STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah

" STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah, the new Marathi Entertainment Channel. STAR Pravah aims to capture the essence and cultural depth of the Marathi hinterland through its programming initiatives. The channel will bank on two of its driver...

Canwest Global cuts local news on Vancouver Island

More bad news for local news gathering care of the Asper empire..."LOCAL TELEVISION IS TAKING A HIT TODAY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 18 LAYOFFS AT CHEK-TV. AMONG THOSE LOSING THEIR JOBS IS GENERAL MANAGER RON EBERLE. ALSO LAID OFF ARE SOME ON AIR-PERSONNEL AND THE STATION’S...

Do you plan to use cloud computing in your programming work?

"The world of cloud computing has received a lot of attention recently, in no small part due to Microsoft’s announcement of the Windows Azure platform."

Apple Lifts NDA: iPhone Developers Unmuzzled

Emerging pressure from competitors usch as Android/HTC and Symbian/Nokia, Apple has lifted its non-disclusure agreement, which developers were forced to adhere to in order to gain access to the iPhone platform: an...

The $70 Billion Spectrum Rip-Off

The airwaves belong to the People, but the FCC plans to cut us out and give away the new digital spectrum to the same corporations that have been ignoring and violating the public interest provisions in their license in the analog spectrumhttp://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html"On...

FEMA refuses to help local PBS affiliate rebuild

"On the air, WYES-Channel 12 looks fine. Everywhere else, the local PBS affiliate's headquarters near City Park, devastated by 5 feet of Hurricane Katrina levee-failure floodwaters, remains a literal shell of...

'Wardrobe Malfunction' Fine cancelled by Court

What gets me about this article is the final few lines - For nearly four years, Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Timberlake have been claiming that this was an accidental exposure, and it wasn't planned.  They've been saying that it was a wardrobe malfunction that surprised both of...

The Other Sci-Fi Channel

A guy was so annoyed by the Sci-Fi Channel's content, he made his own Sci-Fi channel. As reported to boingboing by Wil Wheaton (Yeah, yeah, the guy from Star Trek: The Next Generation):""This guy really loves...

Adobe Media Player

Free to download and available for both Windows and Mac. Cool ...

Big American sitcoms, R.I.P.

Here's a blog entry that asks whether the TV sitcom is going the way of the Dodo bird.I'd argue that a more alternative brand of TV has entered a golden age the past five years or so. Successful HBO series like...

'Man vs. Wild' Admits Show Is Fake

In the grand tradition of "reality" programming like Survivor and Hell's Kitchen, where "the truth is much less exciting" than what appears on the telly, Bear Grylls has finally owned up to the fact that his hit...

Netflix to deliver movies straight to TV

If they can get this working well, it could be hard to compete with.   Netflix has about 90,000 titles in their DVD catalogue, while a typical video store has about 4,000. Not all of that 90,000 will...

Golden Opportunity for News Organizations to "Own" Eyeballs

"By far, consumers find the on-screen guide the most useful tool for finding programming to watch on their TV sets. And, more than half of consumers (53%) express interest in having a personalized on-screen guide that's tailored to their particular tastes and interests to...

Drupal Developers Acquia Raise $7 Million

Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal and and an advisor to NowPublic has started up an interesting new venture.  Dries is an exceptional guy and this business will do well with him behind it.  Good luck...

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