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Where TV’s going…or not
Here’s the cornerstone question raised at a Monday panel session on home-media technology: Is Wall Street Journal digital-technology guru Kara Swisher the embodiment of the future, or what a...
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PC, TV & Cable
Remember the PC versus TV debates of years ago? Even back then, I thought the correct answer was “both.” But the differences between the two devices blur more every year and they both end up being a...
View ArticleTake control, but keep choice
It’s worth revisiting a topic that never goes off the radar: Concern about content. Everybody can agree that cable transformed the television landscape by vastly expanding viewing choices, but not...
View ArticleCable Continues to Win Ratings Battle
With the heavy coverage of the Democratic Convention in Denver, I’ve read a few stories that talk about how viewership of the event is off. For example, there is a chart in the Washington Post today...
View ArticleWhich Screen is the Real CES Show-Stopper?
Big screens, wide screens, ultra-mega-super-high-definitions screens. Touch screens, smart screens, 100 inch laser screens (laser screens?!). I’m sure it comes as no surprise that so much of what we’re...
View ArticleUSA Today, Wolff Wrong on Cable
On February 18th USA Today published an article written by Michael Wolff called “Cable is Taking the Fast Train to Oblivion.” The article forecasts a future of the cable TV industry that almost...
View ArticleTVs and iPads are like Peanut Butter and Jelly
Second screens are taking over our living rooms, changing our TV experience, and revolutionizing how we engage with content. So this week’s #broaddata jumps into the numbers and checks to see if...
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9 Fictional Cable Towns Where We’d Like to Live [SLIDESHOW]
If the first rule of real-estate is “location,” the second must be “must actually exist.” But ignoring that second rule, here’s a list of fictional cable towns we’d seriously consider if we were...
View ArticleMichael Powell Opens The Cable Show 2013 [VIDEO]
“Storytelling,” Powell started off, “is the most ancient of human endeavors. It lets us learn our history, share a laugh, feel a thrill, celebrate, and mourn together.” From that foundation, and in...
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Cable TV Show Inspired Products [SLIDESHOW]
In today’s competitive TV marketplace, cable shows are going way beyond the television screen in order to get the attention of fans. In fact, they’re going all the way to the food and beverage, home...
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Cable Lowers the Cost of Quality Time
We all know you can’t buy much for a quarter these days. One song on iTunes costs a dollar. So does an average movie rental at Redbox. Reading the newspaper can cost you anywhere from $0.75 – $3.00!...
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An Evolving and Expanding Video Marketplace
The FCC today adopted its 15th annual Video Competition Report, which highlights how the video marketplace continues to evolve and looks at how trends are changing in home video consumption. Without...
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It’s the Little Things that Make Breaking Bad Big
I waited patiently. I desperately avoided Internet theories, show-runner interviews, and reddit AMAs. When I found out the first five minutes of the first episode were screened at Comic Con 2013, I...
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SXSW Panel “Are My Tweets Making TV Better?” Needs Your VOTE!
When David Chase’s hit show “The Sopranos” debuted on HBO in 1999, I was instantly hooked. It was chock full of complex characters, drama, allegiances, and lots and lots of symbolism. Online, through...
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Nature Versus Nurture: Q&A With The Creators of Orphan Black
A troubled woman named Sarah arrives on an anonymous train platform. She’s on the run and desperate. She spots a woman on the platform who, oddly, appears to be taking off her shoes, her jacket (which...
View ArticleFood Fight! How and Why Food TV Became Competitive Viewing
Cast your mind back to just a few years ago and it’d have been unimaginably awkward if you caught your dad settling down to watch the Food Network with a beer on a Sunday afternoon. But what was once a...
View ArticlePower Your Cell Phone Through Thin Air
Do you ever wonder how you’d manage without your smartphone? How you’d get through the commute without playing Candy Crush Saga or ordering food without the Seamless app? The truth is that you’re still...
View ArticleHBO Is Right To Relish The 1920s
If America’s overly kempt youth had the chance to be reborn and live their lives at any point in history, it seems increasingly likely that they’d pick the era of speakeasies, excess, and social...
View ArticleAmerica’s Media Guzzling Ways
What amounts to 14 feet of books, tightly stacked and spread across the entire continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii? Answer: the amount of media data, measured in printed text, that Americans consumed...
View ArticleThe most Anticipated Tech and Gadgets in 2017
The the year 2016 behind us, it’s time to look ahead and see what we can expect in 2017 when it comes to new technology and gadgets. Goes without saying that we can expect new models of Samsung Galaxy...
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