Filed in archive Channels
by martino on April 28, 2007
Do we have cheap, exploitive material? Check. Reality based? Check. Can we put it on the Internet? Check! Fox Reality channel OK'ed a saucy tell-all show as its first original series for the web....
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on April 26, 2007
Here's the good news: YouTube may start splitting advertising revenue with small-fry content owners like you and me. Here's the bad news: there is no revenue to share. Last week Variety wrote...
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Nearly one-third of U.S. households do not have Internet access, nor do they plan to get it, according to a new report from Parks Associates. At this point, these people, representing 29 percent of...
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Filed in archive IPTV
by martino on April 25, 2007
Home & Garden Television HD, food network HD and Lifetime Movie Network HD joined Verizon Communications' FiOS TV lineup. The telco said its total number of HD channels is now at least 27 in...
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by martino on April 25, 2007
I've commented many times on how the Internet is really a new television distribution medium that allows a different economic model to emerge. So, with that in mind, a new animated Web series...
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I was unable to attend the NAB this year, but one story caught my eye - the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) announced plans to broadcast high-definition video from the moon! Hirokazu...
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by martino on April 23, 2007
Much of the world is oblivious to Microsoft's plans to use the Xbox as a gateway to the television. Presently, there is reported 1,500 hours worth of TV shows and movies including The Daily Show,...
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Josh Lovison, content manager for MediaPost, wrote a good article explaining High Definition (HD) TV for us common folk -- both for HD Televisions and HD DVD's. So, here is an edited down copy of...
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by martino on April 19, 2007
by Tobi Elkin, THE BULLS ARE RUNNING ON Wall Street. So are Hoofy and Boo, two characters that spin the financial news of the day and serve as hosts of a new animated business TV show, "Hoofy and...
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by martino on April 18, 2007
The nation's largest telephone company will offer new video customers one year of free HD programming. In a promotion scheduled to run for a few months, AT&T said it will provide more than 25...
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by martino on April 18, 2007
There are an estimated 97 Million females online in the US this year, compared to 91 Million males. But ask who is watching online video and the stats reverse. Apparently, 71.2% of males watch online...
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by martino on April 17, 2007
Verizon Communications said it will offer HD broadcasts of Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball and Bruins National Hockey League games, and other programming carried by New England Sports Network, to...
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by martino on April 17, 2007
No truth to the rumor that the network is expanding its audience with new shows called My Name is Oil and Everybody Hates Rabin YouTube has made yet another deal with yet another networker: Al...
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by martino on April 17, 2007
prime time for the television networks also is prime time for their Web sites, according to a new report by Nielsen//NetRatings. The weekday hours of 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. account for 40% of the total...
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by martino on April 16, 2007
It's not easy to turn YouTube stardom into the real thing. But Douglas Sarine and Kent Nichols, the duo behind online phenom "Ask a ninja," are making some inroads. Their video clips...
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I summarized an article from Variety below because some of you are interested in newer technologies. A cell phone with an HD screen that tricks your brain into thinking it's watching a 48-inch...
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The newspaper site WashingtonPost.com is high-def podcasts, designed to be viewed on HD television and computer screens. All are available on iTunes. The companies award-winning documentary videos are...
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Filed in archive Video Series
by martino on April 13, 2007
Want a seven minute refresher on everything sopranos? Here it is.......
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Here is another story that re-enforces the idea that shows that cannot survive the economics of broadcast television can at least move online for fans. Sort of like demoting a ball player to the minor...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on April 11, 2007
Quietly, azureus launched it beta of a hi-def, Web video service called Vuze at the beginning of 2007. Like the heavily hyped upcoming TV/PC service Joost , Vuze depends on a P2P framework to deliver...
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