Category Archives: television
Yahoo Layoffs, Video Elimination Signal Surrender in User-Generated Content War
I got an email today from Yahoo saying they are ending their video service. I only have a few videos there because, from monitoring the hits, it wasn’t doing anything for my business (I’ve been on it for four years … Continue reading
Web Video’s Dilemma: Where to Put Ads Inside the Ads
The Internet is like Earth millions of years ago: a cooling mass of magma still acquiring a shape and function. With generations of users (read: customers) in the offing, advertisers and content producers like me are still looking for ways … Continue reading
Rabbit Ears, High Tech Antennae Get Best Quality HD
People in the video business know the best looking, highest resolution HDTV picture you can get is not from cable or satellite but out of the air. The reason is broadcast stations’ over-the-air transmissions are received that way by the … Continue reading
Alcoholism on TV Revived by Falling Ratings, Liquor Ads, Product Placement, Bad Economy, Lobbyists
Belied by massive popularity, “Two and Half Men” is one of the worst shows on TV. I’ve been accused of not thinking with the majority before and this may be another such instance. Incompetently written, barely acted, staffed by felons, … Continue reading
Cubs Great Ron Santo Dead; Childhood Heroes Fade but Never Die
I had a wonderful childhood growing up in the Chicago suburbs with the exception of one affliction: I was a Cub fan. They usually lost, played poorly, and their ball park was (and still is) a softball diamond with no … Continue reading
In the Golden Age of Video, TV is Following the Leaders But Falling Further Behind
A funny thing happened in the late 1970s: TV began its descent to the scrap heap of media history. Sure it’s still around and in some ways more popular than ever. But instead of being the industry it used to … Continue reading
TV Viewing Habits Change as Subscription, Social Networks Grow: Motorola Study
More evidence that subscription is eclipsing free-to-air TV viewing. What do the Japanese have against Twitter? And why does South Korean TV suck? A new study confirms what many of us have been saying for years: people love it all … Continue reading
Hulu Price Cut Sets Up Subscription War with Netflix
Looking for good news? How about the cost of video entertainment going lower and lower? That’s what’s happening in the subscription world with Hulu knocking 20% off it’s monthly rate down to $7.99. That’s a big shot across the bow … Continue reading
Ted Koppel’s “Death of Real News”, Gopnik’s “Facebook is Ugly” Columns are Old, Wrong, Egocentric Sour Grapes
A Washington Post columnist whines about Facebook being “ugly.” (in an esthetic way, not socially though there is that implication). Ted Koppel, also in the WP, complains about 24-hour cable infotainment and the “death of real news”, while crying that “the … Continue reading
Animal Attack Video: Caiman Bites Wildlife Reporter; Can It Please, Please Get Jeff Corwin?
I obviously love taking video of wildlife. But some wildlife “TV personalities” go over the line. Like this BBC guy getting surprised by a caiman, an alligator type of creature. When Steve Irwin got killed a few years ago, he … Continue reading
