TV again. While on the subject of Clandestine organizations that feature as a plot device in TV series. Ian brings his belated discovery of The Lazarus Project to the table and talks a little about the show, which is due to drop its second season on Sky Television pretty soon. Ian and Marx give their initial reaction to the series as they discuss the first episode and delve a little into what it is setting up. We both liked the edginess of the show. And the fact that The Lazarus Project is trying to stop world-ending events via the use of Time Travel. Finally. We wrap things up with a discussion about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and give our thoughts on the opening episode 'Broken Circle' in which we get introduced to a new character as well as get a few hints at what is to come in future episodes of the show. In terms of the episode itself. Jeff has quite a lot to say about the action scene, which features Dr. M'Benga and Nurse Chapel. To hear what we have to share. Tune in and join us as we have fun discussing and critiquing the latest in Genre Television.

https://www.siegergolf.com/buy-nowFormer European tour professional and SKY Golf commentator Richard Boxall is my guest on this one-off special edition of The Golfing Mind. Richard shares his thoughts and reflections from his time on the tour, how the game has changed and recalls in detail his single most extraordinary exit from an open championship that has now become the stuff of legend.With a 40-year career in and around the professional game and as a commentator for SKY Television his insights and reflections make for a great listen.

You may not know who David Hill is, but we can guarantee you have seen his work. After starting out at the Daily Telegraph and then moving to Nine, Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox tapped David to launch Sky Television…during his career David set in train the way people in America consume sport, and he was instrumental in how we now watch the NFL, Cricket, Rugby and NRL. If that wasn't enough he's been the chairman of National Geographic and an EP on The X Factor and American Idol….David has stories to tell. Check out The Matty Johns Podcast YouTube channel here The guys on Insta here and TikTok here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, I talk to the wonderful comedian, STEVE BUGEJA, about his comedy career. Bugeja is a regular in comedy clubs and is also a writer and actor.  Co-creating and appearing in the ITV 2 sitcom, Buffering (with Iain Stirling) and has been part of the main writing team for Stirling's ITV 2 comedy quiz show, Celebability and The Russell Hour for Sky Television.  He won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2013 and has since had five successful solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and been on two national tours.  An extremely funny and unique comic performer on stage, he has razor-sharp wit and delivers each story and joke with brilliant precision and timing. I have seen Bugeja perform for Always Be Comedy in London in 2017, Mervyn Stutter's Pick of The Fringe in Edinburgh in 2018, Always Be Comedy in 2021, his work-in-progress solo show Tried To Start His Own Nickname in 2021 for the Leicester Comedy Festival and supporting Iain Stirling on tour at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in 2022. Thank you so much for listening to my podcast, if you like what you hear, please subscribe and I hope you enjoy the interview. Please read Steve Bugeja's blog at: www.arichcomiclife.blog/2018/09/08/steve-bugeja/ Steve Bugeja's Links: Facebook: www.facebook.com/SteveBugejaComedian/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/stevebugeja Instagram: www.instagram.com/stevebugejacomedy/ Website: www.stevebugeja.com    

Terry Pratchett's Going Postal was a 2010 Sky Television adaptation of one of the Discworld novels (also called Going Postal). Former con artist Moist von Lipwig must pay for his crimes by attempting to revive the postal service. Can this public institution successfully compete against a commercial communications system called “The Clacks”? Please send us […]

There are some new changes coming in the streaming world, with Sky revealing they're set to launch their new box before Christmas at the cost of $200. The new box will allow customers to stream in 4k, record five channels at once, hold 1 terabyte of storage and will incorporate all the major streaming apps such as Netflix and Amazon. Sophie Maloney is Sky Television's CEO and joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are some new changes coming in the streaming world, with Sky revealing they're set to launch their new box before Christmas at the cost of $200. The new box will allow customers to stream in 4k, record five channels at once, hold 1 terabyte of storage and will incorporate all the major streaming apps such as Netflix and Amazon. Sophie Maloney is Sky Television's CEO and joined Mike Hosking. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jules Williams is a Natural Intuitive, Originally from the UK. Jules grew up in Abergavenny, South Wales. He is a gifted spiritual healer alongside a three year intensive certification In the sub conscious mind. Jules moved to London in 2004, where he was one of the founding Psychics on Sky Television, Psychic TV. In 2009, he established a production company and directed 35 episodes of Sky Arts showcase called” Living the life”. Where he interviewed and worked with Elliot Gould, Joanna Lumley, Sir John Hurt, Anna Friel, Twiggy and David Bailey. Jules now resides in Malibu, California with his wife Alison. Together they are  continuing his quest for emotive healing and storytelling, through books, film, coaching and retreats.  These are offered under the umbrella of Inside Out Retreats and his new production company, 21 Mile Films.

In today's episode, we want to cover I suppose it's a concept, but it's also a new story that we saw recently this week, whereby Disney plus up-and-coming young whippersnapper on the streaming market that's eating Netflix's. I suppose they haven't announced it, but they're suggesting that they will introduce two-tiered pricing whereby you pay less, maybe about $8 US a month, but you might have to watch advertisements, or you can pay more and avoid advertisements. And I suppose this is a little bit like I think it's called "Red" on YouTube, where you can subscribe, you pay a fee per month, and you get to avoid those annoying ads that pop up during your videos. So yeah, what do we think of this?   We thought it was an unusual article for a news story. Firstly, it just seems kind of a confusing sort of pricing strategy. Is it a pricing strategy to introduce new price tiers based on things that customers don't like? So you increase the price to avoid something you don't want to see like ads. So obviously they've done their research.  I just think it's kind of on customers and found out that they don't like seeing ads. They must not like seeing ads, but it seems counterintuitive in a way to price based on that. It sort of sidesteps the value of the Disney plus proposition. I mean, are they suggesting through that that there is very limited value in their offer compared to Netflix and are resorting to going to paying for not seeing the ads? This seems strange because there's value in that Disney plus the selection of movies. Are they suggesting that that is not enough to maintain customers? But if you backtrack a little bit on that, well, it must have been enough because that's what drove customers to the platform. And that's what customers thought, “ oh Disney plus movies are worth migrating from something like Netflix or a Stan or one of those platforms”. So I just think it's kind of an odd price structure to create and really what I'm thinking is, Is it a price strategy? Or, are they thinking about it,  Is it more like a covert price increase price rise strategy? And if you're going to do that's more of a tactical sort of pricing move. And it's something that you really shouldn't integrate into your fundamental price architecture, which is that price structure. So to me, those are my thoughts what do you think?   I suppose I have a couple of thoughts. Generally when we're talking about value-based pricing and charging for value, usually we're discussing giving additional value, and charging for that additional value we're giving. It's more of a carat than a stick this more seems to be a stick. This almost seems to be pay or we will self-sabotage what we're giving you.  Pay or we will make this product we're providing to you worse, which seems a bit odd to me. Admittedly, they haven't said they're going to do this yet but I've seen and imagined it in a couple of different places. What would that do? Would it drag these services back down to being television? Not very different to actual regular TV, which I suppose was what drove people to stream in the first place. Theoretically, what difference does it make if you're showing adverts on whether it's a streaming service versus whether it's a pair TV system? So I think that was a bit confusing, and I'm not sure that I can see it clearly on YouTube.  I would watch a fair amount of YouTube but I can see that the adverts are annoying. The people who tend to advertise on YouTube also tend to be larger corporates; banks, and building societies. These are even term issues anymore. Insurance companies stuff like that big supermarket chains. The adverts tend to be mind-numbing and they're a little bit too long. I think even television adverts some people used to enjoy them, some of them used to be entertaining. There'll be comical aspects to them. I think maybe that's decreased in recent times, potentially with the costs of TV advertising increasing. But I would argue that YouTube ads are more boring unless you also have the ability to counsel them or go straight to the video after a couple of seconds, which is a bit old. It's an old system. It's an interactive system that goes against what TV is. So I don't know if it's well thought through. I don't know if it's a good idea. The other thought about it was it sort of insinuated cost plus mechanism in Disney or whoever will implement this. Are we saying we want to make this much profit from this show over an hour's viewing per person, and we'll either get that money from the paying public or the advertisers?  It may be that may not be what they're doing but it sort of suggest that and it also remains with the old saying that, “ if you're not paying for something theoretically you are the product”. If you're not paying theoretically, Disney or whoever it is will be just showing advertisements to you and the paying advertisers will see you as the product and that's how it works. So it's a weird one on it, it leads to something on the one platform, if it stays neat, it would lead to a mixed message I would say from a premium movie enjoyable system to do that. What are the questions I would ask is it clear how the implementation of adverts will make a big difference? Is it going to be adverts during the movie, which will be exceedingly annoying? Or is it going to be an advert before you watch a movie, that is less annoying?   The adverts gonna be customised. So having it customised to what you like as a viewer, are they on to that? Yeah, I mean, Are they using data to customise their ads and all that sort of thing? But I do agree with you. I don't think the pricing strategy is particularly value-based. I don't know it just smacks of a very reactive price increase price hike strategy. And somebody just thought okay, if we introduced this new price to migrate customers, existing customers over to this ad-supported version, even though they were on a no ad version, then essentially get a price increase and increase our profitability there quickly. But my thought here,  well.. Is that very customer focus? How do customers feel about that? Well, it'd be highly annoying if you've signed up for something with no ads and it was a good service and you're quite enjoying it to then having an inferior service. So I don't think just easily migrating on on on a spreadsheet. It looks kind of attractive, but in real life, I am assuming there's going to be some kind of churn from that kind of dissatisfaction from customers. Not necessarily to Netflix, but maybe somewhere else or who knows.  But I also think, here that, as I was saying it's a reactive strategy, looking at the economics of platform-based businesses where it was very egalitarian in their pricing, meaning it was artificially low price, to begin with. And there was always that mission statement around bringing entertainment to the masses. All that broken model such high costs cinemas, and all that sort of thing, bringing the entertainment to your home, having the access to huge amounts of movies and entertainment law at a low, low cost. Now, as we see, Netflix has been challenged by new entrants to the market. This egalitarian pricing model is also being challenged and different platform businesses are competing, we're now seeing price wars, and it's unsustainable. But now we're hearing like, every other business is those slow, dumb, moving, slow-moving corporations that we often talk about that are in that commoditisation, price war trap, the same things now happening with the smart agile entrepreneurial platform businesses. So is this the end of the sort of platform revolution? And is this the beginning of massive increases in price and mass entertainment through platforms? Maybe it's the rise and fall, a very quick rise and fall of Disney plus that that we're seeing in Netflix and I suppose an indication to customers that we're not going to get those nice low prices anymore. Things are going to go up considerably. Looking at the Disney plus price increase in this particular instance, prices for no ads have gone up 37% if they're going to take this new model and new price structure into the market. So that's a quite considerable price hike for something you don't want to see. So let's see how that pans out for Disney plus.   I suppose a lot of this comes down to these platforms, I'm calling them platforms not sure that the right term is streaming services, they try to segment their market. I think they've been quite a purge segmentation up to now.  I think the only real segmentation that I noticed is how many users can be watching the show at one time, which to me is a bit strange. Like is this saying that four people watching Netflix on the same thing in the same house at one point in time is a bit odd as a big house or maybe people should watch movies together more? It almost suggests isolation is a good thing for these people whose company's market share and share price. So that's odd. I suppose they haven't been very good at segmentation. You know, even if you look back at the old Foxtel,  Sky Television, HBO, the sort of companies satellite TV, cable TV, they were quite good at segmentation. You could select the package you wanted, sports, all that sort of stuff. I think with these platforms, to some extent, they haven't moved to that yet. Look even at Disney there are cartoons there are movies, and there are TV shows. How many people watch even a small percentage of them? So I'd argue there's room for segmentation a bit more in that category. Disney's catalogue is so big that they control production a lot better than Netflix does, which is generally redistributed for the vast majority of their product, whether it's the content. So I would argue that segmentation certainly will be increasing because these companies don't want to lose people at the lower end of the pay of eight or nine bucks. They want to keep them but push up their profitability on the higher end. I would forecast that go somewhere in the line. I say Google Play, I used to rent quite a few movies. If there was a movie I wanted to watch, and I only watched one or two a month but I pay $5, $6, or $7 to watch that movie on Google Play. And maybe our forecast that that that would be something that will come back a bit more that we'll move away from the view everything at a certain fixed price to more of you view fewer stuff and you pay a bit more per movie. But potentially it ends up with the same money in the pocket of Disney and whoever else. So I think my forecasts are more segmentation will happen. There's going to be more churned. I can't see Netflix surviving in its current form for more than a couple of years. I think the distributor and the actual production house are Paramount, Disney etc whoever the other ones are, I don't know if MGM is still a big one or not, but they will be producing more they will be growing and it'll be more direct to the viewers with segmentation taking away certain aspects that don't require potentially more pay per view movies. I guess that's my forecast.   Sounds like sky and Foxtel to me. So it seems like they're going down the business Yeah, back to the future that's right Foxtel and Sky. I've been through the rocky road and I've recovered through segmentation. But it's funny like with someone like Disney plus there's an element of segmentation in Disney plus in terms of product segmentation because it's all their movies. So as Aodhan was saying Netflix is a distributor of many different types of movies and producers and directors and all of that, but Disney has only got their movies. So there's a bit of segmentation. How niche can they go with their product segmentation?  So really what I think they need to work on is customer segmentation. Looking at their pricing model, this new pricing model, they haven't done it except for ads. I like ads. I don't like ads. It is a bit simplistic and dangerous for customer segmentation to go out down because it's highly emotive. It's destroying the very experience they're supposed to be producing well. What does that do that ruins the reputation? So yeah, I'd be interested to see how that goes. And the irony is quite clear. Again, another instance of the egalitarian pricing models through platforms and online comes to piece under pressure when there are more entrants and more competition. So yeah, interesting. We'll be tracking that one.   Just my final point is that there could be an element of bait and switch to this old, these disruptors came in, you had a Foxtel and speaking in Australia here, you had a Foxtel subscription. Maybe in the US, it's showtime or HBO and Sky TV in Britain. You have that subscription. Some people were paying 100 bucks a month. And then you had Netflix come in and promised the world 15 bucks a month. But now those prices are ramping up. People now find themselves having four or five six subscriptions plus sports subscriptions. In Australia, you've got several Foxtel subscriptions, and cable subscriptions so many that it's almost hard to keep track of them. So in some regard, we're back at the start. We're back where we began. And is it a part of the delivery system and more of a watch on demand? Is it that different to the old-fashioned Sky TV or Foxtel subscription it is a bit back to the future? And maybe this system needs a disruption. Who knows? Maybe we should just go back to the cinema again once or twice a week. Okay, I think that's it for me today. I'm not sure if Joanna has some more.   I'm just thinking, where's the value in all of this and what I'm seeing through this is faster destruction of value than I've seen in the traditional brick-and-mortar entertainment model business models. So yeah, I suppose that's my last thing so I appreciate you listening.   I also don't know if Disney's catalogue was very valuable. Clearly, those movies are shown on videos and in cinemas. Reruns clearly they will show the video shops, Blockbuster Video, etc. I wonder are they making more money now? Is this improving their perception of their brand? Who knows? But I guess it's enough for the day. So yeah, have a great weekend.

Entrevista di Dia pa awe 17/8/2022 tabata cu Escritor, Historiador y Premio " Lauriat Zilveren Anjer" sr. Dufi Kock y Productor di Sky Television sr. Norman Thijsen tocante e Documentario di Bida y Trabao di Dufi Kock.

Join BP, Coop and Justin as we discuss Child's Play 3, the 1991 sequel in the chucky franchise. Eight years after Chucky's second demise, the Play Pals company resumes manufacturing Good Guy dolls and re-opens the abandoned factory. A splash of blood from Chucky's corpse is inadvertently mixed in with the plastic being used to produce the dolls, reviving him in a new body. Chucky is given to Play Pals CEO Mr. Sullivan. Chucky strangles him to death, then uses computer records to locate Andy Barclay. Now 16, Andy has been sent to Kent Military Academy. Colonel Cochrane, the school's commandant, advises Andy to forget his "fantasies" about the doll. Andy befriends cadets Harold Aubrey Whitehurst; Ronald Tyler, an 8-year-old cadet; and Kristin DeSilva, for whom he develops romantic feelings. He also meets Brett C. Shelton, a sadistic lieutenant colonel who routinely bullies the cadets. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ Facebook ↪ TikTok ↪ Twitter ↪ Instagram ↪ Subscribe to our YouTube channel ↪ Tip us $5 Universal Studios had Don Mancini begin writing the third installment for the series before Child's Play 2 was released, causing pressure to him to draft a storyline on such a tight schedule. The film was formally greenlit after the successful release of its predecessor with a release date nine months away. Mancini initially wanted to introduce the concept of "multiple Chuckys" in the movie, but due to budget constraints the idea was eventually scrapped. Mancini later used this concept for the 2017 sequel Cult of Chucky. It also was intended to open with a scene of a security guard portrayed by John Ritter frightening off a group of trespassing children at the Good Guys factory by telling them scary stories about Chucky. After Mancini decided to make Andy Barclay 16 years old, he considered recasting the role with Jonathan Brandis before hiring Justin Whalin. Before Jack Bender became director, Mancini wanted to hire Peter Jackson. A suggested link with the film was made after the brutal murder of James Bulger. The killers, who were ten years old at the time, were said to have imitated a scene in which one of Chucky's victims is splashed with blue paint. Although these allegations against the film have never been proven, the case led to some new legislation for video films. Psychologist Guy Cumberbatch stated, "The link with a video was that the father of one of the boys – Jon Venables – had rented Child's Play 3 some months earlier." However, the police officer who directed the investigation, Albert Kirby, found that the son, Jon, was not living with his father at the time and was unlikely to have seen the film. Moreover, the boy disliked horror films—a point later confirmed by psychiatric reports. Thus the police investigation, which had specifically looked for a video link, concluded there was none. Despite this, the film remained controversial in Europe, and both Sky Television in the United Kingdom and Canal+ in Spain refused to broadcast the film as regular programming. #horror #movie #death #horrorfilm #splatter #deathscene #blood #gore #scarymovie #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #cr

Join BP, Coop and Justin as we discuss Child's Play 3, the 1991 sequel in the chucky franchise. Eight years after Chucky's second demise, the Play Pals company resumes manufacturing Good Guy dolls and re-opens the abandoned factory. A splash of blood from Chucky's corpse is inadvertently mixed in with the plastic being used to produce the dolls, reviving him in a new body. Chucky is given to Play Pals CEO Mr. Sullivan. Chucky strangles him to death, then uses computer records to locate Andy Barclay. Now 16, Andy has been sent to Kent Military Academy. Colonel Cochrane, the school's commandant, advises Andy to forget his "fantasies" about the doll. Andy befriends cadets Harold Aubrey Whitehurst; Ronald Tyler, an 8-year-old cadet; and Kristin DeSilva, for whom he develops romantic feelings. He also meets Brett C. Shelton, a sadistic lieutenant colonel who routinely bullies the cadets.Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below.↪ Facebook↪ TikTok↪ Twitter↪ Instagram↪ Subscribe to our YouTube channel↪ Tip us $5↪ LinktreeUniversal Studios had Don Mancini begin writing the third installment for the series before Child's Play 2 was released, causing pressure to him to draft a storyline on such a tight schedule. The film was formally greenlit after the successful release of its predecessor with a release date nine months away. Mancini initially wanted to introduce the concept of "multiple Chuckys" in the movie, but due to budget constraints the idea was eventually scrapped. Mancini later used this concept for the 2017 sequel Cult of Chucky. It also was intended to open with a scene of a security guard portrayed by John Ritter frightening off a group of trespassing children at the Good Guys factory by telling them scary stories about Chucky. After Mancini decided to make Andy Barclay 16 years old, he considered recasting the role with Jonathan Brandis before hiring Justin Whalin. Before Jack Bender became director, Mancini wanted to hire Peter Jackson. A suggested link with the film was made after the brutal murder of James Bulger. The killers, who were ten years old at the time, were said to have imitated a scene in which one of Chucky's victims is splashed with blue paint. Although these allegations against the film have never been proven, the case led to some new legislation for video films. Psychologist Guy Cumberbatch stated, "The link with a video was that the father of one of the boys – Jon Venables – had rented Child's Play 3 some months earlier." However, the police officer who directed the investigation, Albert Kirby, found that the son, Jon, was not living with his father at the time and was unlikely to have seen the film. Moreover, the boy disliked horror films—a point later confirmed by psychiatric reports. Thus the police investigation, which had specifically looked for a video link, concluded there was none. Despite this, the film remained controversial in Europe, and both Sky Television in the United Kingdom and Canal+ in Spain refused to broadcast the film as regular programming.#horror #movie #death #horrorfilm #splatter #deathscene #blood #gore #scarymovie #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie.#horror #movie #death #horrorfilm #splatter #deathscene #blood #gore #scarymovie #horror #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #graphic #chucky #charlesleeray #andybarclay #donmancini #braddourif #catherinehicks #warwasitgoodfor #thesimpsons #military #army #militaryschool #majorpayne #kellyrowland #commander #toysoldier #britneyspears #childsplay3 #childsplay

Kathleen Saxton BioManaging Director, EMEA Advisory & Global SearchKathleen Saxton is a Managing Director at MediaLink, who leads the firm's operations in EMEA. An industry veteran with 25+ years of experience in sales, marketing, media and executive search, her remit is wide-ranging and spans business growth, agency selection, talent advisory and strategic consulting. Saxton joined MediaLink in 2020 from The Lighthouse, a talent advisory firm she founded in 2009 to provide executive talent and counsel to companies across the marketing landscape. Prior to founding The Lighthouse, Saxton held commercial leadership positions spanning organisations including Sky Television, Global Radio and Bauer and later held board positions within Omnicom, Publicis and Virgin. She is also the co-founder of Advertising Week Europe. Kathleen is a qualified and practicing psychotherapist and co-founder of Psyched Global, and as such applies psychology to all elements of her work. She is the Chair of the Ambassador Platform, sits on the board of NSPCC Childline and is an active member of WACL, the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). She is also a regular industry speaker and a mentor for the UK government's Speakers For Schools program. 

Edge media television began 2008 and ended 2013 and was aired on SKY Television. Theo Chalmers of Edge Media TV aka Controversial TV interviews historian Alan Wilson about Britain's two king Arthurs; where the Ark of the Covenant lies hidden in Wales; whose language the Welsh are really speaking and how it and our true history has been repressed for generations for possibly very sinister reasons. Alan has spent many years studying ancient records, scrolls and tombs, writing books. SPONSORED BY https://www.instagram.com/supremeoftheuk/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/cfr_news/?hl=en

Welcome to the second episode of the Right Side Up Power Shift Edition season of the podcast. Another beautiful collaboration with World Vision and Danielle Strickland with their workers from around the world. We are also connecting with people who are at the intersection of power shifting around the world.  In this episode, Danielle is interviewing Andrew Morley the president and chief executive officer of World Vision International.Andrew Morley became President of World Vision International in early 2019, having been Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Collaboration Officer since January 2016.He joined World Vision after leading and building successful international organizations. He has worked for brands such as Google Mobility Motorola Mobile, Sky Television, Harrods Group and Ford Motor Company and was the CEO of Clear Channel UK. Andrew is married to Vanessa and they have two teenage children, Lewis and James.Andrew has BA Honours degrees in Marketing and Theology. He is a member of a long-distance cycling team and enjoys running. Follow Andrew on Twitter @andrewmorley0"I know the importance of our mission, and the more I witness our global impact, the prouder I am of our approach to development and relief."For more on all the things Danielle Strickland, go to daniellestrickland.comFor more information on Infinitum Life, go to infinitumlife.comCheck out these other collaborations with World Vision:Right Side Up course: Videos & activation guide from Season 1, on beatitudes:  https://www.worldvision.org/church/resources/rsu_curriculum Prayer Postures: https://www.worldvision.org/church/resources/prayerrhythms Soul Care for leaders: https://www.worldvision.org/church/resources/right-side-up-soul-care-with-danielle-strickland Resilient Leadership for Kingdom Come (pastor specific): https://www.worldvision.org/church/resources/resilient-leadership-for-kingdom-come Infinitum Prayer Days: https://infinitumlife.com/prayerday 

Grant Nisbett has been a commentator for rugby, cycling, boxing, bowls, and cricket.His radio career started in 1968 with the then NZBC.With the advent of Sky Television, he took up the head position commentating for All Blacks tours and cricket tests.He was a member of the judging panel of the Sport Wellington Annual Awards for several years.He does numerous speaking engagements throughout New Zealand.In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Grant Nisbett was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sports broadcasting.Grant Nisbett joined Simon Barnett & James Daniels for Six & A SongLISTEN ABOVE

Virtual and augmented reality are the wave of the future. How are these nascent technologies being integrated into performance, immersive experiences and artistic practice? Learn more from contemporary theater and dance artists working at the forefront of these technologies.Meet Our GuestsJo Cattell (Playwright/Director) is a leading voice in the convergence of live theatre and immersive technologies. Her work has appeared at Sundance Film Festival, the BBC, Sky Television, Cirque du Soleil, and multiple US and London theatre's. Cattell is a member of the LightPoets digital and immersive theatre collective, whose immersive graphic novel, PARTICLE, is being developed for live performance and as an AR mobile game. She is also under commission with San Francisco State University's Fabula(b) to adapt Shakespeare's KING LEAR into an AR immersive theatrical experience. She is a 3Arts awardee, a Joan Mitchell Center Fellow, a 2021 Illinois Artist Fellow and a Perkins Coie awardee. Cattell was the Maggio Directing Fellow at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, with whom she is currently collaborating with the world-renowned Electronic Visualization Lab at the University of Illinois to create HUMMINGBIRD, an immersive theatrical experience with VR.http://thefarsightedmonkey.com/Christopher Knowlton, Ph.D., is a freelance movement artist and independent choreographer based in Chicago. He has worked as a collaborative performer with many artists, including ATOM-r, Erica Mott, Sildance/Acrodanza, Same Planet Performance Project, Khecari, Synapse Arts and UChicago STAGE Lab, among others. His own work spans multiple performative, interactive and immersive forms that explore the intersections of art, science, dance and technology. His work has been featured locally and internationally, including in Science Magazine's Dance Your Ph.D. Competition, TEDxWindyCity in Chicago, DANSCIENCE Festival in Canberra, Brisbane and Sydney, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, the Movement Computing Conference, the International Society of Biomechanics and the Field Museum in Chicago. Chris is currently a Chicago Dancemakers Forum 2020 Lab Artist. In addition to performing and choreographing, Chris is a biomechanical research scientist and manages the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Rush University Medical Center.The Pivot Arts Podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Julieanne Ehre with additional editing and sound engineering by Hannah Foerschler and original music composed by Andrew Hansen. The podcast is a program of Pivot Arts, an adventurous performance organization based in Chicago. You can learn more about us at pivotarts.org or follow us @PivotArts. The Pivot Arts Podcast is sponsored by FLATS, a Chicago-based apartment community. 

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In this episode, Kathleen talks about the importance of relating her work back to psychology, owning who you are and grabbing life by the horns. Who is Kathleen Saxton? Kathleen Saxton is a Managing Director at MediaLink, who leads the firm's operations in EMEA. An industry veteran with 25+ years of experience in sales, marketing, media and executive search, her remit is wide-ranging and spans business growth, agency selection, talent advisory and strategic consulting. Saxton joined MediaLink in 2020 from The Lighthouse, a talent advisory firm she founded in 2009 to provide executive talent and counsel to companies across the marketing landscape. Prior to founding The Lighthouse, Saxton held commercial leadership positions spanning organisations including Sky Television, Global Radio and Bauer and later held board positions within Omnicom, Publicis and Virgin. She is also the co-founder of Advertising Week Europe. Kathleen is a qualified and practicing psychotherapist and co-founder of Psyched Global, and as such applies psychology to all elements of her work. She sits on the board of NSPCC Childline and is an active member of WACL, the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). She is also a regular industry speaker and a mentor for the UK government's Speakers For Schools program.

Russell Gilbrook is the latest drummer for the British rock band, Uriah Heep.Over the last few years Gilbrook has been establishing himself on the UK clinic tour scene. He has supported artists such as Greg Bissonette and completed a tour with Liberty DeVitto. He has worked/toured with Chris Barber and his band and also Alan Price, on whose album, Liberty, Gilbrook featured. He also replaced Cozy Powell in Bedlam (where he played with the brothers Dave and Denny Ball, plus singer Frank Aiello). Gilbrook has also played with Pete Bardens and featured on one of his albums.Gilbrook has also worked with Tony Iommi, Lonnie Donegan, John Farnham, Van Morrison and Tobias Sammet.Gilbrook teaches on the musician's channel on Sky Television and holds a position at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music and has published several teaching guides. He has demonstrated specialist drum clinics across Europe. He claims, though, that a rimshot cannot be used on a tom drum, just snares only. For the last few years he has also drummed with the Essex based covers band, Exposé, with Dave Moore (vocals), Pete Finch (keyboards), Alan Montague (Bass) and Ben Newton (guitar).Gilbrook has co-designed, with Marrell Drums, the bass drum beaters that he plays. He uses British Drum Company drums, Code drumheads, Baskey Drum Mats and Rug Lugs, Paiste cymbals and Pellwood drumsticks.In 2012, it was announced that Gilbrook would be the drummer in the 2013 album of the metal opera project Avantasia, called The Mystery of Time.This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Show Notes This weeks guest is Helen Chorley, former financial trader turned successful in property investor and is now fast becoming TV celebrity following the success of Sky Television show 'Property Elevator' which follows a similar format to Dragon's Den and Shark Tank. Helen brings a ton of helpful tips and strategies on how to pitch an investor and keep your body and mind healthy. She is a co-founder of Property Sisters UK spends her time travelling between the UK, Malta and Bermuda. Listen and enjoy! *** Helen's book recommendations were as follows: 'Principles' by Ray Dalio - https://amzn.to/3tyQBBK 'Thinking in Bets' by Annie Duke - https://amzn.to/3r3myQO 'Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself' by Dr. Joe Dispenza - https://amzn.to/3cM9iuU 'Untethered Soul' by Michael Singer - https://amzn.to/3cROgLm *** My Book 'Your Best Life' - https://amzn.to/38WPmVf My Book 'Work Life Blend' - https://clionas.ie/product/work-life-blend/ Follow Gavin on Clubhouse - https://joinclubhouse.com/@gavinjgallagher Meetup Group - https://www.meetup.com/behind-the-facade-community/ Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/BehindTheFacadePodcast LinkedIn page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/behind-the-facade-podcast If you would like to join the Facebook Group where Gavin posts live videos and responds to question, its called Behind The Facade Community and you can find it here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1143988072600584 If you are interested in joining a future Behind The Facade Mastermind group for coaching, a WhatsApp group and a weekly Zoom call where you can ask specific questions and get direct advice and feedback then please sign up to the email list via the website www.gavinjgallagher.com/go If you have any questions you'd like answered on the show please make a voice recording and send it to podcast@behindthefacade.fm Subscribe so you don't miss an episode and connect with Gavin on social media (FB Page, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gavinjgallagher/message

Show Notes This weeks guest is Helen Chorley, former financial trader turned successful in property investor and is now fast becoming TV celebrity following the success of Sky Television show 'Property Elevator' which follows a similar format to Dragon's Den and Shark Tank. Helen brings a ton of helpful tips and strategies on how to pitch an investor and keep your body and mind healthy. She is a co-founder of Property Sisters UK spends her time travelling between the UK, Malta and Bermuda. Listen and enjoy! *** Helen's book recommendations were as follows: 'Principles' by Ray Dalio - https://amzn.to/3tyQBBK 'Thinking in Bets' by Annie Duke - https://amzn.to/3r3myQO 'Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself' by Dr. Joe Dispenza - https://amzn.to/3cM9iuU 'Untethered Soul' by Michael Singer - https://amzn.to/3cROgLm *** My Book 'Your Best Life' - https://amzn.to/38WPmVf My Book 'Work Life Blend' - https://clionas.ie/product/work-life-blend/ Follow Gavin on Clubhouse - https://joinclubhouse.com/@gavinjgallagher Meetup Group - https://www.meetup.com/behind-the-facade-community/ Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/BehindTheFacadePodcast LinkedIn page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/behind-the-facade-podcast If you would like to join the Facebook Group where Gavin posts live videos and responds to question, its called Behind The Facade Community and you can find it here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1143988072600584 If you are interested in joining a future Behind The Facade Mastermind group for coaching, a WhatsApp group and a weekly Zoom call where you can ask specific questions and get direct advice and feedback then please sign up to the email list via the website www.gavinjgallagher.com/go If you have any questions you'd like answered on the show please make a voice recording and send it to podcast@behindthefacade.fm  Subscribe so you don't miss an episode and connect with Gavin on social media (FB Page, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gavinjgallagher/message

Andrew Morley, President and CEO of World Vision International, sits down with Dr. Krish Kandiah in this episode to share about his life, leadership and faith journey. Before joining the team at World Vision, Andrew worked for brands such as Google, Motorola, Sky Television, Harrods Group, Ford and Clear Channel UK. He is also currently an ordained minister curate at HTB Church in London where he serves on Sundays. Over his career, Andrew has worked in numerous organisations and shares with listeners how he would make decisions on whether to stay or to go. He jokes that if he ever wrote a book, it would be on this idea of L.E.G.O. — love, experience, gifts, opportunities — a helpful framework that can guide people into their next season and calling. World Vision was attractive to Andrew because of their Christ-centeredness, empowerment of local leaders, and global scale. He desires to continue World Vision's great work to see children, families and communities empowered to overcome poverty and injustice around the world. This episode will certainly encourage and inspire you as you think about the ways God might be shaping you and your future for incredible impact in the marketplace, ministry or non-profit sector. Visit wvi.org/leadershift to learn more about today's guest, other episodes and how you and your ministry can partner with World Vision.

With me today I have a comedian, business leader, writer and entrepreneur.  She has held senior management positions at some of the biggest media companies in the world, including 10-years as Senior Vice President at the US studio giant Viacom, where she oversaw a multi-million-dollar budget for brands including Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount. While working for Comedy Central, on the road with the late, great Joan Rivers, she was nudged into the sphere of performance. On top of all this she holds a Masters in Neuro Linguistic Programming and has worked for many years, alongside her not inconsiderable day jobs, as a sought-after Executive Coach to the great and the good in industry, public life and politics. Please welcome comedian, writer and businesswoman Cally Beaton.  Bio Cally Beaton is a comedian, writer, speaker and business mentor.  Of the rising stars on the circuit today, few can boast the journey into comedy that Cally Beaton can. Cally is a natural storyteller full of intelligent, distinctive and punchline-rich material and her star is fast on the rise. She has held senior management positions at some of the biggest media companies in the world including MTV, UKTV and Viacom. Early in her career she headed an independent television production company that was bought by ITV’s Carlton Television (where a certain David Cameron was on the board). She left to set up a successful creative consultancy company and went on to do a 10-year stint as Senior Vice President at the US studio giant Viacom. There, Cally oversaw a multi-million-dollar budget for channels including Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount; if you want someone to blame for bringing South Park and SpongeBob SquarePants to the world, you need look no further. She has a Masters in Neuro Linguistic Programming and has worked for many years, alongside her not inconsiderable day jobs, as a sought-after Executive Coach to the great and the good in industry, public life and politics. It was while working for Comedy Central, on the road with the late, great Joan Rivers, that Cally was nudged into the sphere of performance. Acting as an unofficial business event warm-up for Ms. Rivers, it was she who told Cally she had what it took to be a stand-up and so, as a 45-year-old single parent, Cally first took to the stage. She quickly cemented her position as one of the most exciting and distinctive new stand-ups in the country, with her unflinching, acerbic and intelligent brand of comedy. She has appeared on BBC2’s QI multiple times and as a guest on Radio 4’s Museum of Curiosity, as well as BBC Radio 6 Music and as a regular contributor on BBC London. In 2019 Cally has appeared as an expert on BBC2’s The Apprentice You’re Fired, as well as a panelist on Radio 4’s The Unbelievable Truth with David Mitchell and BBC’s The Blame Game. Cally also writes for The Guardian.​ Her first foray to The Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 was a big success. Her show ‘Cat Call’, a double header with Catherine Bohart, received a Malcolm Hardee Award. She then followed up with her debut solo hour in 2017, ‘Super Cally Fragile Lipstick’. The show was a sell-out hit, receiving multiple 4**** reviews, national press coverage and picked as Best of Edinburgh Fringe by The Arts Desk. Cally built on this success with her hit Edinburgh 2019 show – ‘Invisible’ at The Assembly Rooms, which enjoyed numerous accolades and sell-out rooms. After multiple Finalist credits in competitions in the UK and the US, Cally went on to win the prestigious 2018 Piccadilly Comedy Club New Act of the Year competition, after being tipped as one of the comedians to watch for 2017 by Chortle. Drawing on her vast experience, eclectic life and unique wit, she is able to strike the perfect balance of smart, insightful, and entertaining. She is a gifted host and MC, with a natural ability to work a room, and gives sharp, inspirational and thought-provoking keynote and after-dinner speeches. Cally has a hard-won skill set few comedians can boast and has worked with – to name a few – Deutsche Bank, Sony Pictures, IMG, Endemol, Channel 4, Hat Trick, ScreenSkills, Women in Film & Television, UCL. PWC, Aviva, Sky Television, L’Oreal, Lloyds, Wella, Capgemini and Disneyland.  Recorded on: 29th October 2020 Links: More about Cally Beaton More about Maria Franzoni Ltd More about The London Speaker Bureau Connect with Maria on Linkedin Connect with LSB on LinkedIn Connect with Maria on FaceBook To book any of the speakers featured on the Speaking Business podcast, click here Listen here: Libsyn  Itunes  Stitcher Spotify

True Saamu was born in Funafuti, Tuvalu and moved to Niue as a child with his family in 1997. He lived there for 6 years before moving to  New Zealand in 2003 where he attended school in Auckland and Wellington.   True has worked as a freelance video editor for TV3, TVNZ, Sky Television and Maori TV. True is happily married with two children and lives in a small town called Te Aroha in the Waikato.  He continues to work full time at a local dairy factory called Tatua Dairy Company but still enjoys doing videography for weddings and some small commercial jobs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

News Bulletin presented by Vignesha Livingstone - Sky Television has reported an annual loss - Labour promises a new tax rate - Auckland has been granted 100 million litres a day from Waikato River - American Actress Rebel Wilson praises Jacinda Ardern - All Whites are playing against England for the first time

SKY Television are reporting steady subscriber numbers despite the absence of live sport. CEO Martin Stewart has told Heather du Plessis-Allan streaming services Neon and Lightbox is keeping the company afloat. Meanwhile, ensuring that sports subscribers stay entertained, remains a top priority."We have worked hard with our sport subscribers to make sure they are getting some compensation from us with our entertainment channels, and free movie and pay to view channels as well."LISTEN ABOVE

Today we are joined by Sky Sport NBL voice Huw Beynon who talks about his media career, starting out as a nervous journalist to NBL producer covering the Breakers basketball team. You can follow Huw on Twitter @huw_beynon.

Join an in-depth property discussion with your host Mark Homer and founder of property management software Go Tenant!, multiple business owner and self-made millionaire, Rick Gannon. Hear expert property advice for both beginners and pros and get insights on the best property strategies, the future of the UK property market post-BREXIT and discover what you can do to become a successful property investor as Mark and Rick answer questions from the community. KEY TAKEAWAYS Question: Are we going into a recession? Answer: If we leave the EU on the 31st October we will see a correction in the UK property market, this can vary from 10-30%. The bank of England believes we will see a 30% reduction in prices in the first 12 months with another correction at the end of 2020. However other articles predict 15-20% reductions. Nevertheless, it depends where you’re located in the UK, in the North property prices are still achieving 100% of asking, however, year on year properties in London are seeing a decrease in prices of about 0.8%. Question: What can you do if your strategy isn’t working and you’re not securing any deals? Answer: You’re probably not doing enough viewings and not offering on every property. You need to offer on 10 properties a week and fill your pipeline up. It’s a numbers game and simply by the numbers, you will get some deals. Learn from the objections you’re getting and work on your pitch. Question: Should you manage your property portfolio yourself or outsource it to an agent? Answer: It depends on your lifestyle and how much time you’ve got. It’s a good use of time to outsource your properties however, it does depend on the property strategy. With HMO’s it can be more difficult and it may be better to manage it yourself. Rick has a useful app called Go Tenant! To help with these challenges. Question: How can I minimise risk when investing in the current market? Answer: There are lots of types of risk such as yield, capital, tenant risk, financial risk, and contractor risk, ultimately it’s important to fill up your pipeline and manage your financial risk with fixed rates and to ensure you’re not exposed. You can also reduce your risk a lot by referencing tenants effectively. We do all of the due-diligence of tenants before the viewing using Go Tenant! Remember an empty room is better than a problem tenant. Question:Do you have any tips on negotiating a property price? Answer: Try and give them what they want. Try to give them everything they want other than the price, be flexible with completion dates, accessibility and build a relationship with the seller directly. Make yourself better than everyone else bidding on a property. Question: Are property investments in the North overtaking London? Answer: It depends on what context, the yield is guaranteed to be higher in the north although the capital gains and property value are less certain. It’s very hard to predict, however historically London has always been ahead in terms of capital gains. There is a lot of uncertainty right now and the sterling is very, very low but once the uncertainty lifts after BREXIT all the money waiting on the sidelines will just pour into London both locally and internationally once we’re in a more stable market and the pound recovers. Advice From Mark Clause 24 and difficulties with clause 21 are making property investment more challenging. The Holiday let market along with serviced accommodation units sidestep a lot of recent rules and regulations affecting more established property investment strategies. Although It’s always a good idea to diversify your portfolio to adapt to changes to the current economic climate.   BEST MOMENTS “The last cycle started in Mayfair in 2010 and then price rises spread throughout the country as people moved” “It’s always a good time to buy at certain price levels, it depends on potential capital gains and potential yield” “The next month might actually propose an opportunity to buy at lower prices” “The bank of England has made an assumption on XY&Z and either way it’s only one outcome” “There’s always going to be something that stops people from investing, there’s never going to be a right time.” “You’ve got to adapt to survive” “Don’t focus on the things that you can’t control” “We’ve moved the majority out into limited companies” “The direction of property moving forward politically. Is it better to progress with a commercial strategy that drives cashflow?”   VALUABLE RESOURCES https://gotenant.co.uk https://www.rickgannon.com ABOUT THE HOST Mark Homer is an entrepreneur investor.  He has worked with investment since he was 15 years old using the laws of wealth! He is a spreadsheet analyst with an impressive following from major publications including BBC Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, and co-authoring the UK’s best-selling property books.  Mark has always looked for the best investment vehicle, and at the end of 2007 with Rob Moore the co-founder of Progressive Property his joint portfolio produced more profit than any of the other investments he’d tried in the last ten years, combined.  CONTACT METHOD Email: Markhomer@progressiveproperty.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhomer1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markprogressive Twitter: https://twitter.com/markprogressive ABOUT THE GUEST Rick Gannon is a serial entrepreneur, multi-business owner and self-made millionaire. Rick's main focus is helping others achieve their financial goals through investing in high cash flowing property. Rick is the Founder of "Go Tenant!" Property management software and tenant recruitment software. Rick is the best selling Author of Number 1 best seller property book "House Arrest" and columnist for 2 national UK property magazines. Rick has featured on Sky Television and is seen as the industry expert for multi-let / HMO property in the UK.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join an in-depth property discussion with your host Mark Homer and founder of property management software Go Tenant!, multiple business owner and self-made millionaire, Rick Gannon. Hear expert property advice for both beginners and pros and get insights on the best property strategies, the future of the UK property market post-BREXIT and discover what you can do to become a successful property investor as Mark and Rick answer questions from the community. KEY TAKEAWAYS Question: Are we going into a recession? Answer: If we leave the EU on the 31st October we will see a correction in the UK property market, this can vary from 10-30%. The bank of England believes we will see a 30% reduction in prices in the first 12 months with another correction at the end of 2020. However other articles predict 15-20% reductions. Nevertheless, it depends where you’re located in the UK, in the North property prices are still achieving 100% of asking, however, year on year properties in London are seeing a decrease in prices of about 0.8%. Question: What can you do if your strategy isn’t working and you’re not securing any deals? Answer: You’re probably not doing enough viewings and not offering on every property. You need to offer on 10 properties a week and fill your pipeline up. It’s a numbers game and simply by the numbers, you will get some deals. Learn from the objections you’re getting and work on your pitch. Question: Should you manage your property portfolio yourself or outsource it to an agent? Answer: It depends on your lifestyle and how much time you’ve got. It’s a good use of time to outsource your properties however, it does depend on the property strategy. With HMO’s it can be more difficult and it may be better to manage it yourself. Rick has a useful app called Go Tenant! To help with these challenges. Question: How can I minimise risk when investing in the current market? Answer: There are lots of types of risk such as yield, capital, tenant risk, financial risk, and contractor risk, ultimately it’s important to fill up your pipeline and manage your financial risk with fixed rates and to ensure you’re not exposed. You can also reduce your risk a lot by referencing tenants effectively. We do all of the due-diligence of tenants before the viewing using Go Tenant! Remember an empty room is better than a problem tenant. Question:Do you have any tips on negotiating a property price? Answer: Try and give them what they want. Try to give them everything they want other than the price, be flexible with completion dates, accessibility and build a relationship with the seller directly. Make yourself better than everyone else bidding on a property. Question: Are property investments in the North overtaking London? Answer: It depends on what context, the yield is guaranteed to be higher in the north although the capital gains and property value are less certain. It’s very hard to predict, however historically London has always been ahead in terms of capital gains. There is a lot of uncertainty right now and the sterling is very, very low but once the uncertainty lifts after BREXIT all the money waiting on the sidelines will just pour into London both locally and internationally once we’re in a more stable market and the pound recovers. Advice From Mark Clause 24 and difficulties with clause 21 are making property investment more challenging. The Holiday let market along with serviced accommodation units sidestep a lot of recent rules and regulations affecting more established property investment strategies. Although It’s always a good idea to diversify your portfolio to adapt to changes to the current economic climate.   BEST MOMENTS “The last cycle started in Mayfair in 2010 and then price rises spread throughout the country as people moved” “It’s always a good time to buy at certain price levels, it depends on potential capital gains and potential yield” “The next month might actually propose an opportunity to buy at lower prices” “The bank of England has made an assumption on XY&Z and either way it’s only one outcome” “There’s always going to be something that stops people from investing, there’s never going to be a right time.” “You’ve got to adapt to survive” “Don’t focus on the things that you can’t control” “We’ve moved the majority out into limited companies” “The direction of property moving forward politically. Is it better to progress with a commercial strategy that drives cashflow?”   VALUABLE RESOURCES https://gotenant.co.uk https://www.rickgannon.com ABOUT THE HOST Mark Homer is an entrepreneur investor.  He has worked with investment since he was 15 years old using the laws of wealth! He is a spreadsheet analyst with an impressive following from major publications including BBC Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, and co-authoring the UK’s best-selling property books.  Mark has always looked for the best investment vehicle, and at the end of 2007 with Rob Moore the co-founder of Progressive Property his joint portfolio produced more profit than any of the other investments he’d tried in the last ten years, combined.  CONTACT METHOD Email: Markhomer@progressiveproperty.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markhomer1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markprogressive Twitter: https://twitter.com/markprogressive ABOUT THE GUEST Rick Gannon is a serial entrepreneur, multi-business owner and self-made millionaire. Rick's main focus is helping others achieve their financial goals through investing in high cash flowing property. Rick is the Founder of "Go Tenant!" Property management software and tenant recruitment software. Rick is the best selling Author of Number 1 best seller property book "House Arrest" and columnist for 2 national UK property magazines. Rick has featured on Sky Television and is seen as the industry expert for multi-let / HMO property in the UK.    

The Warriors insist their defensive issues can be fixed – but admit their confidence has taken a hammering over the last two games.The Auckland team has had a nightmare fortnight, with back to back performances that conjured up memories of the bad old days.Gone was the resilience and hunger on defence they displayed last year, when only four teams conceded fewer tries across the NRL season.In the space of 46 minutes at Campbelltown in round two the Tigers crossed for six tries, as the Warriors had no answers. On Sunday in Christchurch their defence was even more porous, as Manly scored eight tries, and could have had four or five more.It was a tough watch. Not only did the Warriors seem powerless at times to stop the Sea Eagles rolling up field – they often made 70 or 80 metres in a set – but they couldn't defend their line, and several Manly tries came from short range.The Warriors were on their heels, and grabbed and clawed at tackles, instead of driving with intent."Defence is plain and simple," said prop Bunty Afoa. "It's about attitude and connection. In the middle we have to stay tight on the rucks. We were worrying about the shifts too much and us middles have got to stay real tight."We were just too loose and our first up contact wasn't strong enough too. And when they get offloads, we have to try and shut it down, but we also have to stay calm."Tohu Harris' struggles on Saturday epitomized the Warriors' current issues. He's recognized as one of the best defenders in the sport, but the Kiwis back rower missed six tackles as the left edge was repeatedly fractured."It is little things that we need to improve that led to those moments," Harris told Sky Television. "Little things early on in our sets, things to do with our contact. If we clean those up then the back end of our sets we will be a lot tidier and we can stop those points coming in. [But] two weeks in a row we have let it pile in and that's not good enough in this competition."What about the absence of Simon Mannering? The long time captain was the king of the 'one per centers'; so strong in the ruck, on the kick chase and cutting off a potential break, but Afoa believes the team can thrive without their former captain."I have full confidence in all the boys," said Afoa. "We have a lot of boys that work hard on the field and we take pride in our defence. But on Sunday we didn't really show it. Hopefully we can bounce back well."The Warriors have dived badly over the last two weeks, but Afoa insists the team remain buoyant."A lot of people have asked that question about our confidence," said Afoa. "Yeah, we are a bit down at the moment. We trained really well throughout [last] week and we wanted to come out firing after a disappointing performance against the Tigers."But we are trying to stay tight. We can't let one another down [and] in these moments it shows what kind of character we have as a team. We have to stay real tight."Factbox: Eight days of pain for WarriorsPoints conceded: 80Tries conceded: 14Missed tackles: 78Line breaks conceded: 10Errors: 23Penalties conceded: 15Ineffective tackles: 37 

Elliot Kay currently runs 2 businesses. A Strategy business and is the Commercial Director and lead trainer for Speaker Express. Elliot has worked across the globe in the UK, Africa, USA and Europe. Elliot has a combined seventeen years experience in both training and coaching, having designed and delivered training for Sky Television, Talk Talk, the NHS and many more. After almost losing everything, Elliot has turned around his businesses to form one of the leading strategy, training and coaching companies for both self-development and strategy in the UK - using his own experience to ensure others don't make the same mistakes as him. As part of giving back, Elliot has been a mentor for the Princes' Trust for the last 5 years. Elliot has unlimited passion for results. His passion is to help business owners to live The Elite Business Lifestyle through strategy boardrooms, workshops and mentoring. Elliot is a certified coach, cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist and accredited strategist. “keep your eye on your dream, keep your hand on strategy, and keep your heart in service and you will succeed”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Jw

Episode 5: "When they take people out to the cemetery they are taking newspaper readers and when people graduate from school they are not gaining readers", Warren Buffett. In this episode, we discuss disruption and how it relates to three bedrock companies of the NZX. Namely, NZME, Sky Television and Z Energy

Automotive Industry, Series 1As part of our motor month series, We have selected a list of interviews that people in the Automotive industry may find of interest.This week I chat with Jeff Smith. Jeff is the author of no less than 6 world-wide #1 best-selling books, He set up his own business in 1999 and is the most prolific contributor to the automotive industry across the world.As well as being the most successful trainer, consultant and conference speaker in the automotive industry, in 1999 he became a founder member of the Professional Speakers Association of Europe and has appeared many times as an automotive expert on Sky Television.At the last count, he's spoken in 67 different countries, hundreds of different cities and helped tens of thousands of people in the process. As well as speaking at large conferences all over the world, Jeff’s client list reads like a "who's who" of global success and includes nothing less than Royalty, a string of Fortune 100 companies and he's cited by his clients as the world’s #1 authority on the subject of key performance indicators.CheersJoehttps://joedalton.ie/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

LISTEN ABOVE AS ROSS KEMP SPEAKS WITH THE RADIO SPORT BREAKFASTBAFTA award-winning investigative journalist Ross Kemp was in studio to talk about his upcoming New Zealand tour in February.In a global first, documentary maker, author and actor Ross Kemp will reveal the truth about how the extreme world works live on stage, delivering remarkable insights into the 73 documentaries that he has made with his team across the world in the last 15 years.Kemp will tour New Zealand and Australia in February 2018 and you’re invited to hear him talk frankly about some of the world’s most dangerous people, the places he has visited and the humour that keeps him and his team going.“I’m really excited to be speaking candidly about my experiences in some of the most extreme places on the earth,” says Kemp.“It’s very easy for people to assume there is good and evil in the world, but I have often found it isn’t that simple. I’m looking forward to sharing my personal experiences, both humorous and heart breaking.”Kemp has come face-to-face with some of the worst aspects of humanity. His award-winning documentaries examine some of the most extreme situations that exist on our planet and analyse who we are and why we do the things we do.Driven by a sense of social justice, Kemp and his team have risked their lives to make these documentaries and have never shied away from asking the difficult questions.Through his landmark TV series Extreme World, which has been broadcast on British TV since 2011 and is seen on BBC Knowledge on SKY Television in New Zealand, Kemp is a true voice who explains how our world is mapped with conflict, ranging from war to trafficking, drugs, violence and suffering.Kemp will talk openly about how he became a documentary maker after meeting a member of the infamous American ‘Bloods’ who had been shot more than 20 times. This led him to make documentaries about gangs from El Salvador to East Timor and from Moscow to South Africa.From witnessing the tribal violence in Kenya to the Democratic Republic of Congo and reporting on the frontline in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan,Kemp and his team have spent time in some of the most dangerous places on the planet.Revealing our troubled world on stage, Kemp will deliver the stories, the heroes, the villains and the bravery of ordinary people in extraordinary situations - and the humour that bonds us all together.For the first time live ever, Kemp will deliver highlights from his back catalogue and his personal story of how an actor carved a new career in a world where there are no scripts.In this no-holds-barred evening, Kemp delivers the brutal untold story of our diverse world.Be prepared to laugh, cry and rethink who and what we are.You’ll also have the chance to talk directly to Kemp about his experiences and what makes him tick in an audience Q&A.Nothing will prepare you for ROSS KEMP - Extreme Tales Live on Stage.The show is presented by Neptune Entertainment, Matt Van Rooy, BBC Worldwide and Andrew Kay.Tickets on sale 9.00am Monday November 27.

Liz, is asking for some leader in NZ to stand up and have the courage to say that we as an island nation, want a GE Free country and be the organic food bowl for the world. With no more Monsanto influence and definitely no more glyphosate.   She wants us to become a ‘planetary ark' and be that 'organic food bowl’ for the world. Plus, she WANTS a really clear - NZ Government funded - free from influence - media platform TV - Radio and newsprint / digital where we have quality policy journalists back again, investigating anything within the public domain as well as envisioning healthy possibilities for all of our children’s - collective future. After leaving broadcasting, Liz spent a decade in Australia as a full time Mum and having to learn child rearing with no backup of grandparents or nanny help which she had had when she had worked full time for TVNZ. So she really learnt to be a hands on Mum and how to connect emotionally with her little ones and so it was a wonderful learning curve as a human being, noting that she underlines that she learnt more from her children than they learnt from her. Deeper learning of the Self. Liz also speaks about her experience then of a profound lack of confidence. At first she thought it was post natal depression, but realised that there was a deeper layering - where she had parents that they themselves struggled and Liz shares the challenges that her mother had and the subsequent burden that Liz carried as a result of their relationship and she was not able to really be there for how Liz wanted - a mother to-be. To this end Liz learnt to become very adept at putting up a front - and ironically ending up on television - very capable on the outside - she was seen as always happy when she was a young lawyer yet struggled with health related problems that resulted in a deep lack of confidence - yet she was able to portray the opposite in the world, by looking and acting happy. With bringing up her children and marrying the inner Liz to the outer Liz and then understanding what has shaped her and in decoding what is it she is here to be and do - who is the Liz? How does she integrate her desire to serve in the world with being a whole authentic human being and realising and reconciling that both her parents did their very best to bring her up as best as they could. And Liz goes into this in expressing her humility - realising that we can let go of things that do not serve us and that are not real - and we can become the people we probably were put on this earth to be - but often through painful experience. A difficult marriage was another part of her learning and she states sincerely how grateful she is in many ways - though she laughingly says she is not fully reconciled with that yet:). Because like her childhood experiences with her mother - it dug up all  the things that she did not want to look at - and what she couldn’t escape … So she says to her kids as well -  that life - like the Buddha says is about suffering - so you accept the suffering - but Liz then brightens saying that this life is like a gorgeous mysterious university course that we did not even know we had signed up for! That the lessons will keep coming back and back - the same lesson often until we have the inner resilience, the inner fortitude  - and the willingness to look at what that lesson brings us.  Thus we learn and we grow and we can then graduate to another class. Which she laughingly says - has been like the last 10 years … Covering myths and legends and Joseph Campbell and our journey of traveling deep dark valleys - and the struggle to get through the day, like just getting by by crawling as if in a dark place - but being a mum and committed to her children there is no recourse other than to hang in with her kiddies as she was so committed as a mother and a parent. A Near Death Experience and a Greater Understanding. Then Liz tells of a broken heart moment in hospital when she nearly died as doctors worked diligently on her heart and she witnessed this by ‘looking down on everything from the ceiling - (this could be said to be an out of the body experience or a near death experience) - she said for a moment she felt that she was floating on the softest warmest, most loving golden clouds and realising that she could stay there, this was wonderful - I can give up - this is easy - and at that moment both her beautiful children were right at the forefront and the feeling was so powerful - ‘I can’t leave them, they still need me’  - and that the urge for life was so much greater than the urge to run away from the pain of life - and she came back to her body - to recuperate and heal. Then the discussion covered ‘the purpose for existence - is to find out the purpose for existence’ - and Liz was emphatic it was certainly not about power or money or status - the house we own or the cars we drive  … that those things are so deeply ephemeral and so transient and for many it is a frightening place because so many people fear death. What Liz says that experience taught her that she had nothing whatsoever to fear. The interview then covers names like Ramana Maharshi and Gangaji to the Dalai Lama. Questioning Material Values Liz surmises - why do we in the Western developed world set about to amass so much material wealth, houses, bach’s, numbers of cars, boats clothes etc.  If we didn’t fear death would we just get on and experience life instead? What she feels is that material wealth means nothing other than what she can leave in the hearts of those that she loves. And her greatest achievement is loving her children with all her heart. Listen to this as Liz expresses herself so deeply, in such a warm and humble way. That for children to open like the lotus flower and being the humans they can be - and this is what she feels needs to be extended across the community of NZ. This interview also covers an experience Liz had in Sydney when she was at a function of the media magnates the Murdoch’s where she witnessed these very successful media barons and realised that with all their collective expertise and media and satellite outreach that if only they wanted to bring whole countries together and have communities connect and share in a better tomorrow - these people could basically create a large shift in changing the world into a more peaceful and harmonious place. However in her intuitions of seeing them huddled most of the night with Rupert and Lachlan, including James Packer in a corner - out of the way at this function - she realised how close yet how far away we are at pulling the threads of humanity together. That if they only felt connected to all people - they would feel so loved and valued in the world - that wherever they went they would feel so much goodwill flowing toward them - however this is not the case. That Liz found that she had so much compassion for them - because the elder Murdoch who owns Sky Television and the Australian newspaper and a huge slice of Australian and British newspapers and until recently virtually 75 % of all NZ suburban newspapers  Once owning the Controlling Interest in Wellington’s Dominion newspaper and being the 2nd largest media conglomerate on earth owning 20th Century Fox and the Wall St Journal and a huge number of media companies. That she just intuited that their energy was not warm and light hearted and that they were basically not happy at all. Generosity of Spirit This conversation then continues around generosity of spirit of giving and bringing a little joy to people who are experiencing unhappy lives - especially on the streets here in Auckland where the homeless are seen in greater numbers even though the NZ Government is crowing about our $4 billion surplus for the last year. Then Liz tells  that when back in Australia of giving her last $2-00 to a homeless person when she found that she was unable to withdraw any cash from her account at an ATM. So being in Sydney away from NZ - taking a leap of faith giving that $2.00 minute amount away to a destitute person in the street and making them feel acknowledged and then having to go through the challenge of having to rely on the goodwill of friends to help her out over the ensuring days. Micro Funding those less fortunate Liz’s dream is of having enough funds to set up micro finance for women, especially those women who have come out of failed marriages and have to start again to make a living - or in Africa where a death or disability throw the onus on the woman to make a living. And it has been proved over and over again when women are able to receive a loan for a chicken coop or garden seeds - that they are fastidious at paying back their loan. That they in most cases are brilliant at running their little businesses and they get the family back on their feet when they may have to learn totally new skills to find a creative way to make a living. So with micro funding Liz wants to assist NZ woman to get back on their feet by becoming independent as in many cases they have given up their career to take on family responsibilities whilst the husband has continuously advanced his own career thus he is always skilled up. Thus there is a lot of fear and trepidation for middle aged women having to rejoin the workforce and back into the thick of things in a new job, new technologies, new expectations - new performance quotas etc   This is a difficult arena for women - look at TV in NZ there is no older women there, at the moment.Ageism is still prevalent. Liz’s talks about her work, when starting out as a young lawyer - and how she saw the reality of it. But, she found what disillusioned her was that if you have the money - you can get the best lawyer in town and they can stitch up the case by getting someone off - when in fact they were the guilty party.  When she thought that Law was about justice - that the present government has made huge cuts to legal aid in NZ recently, that many Lawyers did not agree with this - even those who were innately conservative themselves. Homelessness - how could this happen in New Zealand?! Liz says her heart aches to see the number of homelessness we have here in NZ especially Auckland )and particularly in a year where the NZ government are 4 billion dollars in surplus - which coincides with the election coming up in less that 3 months time). That she has been going around Auckland and making videos and interviewing the homeless and hearing all their various stories. She is mortified - as this should not be in NZ - we are basically an extraordinarily caring people - but … and she in meeting so many of these homeless people and seeing a profound dignity in many of them and the hopeless situation they are in. A kind and caring compassionate woman … Stand up before this election and make a fuss about homelessness. The Dalai Lama’s statements about humility and connection come up and yet there are many laughs during this interview. Covering what Mike King is doing with youth suicide in NZ and that this too is a stain across our nation. She tells of an experiment with rats and heroin and the environment. The end result is that after rats are put in a stark and boring environment - given the choice they all turn to heroin instead of drinking water. But, when they turn their cage into a myriad of things to do - to climb, swing, run on a wheel, snuggle into warm covered areas - they eventually all end up rejecting the heroin and instead they enjoy the variety and opportunities of a captivating environment. Many people in a state of homelessness have been involved with drugs, but had they been in an environment that had offered them possibilities to learn and to grow and experience a more conducive atmosphere - of connection - many would not be suffering as they are today. Possibilities of changing both our outlook and our inner state of being This then introduces Bruce Lipton and our body of around 50 trillion cells - and his theme - change the environment for the better and the situation will change accordingly. That all our organs are working in unison and we are not doing any of this consciously. That as a top scientist / professor at Stanford University in the USA, he realised that we need not be a captive and slave to our genes. That we can by ‘shifting our consciousness’ evolve our genome and become far more healthier humans.  Books - Biology of Belief and Conscious Evolution.  Liz see NZ as having changed dramatically in the last 9 years She sees so many homeless and as a mother - wonders how this has continued to escalate. Liz shares that NZ needs to become more sovereign and independent - that when David Lange of the NZ Labour Government saw that our country had a large majority wanting to be nuclear free nation this gave him the mandate to make us a Nuclear Free country. Liz feels that as a small independent nation (and we trust a moral force for good) that we be weary of US influence being too strong here and for example the lack of transparency with the Waihopai Face Eyes Echelon spy station in the South Island being cause for concern. Regarding trade  she like many here in NZ who were voiceless felt a great relief that the TPPA did not go ahead and that we need to be adept at finding innovative ways to sort out fair trade. However there is also the challenge of transparency of Government - and this is an important issue - which is also a global issue. That we New Zealanders have to be both more alert and proactive to make our elected servants in Wellington bow to the wishes of ‘we the people.’ In reiterating what she sees as issues. 1)    The homeless 2)    NZ becoming a GE and GMO Free organic agricultural food bowl for our world. 3)    A new Transparent media outlet for open communications - TV, Radio & Digital. This is what in a democracy media is all about, not glove puppets  - John Campbell has gone - this is dangerous for democracy we dependent on a free and courageous media. Nicky Hagar if you like him or not - he was vilified for laying out so many truths - which were all shoved aside - with no-one in Government prepared to accept the lies that the Government had hidden.  This is why we need a conscious NZ public and this is why Liz has been called to act like a warrior woman, and a Mother. There is too much at stake and too much to lose.

Derek Handley is an entrepreneur, author and investor embedding the B-Team vision of people, planet and profit into everything he does: the businesses he works with, the networks he's involved with, and in New Zealand, the country he calls home. He is currently the B Team's Entrepreneur in Residence, designing a new venture that aims to solve social issues and set new benchmarks in how we treat our people and our planet, at the same time as making money in an innovative and exciting way. He is also an Adjunct Executive Professor at AUT University, Chair and Co-Founder of NZX-listed Snakk Media, a Director at Sky Television, a New Zealand Arts Foundation Trustee, and an Astronaut-in-Waiting at Virgin Galactic.

This week in Extra Time - English Premier League football is going online as Sky Television loses the broadcast rights - what does this mean for Sky Sports and football fans? And will everyone be able to access the EPL from next season? The third test between the All Blacks and France gets a welcome reception in Taranaki, we're on the ground in New Plymouth. Kiwi basketballer Stephen Adams has the chance to make history in America's NBA draft; and we take a look at where badminton's at with the national men's number one.

This week in Extra Time - English Premier League football is going online as Sky Television loses the broadcast rights - what does this mean for Sky Sports and football fans? And will everyone be able to access the EPL from next season? The third test between the All Blacks and France gets a welcome reception in Taranaki, we're on the ground in New Plymouth. Kiwi basketballer Stephen Adams has the chance to make history in America's NBA draft; and we take a look at where badminton's at with the national men's number one.

Drum and Bass is Black Music… On the 30th anniversary of the 1981 Brixton riots, a historic reaction to the hostility and xenophobic environment that informed the policing of African and Caribbean immigrants, I examined the ruthless desire to keep Britain White. I pulled from Sam Selvon’s 1956 novel “The Lonely Londoners,” which tells the story of the Caribbean community’s communal response to the English brand of white supremacy and their cultural preservation as a means for survival. Additionally, I sought the political, social, and musicological context of a sound that takes root in Sly and Robbie’s Reggae Music—Drum and Bass. Inspired by these histories, I’ve created a musical essay that epitomizes my long-term relationship with Black Britain and the parallel strategies of resistance that Black Americans have employed to attain basic human rights. Shout out to drum and bass pioneers Roni Size, Goldie, LTJ Bukem, Kemistry and Storm, Krust, and all the other sons and daughters of “The Lonely Londoners.” I'm excited to introduce a new series of liner notes. As a part of the WildSeed Cultural Group Independent Artist in Residency program in Atlanta, Georgia (2011-2012), I will be working with my favorite thinkers, writers, cultural critics and scholars to help contextualize my mixes. The first to launch the series is Esther Armah, a fierce Black British writer, speaker, moderator and leader in the emotional justice movement. Thank you Esther for being willing to participate in this project and for helping to make "Entertainment with a Thesis" a reality. DJ lynnee denise (feel free to repost and pass on) Liner Notes by Esther Armah* We made it. Not bodies. They were battered, bruised, brutalized, buried. The drum beat landed. Intact. Slipped unnoticed between bodies, souls, minds carried from West Africa’s shores via the West Indies. Landed unbent and unbroken in this new land - West London. We were the language left when mother tongue was dragged screaming from its source, we were the unshed tears of the middle passage. Company came. Sought us out. Hands grabbed at us from Empire Wind-rush bodies, carried to this place from Caribbean islands. A new language, new accent from this new nation called England. Black backs bent and shaped by British labor, sweat collected from a generation invited and despised in the same breath. Our mamas and daddies, silent and deadly. That racism DNA pounded and flattened, birthed into frustrated beats and a new generation. Defiance became the breath of those born to these Caribbean bodies mangled seeking refuge from racist rants. This was now Black Britain. Sound changed. Started to gather new notes from new generation. April 1981. Brixton streets, injustice exploded, caught fire, consumed and cleansed. Remnants of those unshed tears from that middle passage put the fire out on the streets, left it burning within Black Britain. Fragments of rage wrapped in that drum, dirt from boots pounding those streets caught between notes. Fragments, pieces, floated, landed. Sound from snatched pieces of leftover 1960s signs that screamed: ‘No Niggers, No Dogs, No Irish’, sound dragged from police officers’ brutal batons before they rained rage on nappy heads, sound from untold injustice - all fashioned into language. Called it bass. The sound from an unwelcome land. The double consciousness in the mirror whose reflection you couldn’t see. Mangled beauty drenched in righteous rage. Drum n bass. 30 years on from Brixton; bodies, boots, batons echo, haunt, haint. Now. Press play. So honored to write these liner notes. Drum n bass are the fragments of us blown across waters and oceans, drum n bass was for the journey where it all got too much, where there was no voice, it is the emotionally unspeakable - the soundtrack of diasporic journeys. Love, love, love this Ms Lynnee... Esther Armah is a Black British award winning international journalist, an author, playwright, radio host, company director and public speaker. She has worked in the US, UK, Africa. She is the founding director of Centric Productions, a multi-media production and creative marketing company based in New York, London and Ghana. In the UK; she has worked in print, radio and television. In print, she has written for 'The Guardian' newspaper, 'New Nation' newspaper, and in 'Pride' magazine. In radio, she has worked right across BBC radio as a documentary maker, an investigative reporter and a radio host. In tv, she has appeared on Sky Television and BBC television.