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• Quibi: a short-form streaming service to keep an eye-on

  14-09-2019 10:53
  A passing reference at IBC 2019 was the first we had heard of Quibi, but it certainly looks like an interesting proposition which could add further disruption to the content world.
  Imagine a cross-over between Netflix and Snapchat and you’ll have something close to Quibi. Although there isn’t a huge amount of information out there about the business from a technology perspective, it looks to be a mobile-based, short-form video subscription service designed for millennials. Content wi
  
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• Are you a married couple worthy of a flitch of bacon?

  14-09-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  An ancient trial will soon take place in Dunmow, and if you can prove to the court to be a happily married couple, then the court will award you an entire flitch of bacon.
  You what?
  The story goes that in 1104, the Lord of the Manor, Reginald Fitzwalter and his wife dressed themselves as humble folk and begged blessing of the Prior at the local Priory a year and a day after their marriage.
  Impressed by their fealty, the Prior awarded them a Flitch of Bacon.
  Lord Fitzwalter then gave his land to
  
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