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01/24/2006
Programming
HDNet will premiere Steven Soderbergh’s "Bubble" on HDNet Movies the same day the movie opens in theaters. — Megan Mullally hosts the 4th annual "TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV," Mar 19, 9pm. – During Black History Month in Feb, YES Net honors Elston Howard, the Yanks’ first African American in a special […]
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01/09/2006
My Back Page: What Do the Following Have in Common?
New video game "effects" on Philips TVs. The Sprint/cable deal. "Free" VOD. MobiTV. Slingbox. ReplayTV for PCs. IPod w/video plus downloads. Fly pen computers. Mark Cuban’s digital movie theaters (and day-and-date DVDs). DVDs of TV series…old and new. Akimbo. A la carte. Google video searches. Video games. Video game consoles. Hi-def TV…and only half who […]
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01/03/2006
Happy New Year!
Well, it’s here, so let’s make it a happy one! We’ve been writing about things to come, to watch out for, to avoid and to pray never happens. We’ve also been reading everyone else’s predictions for the coming year. (Note: I like Tom Eagan’s going out a limb with ten events he says – hopes […]
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12/19/2005
The Year Ahead
While there are only two certainties in life (OK, one if you have a terrific accountant), it seems there are few locks in the cable business. That makes it difficult to look 12 months ahead, predicting who and what will be news in 2006. But after compiling this list of people, issues and companies to […]
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11/29/2005
Tomorrow's TV
Have advertisers figured out how to make ad money from DVRs? Have advertisers figured out how to move away from the 30-sec spot? Those are questions TiVo and Comcast Spotlight hope to get answered when they roll out a search engine for advertisements on DVRs next spring. Spotlight is among many partners working with TiVo […]
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10/06/2005
DVRs: Onward and Upward
While those who own a digital video recorder seemingly can’t live without one there are some needed improvements in the evolutionary chain.