by Allen Weiner | February 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Thanks to some reliable technology, I am finally prepared to embark on my TV 2.0 project. After five years of faithful service, our Pioneer HDTV landed us a rebate of $350 from the original warranty we purchased with the set. The store gave us until the end of February to use the credit against any [...]
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Category: broadcasting regulatory Television Video Tags: cable, HDTV, IPTV, LCD, Neulion, satellite TV, Sharp, XM, ZeeVee
by Allen Weiner | February 2, 2009 | 11 Comments
I have watched Hulu’s coming- out party ad (see here) several times, both live during the heartbreaking SB 43 (yes, I live in Arizona) and then online where it will live forever to be cheered, jeered and even possibly revered. As someone who has followed Hulu since before this forward-thinking online venture between NBC and [...]
Category: advertising broadcasting citizen media social media Television Video Tags: Alec Baldwin, Google, Hulu, Super Bowl, YouTube
by Allen Weiner | January 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Even though U.S. broadcasters are ready and 95 percent of consumers are ready, the fabled Digital Transition, scheduled for February 17, the Senate, at the urging of President Obama, voted to delay the full switch from analog to digital TV for four months. Citing data from Nielsen, some 6.5 million households would go dark if [...]
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Category: broadcasting economy regulatory Television Tags: digital transition, FCC, President Obama, Senate
by Allen Weiner | January 20, 2009 | 2 Comments
Online coverage of President Barack Obama’s inauguration brought new clarity to the media opportunity for social networks, proving the inherent value of varying social graphs and demonstrating what it takes to ignite powerful, meaningful conversations at a huge scale. With a dizzying array of online coverage, ranging from Hulu’s feed of Fox News to Livestation’s [...]
Category: broadcasting citizen media social media Television Tags: Barack Obama, CNN, Facebook, Obama, social media
by Allen Weiner | January 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
As someone who vividly recalls the day JFK was sworn in, I am trying to draw parallels between 1961 and 2009 (aside from the fact that JFK’s historic day was shown only on three TV networks). I am hoping the massive online and broadcast coverage helps provide me insight. I will be deploying multiple PCs [...]
Category: broadcasting citizen media Television Web 2.0 Tags: BET, Facebook, Livestation, Obama, online coverage, TV coverage, Twitter
by Allen Weiner | January 10, 2009 | 2 Comments
I am a sucker for cool video gadgets and I found ViewVu tucked away in an out of the way section of the auxiliary CES exhibition floor at the Sands Convention Center. This PVR-Pro camera is a wearable camera that allows you to clip the camera onto your shirt or jacket and shoot video while [...]
Category: blogging broadcasting citizen media Television Uncategorized Video Tags: camcorders, CES, Jumpcut, Video, VieVu, wearable camera, Yahoo
by Allen Weiner | January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment
I won’t go into too much detail here, but my colleagues Andrew Frank and Mike McGuire and I saw a demo of Yahoo!’s new Connected TV widget-based service, and it was impressive. We will provide more insights in subsequent company research reports, but needless to say, Yahoo! has the first mover advantage when it comes [...]
Category: broadcasting Television Tags: CES, Connected TV, TV, Yahoo
by Allen Weiner | December 15, 2008 | Comments Off
HD camcorders from such CE companies as JVC are likely to be the rage at CES next month. Here’s a short video preview on what we may (or many not) see on the show floor. CES 2009: HD Camcorders on ParadeA look ahead at what we are likely to see @ CES 2009 in the [...]
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Category: broadcasting Mobile Publishing Video videocameras Tags: camcordrers, CES, Everio, JVC
by Allen Weiner | December 10, 2008 | Comments Off
A few year’s back, I told anyone who would listen that there’s a huge opportunity for a mobile handset that included functionality and applications that were geared for content creators. That segment is a fairly broad one with bloggers at one end and professional reporters at the other. One mobile handset company feverishly took notes [...]
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Category: blogging broadcasting citizen media Mobile Newspapers Publishing social media Tags: iPhone, journalism, N95, Nokia, reporters
by Allen Weiner | December 8, 2008 | Comments Off
Much as airlines such as United and Delta sought the cover of Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reorganize and attempt to meet the demands of changing market dynamics, the venerable Tribune Company publisher of eight large daily metro newspapers, is teetering on the edge of Chapter 11 as it faces billions of dollars in debts it [...]
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Category: advertising broadcasting Newspapers Publishing social media Television Uncategorized Web 2.0 Tags: Chapter 11, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Tribune, Tribune Company
