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20th November, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘BSkyB’

Tough for Convention Telly Abroad

By Denis Campbell • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics Too
Ten years abroad and I have to say it is getting better. I now have C-SPAN and MSNBC streaming live convention feeds on each computer, CNN is taping on SKY+ in case Mr. Sandman calls before 5 am local time. The DNCC have an amazing online HD Player for streaming video that is better than [...]



Buy a Car Get a Free Handgun

By Denis Campbell • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Business
The BBC reported a Missouri, USA car dealership offered a promotion where if one buys a car or truck, they can get either $250 in petrol vouchers or a free handgun. UK laws forbidding gun ownership aside for the moment, if they were to change, could this be a marketing opportunity for businesses in the [...]



Service’s Sorry State

By Denis Campbell • Jun 21st, 2008 • Category: Features
The Consumerist website showed this graphic recently about poor service received by Comcast Cable and telephone subscribers across the USA. It was part of an internally circulated Powerpoint presentation by a call centre manager on their CQE (Customer Quality Experience) programme and the lack of seriousness with which it is taken inside the company culture.
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