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Monthly Archive for April, 2005

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Future of TV networks

Published by admin on 4/27/2005 in Media Headlines.

Rather interesting Deloitte & Touche report on what the future of TV networks is

“What was previously considered “TV content” is now being burned into DVDs, time delayed by PVRs, broken into fragments, piped on demand over the Internet, downloaded into mobile devices and syndicated around the globe. Such changes are having a profound effect on the structure, dynamics and future of the global broadcast television industry, both private and public.”

PVR (Personal Video Recorder) also known as a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) has changed how I watch TV. VOD (Video On Demand) too. I imagine it has, and will, do the same for lots of other people

Deloitte.com
Television Networks in the 21st Century (report in PDF format)

B&C
Deloitte: TV Nets Obsolete

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NYPost’s website going to the passwords

Published by admin on 4/26/2005 in Media Headlines.

Starting May 3rd the New York Post website will let you read articles only if you register. Like the other newspapers do.
They do this so that they can gather info and “help the web site develop more relevant content and features”. I think they meant to say getting as much info as we can about you so we can sell you even more stuff.

Guess they haven’t heard of bugmenot.com or that some of us like to enter fake information using our “spam” email addresses. It’s okay, they’ll learn in time

NYPost.com
NY Post web site sign-up

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End of analg TV, or is it?

Published by admin on 4/25/2005 in Media Headlines.

Nice article from MSNBC on the end of analog TV and the pending switch over to digital on December 31st, 2006. That is unless by that date fewer than 85% of american households can watchi digital TV at which time Congress will have to make use of a loophole in the law they passed and delay the transition untill the number of households who can receive a digital TV signal goes above the 85% mark

MSNBC.com
The end of analog TV

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Ferro on 7, oficially

Published by admin on 4/25/2005 in Local Media.

Phil Ferro oficially debuted on 7News at 5pm.
I think he should have been phased in and not just thrown at the viewers so suddenly.

Update 6:50pm: New talent bumps appeared today as well, they have been refreshed and now instead of running Anchor-Anchor-Weatherman-Sports, are done much the same as the talent bumps on WHDH, WSVN’s sister station in Boston. Craig and Belkys are together, then Phil Ferro and then Steve Shapiro. Same for Lynn Martinez and Tom Haynes. They added some little blue boxes for the names instead of just a plain name in a white font, but it looks a little out of place if you ask me.

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Ferro promos on 7

Published by admin on 4/23/2005 in Local Media.

7 has begun running promos for Phil Ferro so chances are he’ll be debuting this Monday just in time for the May sweeps. Contrary to popular belief they’re marketing him as someone who came from Cuba, no metion of him being family man.

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