Back in December 2009 I attended two-day a user experience workshop in a Chateau near Paris. It was a great session where pay-TV executives from across Europe looked at user interface issues and discussed solutions to challenges they faced. This workshop was the first time I had been presented in-depth research on digital natives. The research looked at their changes in behaviour and their changing relationship with media. I was captivated by this very real shift in human behaviour and the impact it was going to have as these digital natives joined the workforce and gain purchasing power. The term... Read more →

This week I had the privilege to attended Mediatel’s Connect TV World Summit at the Royal College of Physicians in London. I’ve attended this event for many years, though it has been some years since I had the luxury of attending all the conference. There were many newsworthy presentation and discussions at the event that have already been picked over by industry journalists. I wanted in this article to just dig into a handful of themes that emerged from the two days. It is worth noting the excellent gender mix of the presenters and in the panels at the conference.... Read more →

As tech leaders, we know what Agile and Scrum are, most of us will be using it in some form. But do we know what it really means for our organisations? Read more →

In this series “The Future of TV”, I will explore concepts that I believe could have a big impact on television. Concepts beyond what most people are thinking about today. People often ask me what is the “next big thing” is for television? They sometimes ask this for true insight but generally it is just as an ice breaker. As with any industry, the history of the “next big thing” is full of successes and failures. For a while the “next big thing” was thought to be 3D. Early in the hype cycle for 3D I rejected it for being... Read more →