The Blog of Mike Beckham
Archive for May, 2006
What the f*** is going on?
May 26th
Well… I have reformatted my PC after getting a peice of crap on it and coulden’t be bothered trying to remove it. So I reformatted and lost my index.html file (forgot to back it up). So the main page is redirected here until I am bothered to fix up a new page.
Other than that I will be working on the site this week so keep a eye out.
Fox Footy Channel to Close?
May 25th
The Fox Footy Channel is a cable channel which broadcasts just AFL Football.
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Foxtel’s flagship Fox Footy Channel is facing possible closure after the AFL grand final in September.
Negotiations between the new free-to-air rights holders – the Seven and Ten Networks – and Foxtel over the allocation of games is progressing slower than expected.
Foxtel chief executive Kim Williams told The Australian he wanted to continue with AFL, but “not at any price”.
Should Fox Footy be scrapped, AFL games would still be seen on subscription TV, possibly on a new Fox Sports 3 channel.
Read more in The Australian
New Debate Podcast, Be involved
May 23rd
A new Negative Penguin Media pilot called “The Debaters” is being produced which will involve a host and 2 “debaters”. Each week a new topic will be debated. We will also accept submissions for debate topics. Topics can be anything from Tech to Politics or latest news stories. Anything that is interesting will be debated.
