Welcome! It looks like this is the first time you’re visiting my site. You may want to follow my posts by adding my RSS feed to your reader. Or, if you’re not sure about RSS, you can subscribe via email. A few months ago, both Ligia and I got taped for a new show on [...]
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(1994, St. Martin’s Press, New York)
The TV show “Mister Ed” is my perennial favorite. My wife and I love it, and we watch it regularly. I was thrilled to discover that Mr. Young had written a book about the history of the show - and also included a short autobiography. The book proved to be [...]
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From CNET News: “The future of television is coming to a screen near you, and you may not like what you see.” This is a great recap of the developments in the TV arena, highly recommended read! Here is the link.
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Amid from Cartoon Brew has a great post with background info on Cartoon Network’s recent shift to live programming:
“I received this email from a former Cartoon Network artist, who prefers to remain anonymous but has worked on a number of their projects and speaks frequently to people working there today (both execs and artists). He [...]
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From TechDirt:
“It’s hard to figure out where to start pointing out just how ridiculous this story is. Philips has patented a system for inserting flags into television broadcasts that would prevent you from changing the channels during commercials or prevent you from fast forwarding if watched on a DVR. Yes, this is a ‘feature’ that [...]
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After the new video iPod launched, and the possibility to purchase and download ad-free TV shows came to light, I realized that the advertising industry would have to come up with some clever ways to keep their audience if they were to maintain revenues. The following ideas sprung to mind:
A site can be set up [...]
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