*television*
April 19, 2004
Remote Viewing of NAB
Remote Viewing of NAB
Since I couldn't make it to NAB this year, I'm watching from afar. First of all, it's fairly easy to keep up to date with press releases and announcements by searching Google News, Feedster, and PRNewswire. Second, there's a few...
February 6, 2004
BBC Deploys Video Cell Phones
BBC Deploys Video Cell Phones
via SmartMobs, from Forbes: In the television news business, sometimes poor-quality video that scoops the competition is better than no video at all. That's why the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) recently gave 40 of its reporters and producers camera cell...
January 8, 2004
Tivo Lets You Burn DVDs
Tivo Lets You Burn DVDs
If only this was around when I was 15. Instead of making mix tapes for the girl of my dreams, I'd have been saying 'I like you like you' by splicing together soaps, sitcoms, news, and dramas. Tivo and Sonic...
October 28, 2003
We're Going To Make You a (Local TV) Star
We're Going To Make You a (Local TV) Star
From Broadcasting & Cable (Subscription Req.), by Steve McClellan, October 27, 2003: (S)ince there's not enough room for every local ham (or would-be star, depending on your point of view) to appear on American Idol, Post-Newsweek Stations has a solution:...
October 25, 2003
1978 Interview with Ted Turner
1978 Interview with Ted Turner
Excerpt from 1978 Playboy interview with Ted Turner: PLAYBOY: Why didn't you (retire after taking over your father's outdoor advertising business)? TURNER: I heard about a television station for sale. It was Channel 17, a U.H.F. independent in Atlanta. When...
October 21, 2003
From Prosumers to Propaganda
From Prosumers to Propaganda
Only after studying or producing media is it possible to truly understand what's really on Television. In an October 16 Washington Post article, Howard Kurtz revealed how a Florida TV station was now a 'pay to play' network. Kurtz writes:...