About Us

We have decided to invite guest bloggers onto Broadstuff to cover areas that we don't really cover, but we feel are important in terms of how the emerging broadband media technologies are used, and their impact in the wider context.

We are delighted to have Kathryn Corrick to write some of her thoughts on some of the wider issues.

Kathryn is a journalist and consultant in digital media with a special interest in the power new technologies give to people and organisations to make a difference. Her clients range from very small one person start-ups to large corporations and organisations. She is also a member of IPPR's steering group on Local Media & Citizenship project.

Up until last year she was online manager of the New Statesman where she oversaw online content, technology and business.

She is also moderator for the New Statesman New Media Awards, and there is a Young Innovator category that she is interested in receiving suggestions for. More details here

Broadstuff is the Weblog for the Broadsight (website here) team where we comment on all the happenings in the overall broadband media 2.0 world.

We consult in the overall space of online media, our clients range from large Telecoms services to innovative startups, from finance to e-government. Our work ranges from front end business feasibility studies through to back end business redesign and system implementation.

Work we have done includes IPTV, WebTV, Interactive advertising, Mobile advertising, Social Media, new interactive media devices, Digital Multimedia Aggregation services, and more....

There is some amount (some - hah!) of hype in the overall Broadband Media / Web TV / Web 2.0 environment right now, our aim is to give a structured, thoughtful and sometimes slightly less than reverent commentary based on our real experience.

The authors are:

Alan Patrick

Alan Patrick is a founder of Broadsight. In the past few years he has worked in and helped to start a number of innovative New Media companies. Prior to this he has both consulted with, and been a senior manager at leading global multimedia companies. He has worked with such as the BBC, British Telecom, AOL Time Warner, Vodafone, ntl and UPC. He has worked in the US, Europe, South Africa and the Far East.


David Short

David Short is a founder of Broadsight. He has worked in the broadcasting and IT industries for the last 20 years. He has extensive experience implementing new solutions using both digital TV and broadband technology. Most of his recent work has involved using emerging technology to provide new business solutions.