Friday 23 December 2011
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Monday 24 October 2011
The National Trust's ram-cam set to become ewe-tube sensation
A unique 90 second video from the National Trust showing a ram's eye view as he 'meets' his new flock of ewes is set to become a 'ewe-tube' hit, say online farmers.
The ram, named Peacland Paolo, is the latest arrival at the National Trust's My Farm experiment at Wimpole Home Farm in Cambridgeshire which is aiming to reconnect people with where their food comes from.
Paolo, a Portland ram, was fitted with a camera measuring 60mm by 42mm, weighing just 167 grams last week.
The film shows him exploring his new home, giving MyFarm farmers an exclusive ram's eye view of tupping (mating).
He is expected to tup around 30 ewes over the next 4-6 weeks. The ewes will give birth to their lambs next spring.
Wimpole Farm Manager Richard Morris said: "It will be fascinating to see just what a day in the life of a ram is like.
"Although we have a good idea that most of his time will be spent grazing, sleeping and mating, it will be interesting to see it all from his point of view.
"We kept Paolo in a pen when he first arrived at the farm as part of his quarantine and so that he could adjust to his new home. But, we've now introduced him to the ewes and he's outside enjoying the grass.
"It may seem a bit strange that we want to follow and even film Paolo as he goes about his business, but farming is all about breeding, growing and harvest - so it's only right that we should come up with ram-cam. This is nature as it happens and we hope it will be seen as something that reminds people what it takes to get food on their plate. The pressure is now on Paolo to perform!"
Paolo is 18 months old and this is his first season of tupping. He is expected to mate with 2-3 ewes a day with this figure increasing to 6-8 ewes a day when he's older.
The Wimpole farm team is keeping a close eye on Paolo to make sure the camera in no way hinders his daily life, or becomes stressful for him in any way.
If at any time the camera is suspected of bothering him, the ram will be caught and the camera removed.
There are nine other rams at Wimpole who have between them 260 ewes to mate with over the next two months.
Subscribers to MyFarm will be able to watch the results of Paolo's efforts next spring in Wimpole's very own 'lambing live' when 260-300 lambs are expected to be born.
For more information and to sign-up to join the MyFarm experiment, visit www.my-farm.org.uk.
The ram, named Peacland Paolo, is the latest arrival at the National Trust's My Farm experiment at Wimpole Home Farm in Cambridgeshire which is aiming to reconnect people with where their food comes from.
Paolo, a Portland ram, was fitted with a camera measuring 60mm by 42mm, weighing just 167 grams last week.
The film shows him exploring his new home, giving MyFarm farmers an exclusive ram's eye view of tupping (mating).
He is expected to tup around 30 ewes over the next 4-6 weeks. The ewes will give birth to their lambs next spring.
Wimpole Farm Manager Richard Morris said: "It will be fascinating to see just what a day in the life of a ram is like.
"Although we have a good idea that most of his time will be spent grazing, sleeping and mating, it will be interesting to see it all from his point of view.
"We kept Paolo in a pen when he first arrived at the farm as part of his quarantine and so that he could adjust to his new home. But, we've now introduced him to the ewes and he's outside enjoying the grass.
"It may seem a bit strange that we want to follow and even film Paolo as he goes about his business, but farming is all about breeding, growing and harvest - so it's only right that we should come up with ram-cam. This is nature as it happens and we hope it will be seen as something that reminds people what it takes to get food on their plate. The pressure is now on Paolo to perform!"
Paolo is 18 months old and this is his first season of tupping. He is expected to mate with 2-3 ewes a day with this figure increasing to 6-8 ewes a day when he's older.
The Wimpole farm team is keeping a close eye on Paolo to make sure the camera in no way hinders his daily life, or becomes stressful for him in any way.
If at any time the camera is suspected of bothering him, the ram will be caught and the camera removed.
There are nine other rams at Wimpole who have between them 260 ewes to mate with over the next two months.
Subscribers to MyFarm will be able to watch the results of Paolo's efforts next spring in Wimpole's very own 'lambing live' when 260-300 lambs are expected to be born.
For more information and to sign-up to join the MyFarm experiment, visit www.my-farm.org.uk.
Friday 30 September 2011
That's Entertainment News: Bingo Street Unveil New Television Advert
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Thursday 29 September 2011
Kelvin MacKenzie signs Sports Tonight Live to VisionIPTV
Journalist and broadcaster Kelvin MacKenzie is to take to the VisionIPTV stand at this year’s MIPCOM, the world's entertainment content market show in Cannes, France, to present the launch of Sports Tonight Live, a new channel delivered via the internet on the FreeviewHD platform.
Fronted by Mike Parry, formerly of TalkSport Radio, and comedian Ian Stone, Sports Tonight Live will be the first channel in the UK to be available on the FreeviewHD platform with content delivered via broadband over the internet via an HD set top box. This enables the programmers to develop a cost effective channel with a potential reach of more than 5 million households this year, and gain total penetration to 26 million UK households by 2015.
Sports Tonight Live is the first English language channel to use VisionIPTV’s studio production and internet broadcast playout services to deliver ground breaking entertainment via the FreeviewHD EPG on channel 112.
John Mills, CEO of Vision IPTV, said: “Kelvin MacKenzie has built a reputation as a broadcaster who likes to tear down barriers, and do things his way. The capability to deliver interactive internet broadcast content, via FreeviewHD, into the living room gives broadcasters such as Kelvin the ability to deliver unique programming and new television experiences to the audience. We are very pleased to be able to host Kelvin at MIPCOM and look forward to hearing more about his vision for the future of sports broadcasting.”
The show’s format encourages live debate from viewers who contact the show via Skype video-call or Twitter. The digital interactivity can also be extended by the two way nature of the internet broadcast, providing the show’s producers with the capability to poll the audience live for instant reaction from where it counts, the fans sat in front of the TV with their remote.
Kelvin MacKenzie will appear on the Vision IPTV stand (G3.20) on the afternoon of Wednesday 5th October at MIPCOM, Cannes, France.
Visit www.visionip.tv/ip-broadcasting-on-freeview-uk.html for more information.
Fronted by Mike Parry, formerly of TalkSport Radio, and comedian Ian Stone, Sports Tonight Live will be the first channel in the UK to be available on the FreeviewHD platform with content delivered via broadband over the internet via an HD set top box. This enables the programmers to develop a cost effective channel with a potential reach of more than 5 million households this year, and gain total penetration to 26 million UK households by 2015.
Sports Tonight Live is the first English language channel to use VisionIPTV’s studio production and internet broadcast playout services to deliver ground breaking entertainment via the FreeviewHD EPG on channel 112.
John Mills, CEO of Vision IPTV, said: “Kelvin MacKenzie has built a reputation as a broadcaster who likes to tear down barriers, and do things his way. The capability to deliver interactive internet broadcast content, via FreeviewHD, into the living room gives broadcasters such as Kelvin the ability to deliver unique programming and new television experiences to the audience. We are very pleased to be able to host Kelvin at MIPCOM and look forward to hearing more about his vision for the future of sports broadcasting.”
The show’s format encourages live debate from viewers who contact the show via Skype video-call or Twitter. The digital interactivity can also be extended by the two way nature of the internet broadcast, providing the show’s producers with the capability to poll the audience live for instant reaction from where it counts, the fans sat in front of the TV with their remote.
Kelvin MacKenzie will appear on the Vision IPTV stand (G3.20) on the afternoon of Wednesday 5th October at MIPCOM, Cannes, France.
Visit www.visionip.tv/ip-broadcasting-on-freeview-uk.html for more information.
Friday 23 September 2011
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Friday 19 August 2011
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Thursday 18 August 2011
Npower teams up with Sky Sports to launch ad-funded TV show
Npower's new three part ad-funded TV series, 'What’s Your Goal', is set to launch on Sky Sports on Thursday 25th August - the culmination of npower's successful 2011 campaign of the same name.
The series captures the moments that six children from around the UK discover they are handpicked as winners of the npower What's Your Goal competition, to be mentored by some of the brightest and best in the football industry.
Viewers will follow the journeys of the young winners as they work side-by-side with their mentors, getting their hands dirty and mucking in with the professionals before being set a challenge relating to the day-to-day workings of the role.
Npower's 'What’s Your Goal' is a football-based initiative launched as part of npower's title sponsorship of the npower Football League. It was designed to inspire young people aged 12-16 to think about their future careers by showcasing the different roles available behind the scenes of football clubs up and down the UK.
Sky currently holds the broadcasting rights for the npower Football League and teamed up with npower, commissioning production company North One to capture the action. The shows are voiced by Sky presenter Ben Shepherd, who also features in the final episode which airs in September.
Along with Sky Sports presenter Dave Jones and long time Sky Sports TV producer Billy McGinty, the 'What's Your Goal' winners also spend time with Ipswich Town's business manager, an Action Images sports photographer and one of the npower Football League's most senior female referees, Sasa Ihringova.
QPR's manager, Neil Warnock also features in the series to mentor a young QPR fan who joins him and his team amidst talk of possible point deductions by the FA, when the future of QPR's promotion into the Premier League looked uncertain.
Clare McDougall, npower's head of education and community, said: "What's Your Goal offered young people fantastic one-in-a-lifetime experiences that allowed them to get stuck in with the professionals and learn the ropes first hand, so we weren’t surprised by the overwhelming response we got from parents and their children across the UK.
"As not everyone could win the mentoring days, we worked with schools and parents to offer lesson plans and content that was designed to educate youngsters about the endless possibilities in the football industry, inspiring them to think about their future careers by looking at what they enjoy and thinking about potential opportunities.
"The TV show will help to spread npower’s What’s Your Goal message even further and we look forward to seeing npower's 'What’s Your Goal' winners as they make their TV debuts on screen, showing the world how ambitious and talented our teenagers are and hopefully encouraging others to start thinking about what their goal is."
The series captures the moments that six children from around the UK discover they are handpicked as winners of the npower What's Your Goal competition, to be mentored by some of the brightest and best in the football industry.
Viewers will follow the journeys of the young winners as they work side-by-side with their mentors, getting their hands dirty and mucking in with the professionals before being set a challenge relating to the day-to-day workings of the role.
Npower's 'What’s Your Goal' is a football-based initiative launched as part of npower's title sponsorship of the npower Football League. It was designed to inspire young people aged 12-16 to think about their future careers by showcasing the different roles available behind the scenes of football clubs up and down the UK.
Sky currently holds the broadcasting rights for the npower Football League and teamed up with npower, commissioning production company North One to capture the action. The shows are voiced by Sky presenter Ben Shepherd, who also features in the final episode which airs in September.
Along with Sky Sports presenter Dave Jones and long time Sky Sports TV producer Billy McGinty, the 'What's Your Goal' winners also spend time with Ipswich Town's business manager, an Action Images sports photographer and one of the npower Football League's most senior female referees, Sasa Ihringova.
QPR's manager, Neil Warnock also features in the series to mentor a young QPR fan who joins him and his team amidst talk of possible point deductions by the FA, when the future of QPR's promotion into the Premier League looked uncertain.
Clare McDougall, npower's head of education and community, said: "What's Your Goal offered young people fantastic one-in-a-lifetime experiences that allowed them to get stuck in with the professionals and learn the ropes first hand, so we weren’t surprised by the overwhelming response we got from parents and their children across the UK.
"As not everyone could win the mentoring days, we worked with schools and parents to offer lesson plans and content that was designed to educate youngsters about the endless possibilities in the football industry, inspiring them to think about their future careers by looking at what they enjoy and thinking about potential opportunities.
"The TV show will help to spread npower’s What’s Your Goal message even further and we look forward to seeing npower's 'What’s Your Goal' winners as they make their TV debuts on screen, showing the world how ambitious and talented our teenagers are and hopefully encouraging others to start thinking about what their goal is."
Tuesday 9 August 2011
That's Health: Jo Brand works with Macmillan Cancer Support
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Tuesday 14 June 2011
That's Green: The National Trust announces live foaling at MyFar...
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Take to the skies with in 3D
Take to the skies without having to move from your sofa with Britain & Ireland from the Sky 3D, airing on Sky 3D (channel 217). While viewers soar high above the landscape of the British and ‘Emerald’ Isles, iconic British and Irish personalities including James Nesbitt, Alison Steadman, Ashley Jensen, and Michael Sheen narrate, sharing their own personal stories about places featured in the show. Other narrators include Frank Carson, Roger McGough, and Stuart Hall and British Soldier Ben McBean who lost an arm and a leg in Afghanistan.
In the eight-part series, produced by Bigger Pictures for Sky 3D, for the first time in 3D viewers will fly between five and 5000 feet above the ground, taking in breath-taking views. The show takes viewers on a unique birds-eye view experience, tracking over the constantly changing landscape, hovering above incredible monuments, spying on historic cities, and surveying the population, allowing the audience to glimpse their homeland as they have never seen it before.
Each episode is packed with diverse sequences with stories that evoke the past, inspire affection for the beauty of British and Irish landscapes, or stir the emotions. Whispering into viewers’ ears are familiar voices, providing a personal and emotional insight into the places we see, giving us a fresh perspective, or entertaining insight on the landscape and its inhabitants.
The show was shot across the seasons and captures not only the magnificence of London and other major cities, but extends right to the very edges of Britain and Ireland including Cornwall, Ben Bulben (Ireland), Rathlin Island (Northern Ireland), Portmeirion (Wales) and Loch Alsh (Scotland).
John Cassy, Sky 3D’s Channel Director says: “From the moment Britain and Ireland from The sky 3D starts, the breathtaking bird’s-eye views capture your attention. For the first time 3D viewers can see the landscapes of these beautiful islands from a unique aerial perspective, and learn of previously untold personal stories from stars such as James Nesbitt and Alison Steadman in this brand new eight-part series.”
Britain and Ireland from the sky will be screened on Sky 3D from 22:00.
In the eight-part series, produced by Bigger Pictures for Sky 3D, for the first time in 3D viewers will fly between five and 5000 feet above the ground, taking in breath-taking views. The show takes viewers on a unique birds-eye view experience, tracking over the constantly changing landscape, hovering above incredible monuments, spying on historic cities, and surveying the population, allowing the audience to glimpse their homeland as they have never seen it before.
Each episode is packed with diverse sequences with stories that evoke the past, inspire affection for the beauty of British and Irish landscapes, or stir the emotions. Whispering into viewers’ ears are familiar voices, providing a personal and emotional insight into the places we see, giving us a fresh perspective, or entertaining insight on the landscape and its inhabitants.
The show was shot across the seasons and captures not only the magnificence of London and other major cities, but extends right to the very edges of Britain and Ireland including Cornwall, Ben Bulben (Ireland), Rathlin Island (Northern Ireland), Portmeirion (Wales) and Loch Alsh (Scotland).
John Cassy, Sky 3D’s Channel Director says: “From the moment Britain and Ireland from The sky 3D starts, the breathtaking bird’s-eye views capture your attention. For the first time 3D viewers can see the landscapes of these beautiful islands from a unique aerial perspective, and learn of previously untold personal stories from stars such as James Nesbitt and Alison Steadman in this brand new eight-part series.”
Britain and Ireland from the sky will be screened on Sky 3D from 22:00.
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