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The arrival of the Sky Player

Marie Kemplay looks at the impending launch of the Sky Player Following in the footsteps of the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, Sky have announced they are to launch their own online viewing platform. The imaginatively named Sky Player will show programmes from some of the broadcaster’s most popular channels such ...

News from the Sky

Latest digital news developments The digital television industry is alight with rumours that Sky is on the verge of making an offer of around £450m for Tiscali UK. Tiscali, who are based in Italy, are one of Europe’s largest telecommunication companies. They offer services that range from Internet provision to digital television. ...

The Presidential Election 2008

Tuesday, 4th November, 2008 136.6 million Americans voted The result of the popular vote was 51.9 percent for Obama and 46.8 percent for McCain Shortly after 11:00pm EST John McCain conceded defeat. "The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly," he said. At 11:12 EST, President Bush made a telephone call to ...

Judgement Day has arrived

Americans are currently streaming to the polling booths, and within twenty four hours we will know who George Bush's successor will be. Marie Kemplay thinks for a final time. Who will be the next president of the United States? After months of hard campaigning, debates and Tina Fey’s wonderful Sarah Palin ...

Kerry Katona: a life dictated by celebrity?

In a secular, capitalist society, our aspirations often lead us towards celebrity - but is this dream lifestyle laced with a curse? Marie Kemplay looks at the case of Kerry Katona It’s been a bad week for Kerry Katona, - “what week isn’t?” I may hear you ask - after she ...

Friday Night without Jonathan Ross.

With half of England scandalised by the actions of two of its favourite comedians, Marie Kemplay asks whether it is all justified I must admit I do actually quite like Jonathan Ross. His Friday night questioning of people from all corners of celebrity is one of my favourite programmes and ...

Where brands meet religion

Buyology - The psychology behind why we buy So what does the Roman Catholic Church have in common with Nintendo, the video games manufacturer? Not much you might assume. Both are quite old: in the case of the Roman Catholic Church a couple of millennia, whilst next year Nintendo will, ...

Expensive Style: Sarah Palin and the $150,000 shopping spree

A pit-bull in designer lipstick and Valentino suits, Marie Kemplay explains why Sarah Palin is perhaps not the ordinary hockey mom she professes to be. In the absence of any serious politics at the other side of the Atlantic media attention has once again returned to the soap opera of ...