Category: Youtube
KSI vs Logan Paul YouTube boxing match: stars sparring with traditional broadcasters to make millions by Lyndsay Duthie
The amateur boxing match between YouTube stars KSI (UK) and Logan Paul (USA) on August 25 could...
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The wonderful world of the (Australian) web series by Sue Turnbull
Here’s the pitch. Game of Thrones meets Mad Max in a post-apocalyptic wilderness somewhere North...
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RECONSTRUCTING THE ERRORS FROM TELEVISION HISTORY by Marcus Harmes
A ‘Billy Fluff’ is a moment in Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966 when William Hartnell, the lead actor...
Read MoreBEYONCÉ’S LEMONADE AND THE TRANSMEDIA SWIRL by Jennifer O’Meara
In 2013, Carol Vernallis published a brilliant book called Unruly Media: YouTube, Music Video and the New Digital Cinema. In it, she eloquently describe the ‘media swirl’ which characterises the contemporary audiovisual...
Read MoreDARLING JAMES CORDEN IN PROPER REALITY TELEVISION – THE JOY OF CARPOOL KARAOKE by Liz Giuffre
British television fans need no convincing of James Corden’s smiley, shiny, naughty wonderful. From host to writer to actor to bloody nice singer and dancer, he’s annoying good at many showbizzy things (plus, he seems just...
Read MoreFROM CHANGING CHANNELS TO LAUNCHING APPS: OBSERVATIONS ON THE SMART TV MARKET by JP Kelly
After many happy years basking in its warm, electronic glow, my once-reliable television set recently emitted its final diodes of light. An ominous dark patch in the upper left corner of the screen had been growing larger over...
Read MoreDRINKING WITH HORACE AND PETE by Jason Jacobs
It might still seem strange, after all these years, to say that Horace and Pete is television, since it is not available, at the moment, from any network, cable provider or software application. To see it one has to pay for each...
Read MoreMUSIC IN DVD AND ON DEMAND – SOUNDS THE SAME? by Liz Giuffre
At the moment I’m editing a book on Music in Comedy Television. As part of the project I decided to go back to iconic pieces of comedy television I remember having had a musical impact, starting with 80s sitcoms (judge me, go...
Read MoreFROM TV ONLINE TO ONLINE TV by Cathy Johnson
This time last year I spent a fascinating day at the BBC with my colleague Paul Grainge interviewing members of staff responsible, in various ways, for BBC iPlayer. Whenever I interview TV practitioners the conceptual frameworks...
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