It’s damned near become a sport in the last few years for many in our business to shake their head and say, “What’s happening to NATPE?” As if the fate of the industry’s singularly inclusive organization is in the hands of some unknown forces or hierarchy. NATPE is really the only group in the biz [...]
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Tuscany to You: World Science Congress Part II
Back in the USA after a week in Tuscany, mostly for the World Science Congress (for the other days, see here). The main impetus for attending was the so-called BATTLE OF THE BRANDS, starring Steve Burns and John Ford, both of whom have worked in various positions at various times at National Geographic and Discovery [...]
Feed the Addiction: The Correlation Between Facebook and MTV’s The Hills
I’m on Facebook. (I mean really, who isn’t?) I admit it – I stalk those “friends” on my friend list that I haven’t talked to in 5 years plus. I enviously look through the photos of their wild partying, secretly judge the girls who’ve gained some post-college weight, silently accuse the ones who haven’t of [...]
A Glut of Food Shows on Cable? I Think Not.
I may not be a great cook, but I’m always attracted to TV shows about food, and I continue to be both satisfied and amazed by how much food programming there is at any given time. Gordon Ramsay delivers tense situations, lots of yelling and some amusing name-calling (ever see him refer to a chef [...]
CU Confidential Blog Launch: A Review of Cable Industry Blogs
Many of you may recall that we were early members of the blog parade. When sister company CABLEready’s website hit the net a dozen or so year ago, we had a feature called “The Bathroom Wall.” It enabled contributors to anonymously comment, and it would show up as if etched on a bathroom wall. Cute, huh? But probably ahead of its time. Plus, form is great and all that, but the content has to be there. And most of it here was “Gee, thanks for a great dinner” … that sort of innocuous stuff.
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What I’ve Learned from CNBC
Greatest television story of the year was, of course, the seemingly endless Presidential election. Hillary or Barack? Barack or Hillary? McCain comes back. Iowa, New Hampshire Michigan, Florida. The conventions, the balloons, more speeches, the debates, and polls. Tons of polls. Battleground states, Chuck Todd, Allen County, Indiana. It was the best serial television out [...]