Tag: entertainment
TV Spat Signals Future of Broadcasting Business?
pO157.
Posted to Media on Thu Oct 09, 2008 at 08:46:07 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Broadcasting Conglomerate LIN Corporation recently put 2,700,000 Time Warner Cable subscribers in the dark nationwide by cutting off rebroadcasting of local CBS affiliates and other channels it controls. At issue is whether or not Time Warner Cable should pay the local affiliates for signals that their own customers could get for free with an antennae or over the internet (after a delay).
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RIP Don LaFontaine, King of Voiceovers
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Posted to Media on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 12:17:18 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Don LaFontaine, the "movie trailer voiceover guy" has passed away at age 68 due to complications from a collapsed lung. He'd done work for over five thousand movies.
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Prepared for the digital TV conversion?
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Posted to Media on Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 10:31:00 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Unless you've been living in a box, you probably already know that come February, 2009, the FCC is shutting down regular analog TV broadcasts in the US.
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Observe as I emulate Superman, Robocop and Pres. Roosevelt then spray a woman with a water pistol.
pO157.
Posted to Music on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 07:16:33 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Summer Hip-Hop single "Crank That" has worked its way up to #1 in the charts and embedded itself in our culture. But at what cost?
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The One About Video Game Nostalgia
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Posted to Etcetera on Mon Mar 12, 2007 at 02:55:11 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Recent articles have noted that Sony's venerable PlayStation 2 console, in its sixth year of existence, outsold all of the new third generation consoles over the holiday season. Its cheap price and huge catalog of tried and true games has led many consumers to reject the new and stick with what they know.
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Attack of the copies
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Posted to Media on Thu Feb 15, 2007 at 01:25:33 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Three of the most used web services are being torn apart by the legal ramifications of copyright. YouTube (owned by Google), GoogleNews, and MySpace have all seen the writing on the wall (or been handed a judgment) regarding the unauthorized usage of copyrighted materials by their sites. YouTube and MySpace have the same problem, their users are posting copyrighted videos and both have started to act on it. GoogleNews has dug its own grave after losing a recent court case in Belgium.
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Super-Duper Stupor Stomper
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Posted to Media on Sun Jul 02, 2006 at 02:23:29 AM EST. RSS.
Every summer movie season gets superheroes these days. In 2004, we had Spider-Man 2. In 2005, Batman Begins, and this year we are given X-Men: The Last Stand and Superman Returns.
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