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As I Was Saying

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As I Was Saying

By: Gary Arlen

Will ATSC’s DTV OTA NRT Plan Matter to Cable?

Look at this communications technology roadmap:  Higher data payloads and broadband interactivity. Premium services and personalized content, including targeted advertising. On-demand and other non-real-time (NRT) video services.

BIT RATE

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BIT RATE

By: Todd Spangler

Weather Channel Storms Into Google Maps

Now for some Google news that doesn’t involve its proposed $12.5 billion mega-deal for Motorola. Google Maps has added a weather “layer,” which shows current weather conditions and five-day forecasts from The Weather Channel for points in the U.S. and internationally. You can toggle on the the weather layer — along with

Capital Letters

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Capital Letters

By: John Eggerton

Wheeler/Clyburn Ticket?

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowksi has yet to announce his exit date, but the chatter is coalescing around a scenario where Former NCTA President Tom Wheeler is nominated to replace Genachowski and, since the vetting and voting for that pick will likely take a few months, Mignon Clyburn would be named

MCN Guest Blog

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MCN Guest Blog

By: Ken Roulier

And the Golden Globe for Best New TV Show Goes to…Amazon!

Whether you hate Game of Thrones, love Mad Men, get irritated by Suits or were annoyed when Arrested Development was cancelled, don’t you sometimes wish that you could be given the chance to decide which TV shows actually get made?

Mixed Signals

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Mixed Signals

By: Jimmy Schaeffler

Apple TV: The Paradigm of Enigmas?

Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple, in the form of its AppleTV product, remains the Paradigm of Enigmas. That is to say, sadly, what so many people are still thinking today, years after Apple was first expected to revolutionize the TV space, and that is: “While so many other Apple

My Turn

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My Turn

By: Kent Gibbons

Daryl Hall's Expanding His TV Repertoire

Daryl Hall is making quite a cottage TV industry out of his love for old houses.

On The Money

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On The Money

By: Mike Farell

Help From an Unsung Source

Sometimes it takes a disaster to bring out the best in people, or just to open their eyes to the kindness and compassion that is already there. In the past few days, newspapers and TV newscasts in New York and New Jersey have been full of stories of local residents helping people in areas that

Picture This

Picture This

By: Thomas Umstead

Black Family Channel: Big Loss

The demise of Black Family Channel may not have been big news at the recent Cable Show in Sin City or, for that matter, in a cable universe that has more than 500 channels representing a wide range of genres and interests. But when you consider that it was one of only three networks that

REYNOLDS RAP

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REYNOLDS RAP

By: Mike Reynolds

Show Me State Showings

St. Louis Cardinal fans, the best in all of baseball, got an okay show from MLB’s All-Star Game festivities, which produced good numbers for ESPN and Fox. A year after Josh Hamilton made like Roy Hobbs at the old Yankee Stadium and rendered all future competitions second fiddle, Prince

TV Crush

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TV Crush

By: Mary McNamara

SCI FI's Eureka: A Tale of Chaos

Shout out to Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune (also IO9) for her tweet on this one.  Last week, on their blog "Eureka Unscripted," writers for the SCI FI Channel dramedy talked openly about network demands imposed on the creative staff. In a candid post dated September 24 and titled "By

Translation Please

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Translation Please

By: Leslie Ellis

Dynamic Ad Insertion And the Upfronts

It’s “upfront” season, which is as good a reason as any to revisit what’s going on at that vital intersection between video advertising and technology.  

Viewpoint

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Viewpoint

By: Mark Robichaux

Disconnected

When the 108-year-old hickory tree came crashing through our family room on Monday night, the house shook as if mighty Thor had swung his hammer down on our roof in Stamford, Conn. We were all awake — my wife and the two kids — and, only seconds before, as the wind roared through the

The Bauminator

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The Bauminator

By: Jeff Baumgartner

So, What Else is New with Canoe?

While Canoe’s announced news today is that it is...