Here’s a nice little article from Time magazine using the end of ER as a bookend for the transition from network to digital convergence, and the ways that technological and industrial changes impact the possibilities of programming. Of course, he doesn’t account for how these transformations are making the business model of television less sustainable in the long run, but nobody has a real answer for that.
The Death of Broadcast
28 03 2009Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: convergence, industry, network
Categories : Ch. 11: Technology, Ch. 1: Programming Exchange, Ch. 2: Audience Exchange
Should TV browse the web?
16 02 2009This article outlines the debates within the consumer electronic industry over whether televisions should be full-fledged web browsers, or just stocked with widgets. In two years, I’m sure this article will look dated (from one side or the other).
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Tags: convergence, internet
Categories : Ch. 11: Technology
Television’s endurance as a medium
8 02 2009An interesting account of how television maintains a strong place in the advertising system despite the decline of other older media and the rise of online.
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Categories : Ch. 11: Technology, Ch. 2: Audience Exchange
The challenges of the DTV transition
30 01 2009Written a few weeks before the scheduled Feb. 17 changeover, this article highlights many of the lingering issues facing viewers. It might be interesting to look back a few months from now to see how accurate the predictions were.
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Tags: dtv
Categories : Ch. 11: Technology, Ch. 3: Regulation, Ch. 9: Viewer Practices
The online TV archive
26 01 2009Instead of cable reruns, channels like Discovery are putting their archives online in short sensational clips. But what of programs that don’t feature sharks and other sensationalist footage?
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Tags: documentary, online video
Categories : Ch. 11: Technology, Ch. 1: Programming Exchange
Boxee
17 01 2009From the New York Times, Boxee is a new system for watching TV via the internet – unlike Hulu, Joost and others, it is not growing out of the existing TV industry but instead from the open source software world. Will it get shut down by industry? Stay tuned…
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Tags: convergence, online video
Categories : Ch. 11: Technology, Ch. 2: Audience Exchange
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