Archive for the ‘tv’ Category
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Interesting links for May 1st 2008:
Free game hopes to save gorillas [BBC NEWS | Technology] - "Campaigners hoping to preserve Rwanda's endangered mountain gorilla are attempting to raise awareness of its plight by making a game simulating the lives of the animals free to mobile phone users."
Sweet Hollywood hoax with ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Interesting links for April 17th 2008:
TV takes the online challenge [The Age] - '"The reason people are illegally using P2P [peer-to-peer] networks is simply because content isn't available elsewhere," says Ten's general manager, Digital Media, Damian Smith.' (So give me a legal way to download Battlestar Galactica today and I ...
Posted in Google, australia, convergence, del.icio.us links, tv, tyranny of digital distance, videogames, youtube | No Comments »
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Interesting links for April 14th 2008:
The new digital paparazzi [On Line Opinion - 14/4/2008] - Peter Black discusses "the new digital paparazzi" which are more likely friends, family, or even ourselves, posting photos online with little concern for personal privacy. Black argues that this is evident of a shift ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
After the recent debacle with Nine's Underbelly series becoming a star of the peer-to-peer downloading circuit, the network have taken an entirely different approach with their new offering Canal Road, making the initial episodes available as free downloads. From NineMSN: After battling illegal internet downloads of its hit ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Interesting links for March 31st 2008 through April 1st 2008:
Police take a tip from YouTube [Australian IT] - "Call it BlueTube. Citizen-supplied video evidence of crimes appears set to take off with police forces around Australia."
Embracing the torrent of online video [BBC NEWS | Technology] - Very positive piece from ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
I'm very pleased that the 'Beyond Broadcasting' issue of Media International Australia is out, not only because it features some excellent articles asking some great questions about the future of television in the era of digital communication, but also because it features an article of mine that I've been thinking ...
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Ponderings, convergence, fan culture, participatory culture, personal, tv, tyranny of digital distance | No Comments »
Monday, February 18th, 2008
While Australians have long been noted as some of the most voracious downloaders of television, using bittorrent-based peer-to-peer sources has generally been focused on accessing UK and US shows which don't screen in Australia until some time (from weeks to years) after the original airdates. However, the recent case ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
In a wonderful parody of the viral YouTube hit that was Noah's photo ever day for six years, The Simpsons have included this clip in the latest episode in the US: [Via Peter Black] If that doesn't amuse you, then perhaps edutainment is more to your taste, so you ...
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
In a seven-minute special filmed for the Children in Need Appeal in the UK, the current Doctor, David Tennant meets his earlier, fifth, incarnation Peter Davison. The episode is largely fan service, but it's still a good little clip. Check it out here: Oh, and for those fans who noticed ...
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
The 4400 has taken to viral marketing dramatically in order to build the word before the upcoming fourth season of the TV show. According to AdWeek: To promote the new season of The 4400 on USA Network, Campfire has created a wide-ranging interactive world consisting of 80 videos that run from 30 seconds to ...
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