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CBS on the Joost, and everywhere else

Author admin on 4/12/2007 in Media Headlines.

Ay!
CBS announced today they are spreading their content on most video streaming services out there but even more cool is that Joost and CNET TV are on that list! All content will be free full length and ad support, each site will share 10% of ad revenue. CBS even has a fancy shmanzy name for it – CBS Interactive Audience Network. International audience will get clips instead of full length shows.

This can’t be happy news for local stations

The day SciFi and Discovery networks do this is when this house will be dropping Comcastic and taking our $2500 yearly bill on vacation to anywhere.

ARS Technica – Joost scores first deal with major broadcaster, CBS

PaidContent – It’s Official: CBS Launches Own Distribution Network; Includes Domestic And International

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Bill O’Rally and Geraldo Almost Come to Blows

Author admin on 4/6/2007 in Videos.

Shit! Bill O’s gum and glue isn’t holding well these days.

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WSVN’s Savior Becomes FOX News VP

Author admin on 4/6/2007 in Media Headlines.

Joel Cheatwood, the guy who became known after saving WSVN in the 1980s from going extinct after the station lost its NBC affiliation is now the Vice President of development for Fox News and Fox Business Channel.

I guess they’re hoping he’s got some of that magic still in him but most in the industry will probably disagree given his track record after the two 7s

TV Week – CNN’s Cheatwood Jumps To Fox News

More on this Cheatwood guy after the jump

Continue reading ‘WSVN’s Savior Becomes FOX News VP’

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Shooting at CNN Center in Atlanta

Author admin on 4/3/2007 in Media Headlines.

Some crazed idiot went after a woman, probably his wife, shooting her dead at the CNN Center in Atlanta. It happened on the lobby floor of the CNN building in Atlanta. CNN.com is based on the lobby floor and it’s employees were temporarily evacuated.

CNN.com

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Clarification: Brian Andrews NOT Leaving WFOR

Author admin on 4/2/2007 in Local Media.

Jumped the gun on this one.

Brian Andrews is NOT leaving WFOR as I posted yesterday.
The “no one has seen him in two weeks” is because he was on vacation and on assignment at sea with the Navy.
Plus he’s got time left on his contract.

So apologies to Brian for “firing” him.

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WNYW to Stream Live Video From Chopper

Author admin on 4/1/2007 in Local Media.

WNYW is letting visitors to their site sign up for email alerts when the station’s news chopper is flying and get a link to a live video stream from the helicopter! Cool

MyFoxNy – SkyFoxHD Alerts

I wrote a post I never published about this a few weeks ago when that police chase was going on down in Broward. I watched it on CNN Pipeline – they had a feed with audio from WSVN’s chopper. You could watch everything unfold live and uninterrupted, just Ralph Rayburn talking back to the control room from time to time. And I actually hurried up and turned the TV on to learn more. I though how it would be nice if the stations themselves offered live video from choppers on their websites it can be both interesting and informative if what’s happening is not during a time when a newscast is on. And it sure beats having to wait every 30 or 60 minutes for a 30second update!

I think at one time 7 had video with no audio from Skyforce mixed with traffic cameras when they weren’t streaming their live broadcasts.

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