tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10609741259174886162011-04-21T12:55:04.735-07:00The personal blog of Matthew Meadows (Lead editor of GGTL)Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060974125917488616.post-54665875283507599582009-01-17T08:12:00.000-08:002009-01-17T08:13:16.053-08:00<p class="MsoNormal">Other than just broadcasting Premier League games, British television has a number of different methods of getting football news to their audience to keep them interested in the sport and also try to attract them into watching other matches.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sky sports, BBC and Setanta Sports have a number of different football analysis TV shows which discuss upcoming games on TV to try and hype up the games to try and draw an audience. Sky Sports have a wide variety of football discussion programmes such as “Goals on Sunday”, “Last Word” and “Sunday Supplement” which all discuss Premier League games and news. These programmes are aimed at the more hardcore football supporters as they discuss more in-depth information of the football games.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">These three main broadcasters also have their on websites which is updated for every piece of sports news to allow sports fans to keep updated easily. Other than news it also maintains weekly blogs of some well known names in football such as Andy Gray and Alan Smith who gives their opinion on what has happened during the week.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Radio stations such as Talk Sport and Five Live have live football commentary for listeners who are unable to watch the games or games that are not being shown on TV. They also have callers to discuss with the Radio hosts to talk about results and other news.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Another method which Sky have introduced in the last couple of years is 24-7 Football which sends Premier League goals to subscriber’s phones to allow videos of the goals to be sent to them if they are unable to watch the game. This represents a change in the way football is watched; moving towards a more modern, bitesized format.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1060974125917488616-5466587528350759958?l=matthewmeadows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060974125917488616.post-31008090006466341972008-11-17T08:02:00.001-08:002008-11-17T08:20:10.703-08:00<ul><li>People that think they "get" economics because they watch the stock markets go up or down</li><li>November - what's the point? Just a lame-ass December wannabe</li><li>Modern art - nobody cares about your crap</li><li>Hazard Perception tests</li><li>FOX news</li><li>Driving EVERYWHERE in Far Cry 2</li><li>My current HDMI cable</li><li>Pro Evo's lack of evo</li><li>Sociology homework</li><li>Pretty much 95% of youtube</li><li>Pork n' Beans by Weezer</li><li>Deadlines</li><li>Cassettes, Cameras, Reflectors, Tripods, Drama Studios, Spotlights</li><li>Bitch ass trains that are delayed by 2 hours</li><li>Manchester Piccadily station</li><li>Fanboys</li><li>Monday</li><li>Modern art, again</li><li>Yeah, more modern art</li><li>Young businessmen</li><li>Racist Bolton fans</li><li>People finding presents</li><li>Less daytime</li><li>Movie critics</li><li>Power cuts</li><li>My Sky reciever</li><li>Neo-Nazis</li><li>Goths</li><li>Emos</li><li>People that make "Stuff I hate" lists on blogs</li><li>George Bush</li><li>Anyone who says the original three Star Wars movies sucked</li><li>Property shows on TV</li><li>Economics</li><li>Michelle Malkin</li><li>The DSA</li><li>Lifts</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1060974125917488616-3100809000646634197?l=matthewmeadows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060974125917488616.post-39785374282883434962008-09-10T08:18:00.000-07:002008-11-17T08:25:40.908-08:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1060974125917488616-3978537428288343496?l=matthewmeadows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060974125917488616.post-31732391029552143052008-08-30T13:30:00.001-07:002008-08-30T13:30:57.739-07:00Don't even bother getting the IE8 beta, it's awful.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1060974125917488616-3173239102955214305?l=matthewmeadows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060974125917488616.post-57565147391314091582008-08-29T10:30:00.000-07:002008-08-29T10:32:08.940-07:00Seriously I know its not sunny in Britain, but we've gone for about 2 weeks without ANY sun, and this is in summer. <br /><br />Rant over.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1060974125917488616-5756514739131409158?l=matthewmeadows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060974125917488616.post-85609782512735562012008-08-27T13:42:00.000-07:002008-08-27T13:51:22.369-07:00I had my first driving lesson today, which was pretty cool. And after doing well, especially at clutch control and steering, I can't help but feel like video games helped me to be as good as I was on my first lesson. I mean, the steering felt very similar to a pseudo-arcadey racer, maybe like Forza 2. <br /><br />Perhaps I am wrong to think that games have helped, in fact, my instructor said that video games have a negative influence on driving, as it makes them want to go "100mph" down a road before they are even ready to go on a motorway.<br /><br />I guess at the end of the day, if nothing, at least games have taught me how to pick up controls quickly without reading the manual...because everyone knows - reading the manual is for chumps!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1060974125917488616-8560978251273556201?l=matthewmeadows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060974125917488616.post-52732281832638721972008-08-23T12:28:00.000-07:002008-08-23T12:29:13.870-07:00<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.todaysbigthing.com/betamax/betamax.swf?item_id=326&fullscreen=1&autostart=true" width="400" height="360"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.todaysbigthing.com/betamax/betamax.swf?item_id=326&fullscreen=1&autostart=true" /> </object><br /><br />Seriously...?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1060974125917488616-5273228183263872197?l=matthewmeadows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060974125917488616.post-80611924357565012832008-08-23T04:21:00.001-07:002008-08-23T04:25:17.503-07:00You probably noticed the new banner at the top of the blog. Gotta say thanks to Linford for the good work. He also made the amazing header at the top of the GGTL blog.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237672087048355714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w9ysCG-IPaY/SK_zA0Z-_4I/AAAAAAAAAUA/SxJD08-BpPc/s320/GGTL_01.png" border="0" /><br /><p>This header was also considered, but I liked the advertisment for the 'People's choice game awards 2008' which were included in the one I decided to use.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1060974125917488616-8061192435756501283?l=matthewmeadows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060974125917488616.post-77193041499510974572008-08-21T10:47:00.000-07:002008-08-21T11:03:27.608-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wW3tLcWSWbk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wW3tLcWSWbk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Look at that! Wow I never thought i'd see someone go that fast. He also won the 200m with a world record a couple of days ago. Incredible.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1060974125917488616-7719304149951097457?l=matthewmeadows.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Matthew Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09126815807989133969noreply@blogger.com0