There’s a surprising amount of similarities between the work and challenges of an advertising agency to that of an in-house comms team…
by comms2point0 Panel Writer Rich Elwell
Read morethe weird and wonderful watching habits of the comms and digital community
The Twitter community is one of the greatest research resources in the world. If you need to know something, just ask Twitter. The results never cease to amaze.
I have watched a lot of TV in my life. And I mean a lot. I don’t mean the middle of the road twaddle that gets served up in the name of entertainment and puts me off ever checking the TV listings. No, what I mean are the real quality TV shows whose watching via ‘boxsets’ has become a bona fide pastime.
I have seen all of the classics. But now I am adrift and in need of something new to get into.
So I was after some recommendations and what better way than to ask the rather marvellous comms2point0 followers to chip in. And boy did you respond, with over 40 suggestions emerging.
And if you also fancy checking out something new this is a pretty great list from which to choose.
So what did we learn?
Well we learned that Paul Masterman’s favourite shows are Bullseye and Nogin the Nog. Well, “you can’t beat a bit of bully”.
Seeing the Brummie classic, Crossroads, on the list was a tad unexpected.
lessons from 'house of cards'
There's lessons on the re-make of the political thriller House of Cards. Not just that if you live tweet a row with your boss you'll become an online hero."Power is a lot like real estate. It's all about location, location, location. The closer you are to the source, the higher your property value." - Frank Underwood.
What's so different about Netflix's House of Cards?
After all, it has everything we'd come to expect from a hit US drama - high production values, a razor sharp script and a Hollywood actor (Kevin Spacey) in the lead role.
But this one is different and it has a relevance for the world many of us work and communicate in every day.
Difference one is how the show has reached our screens. House of Cards, a remake of the BBC original, is made and broadcast by Netflix, a subscription based video-on-demand website.
Netflix is the first content carrier that has gone from simply buying up and broadcasting other people's programmes, to making its own.
