Archive for the ‘tv’ Category
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 ...
Posted in fan culture, tv, youtube | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in advertising, blogs, convergence, fan culture, marketing, tv, web2.0 | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
I just submitted an abstract for the Media International Australia special issue 'Beyond Broadcasting: TV for the Twenty-first Century'. Here it is:
“We’re sorry, but the clip you selected isn’t available from your location:” Watching Battlestar Galactica in Australia and the Tyranny of Digital Distance
[Figure 1. Screen-capture from http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/, 11 September ...
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, australia, bittorrent, convergence, copyright, fan culture, participatory culture, tv, tyranny of digital distance | 12 Comments »
Friday, March 30th, 2007
I'm not a huge Law and Order watcher, and I've no idea how far the Australian schedule differs from the US one, but I was fascinated to hear (somewhat after the fact) that in November last year the Criminal Intent version of the tv franchise featured an episode ...
Posted in convergence, lonelygirl15, participatory culture, tv, youtube | 1 Comment »
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
The Age has a revealing article on work done by Alex Malik which concludes that the delay between the US/UK and Australia release dates for television are one of the primary reasons what people turn to bittorrent:
Huge delays in airing overseas TV shows locally are turning Australians into pirates, says ...
Posted in australia, bittorrent, convergence, tv, tyranny of digital distance | 1 Comment »
