It’s a gorgeous week over here! The weather can go a few ways this time of year … hot and humid, cloudy and rainy, but instead, it’s warm, sunny with a bit of a breeze. That’s the weather, now here’s the news: First, “How’s business in the wake of the financial mess?” Good news everybody: [...]
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HD and Me: How HD is Changing My Viewing
Fall brings many things. Cooler temperatures. Changing leaves. Back to school. Friday night lights and football. And the official start of the broadcast television season. Every year I anticipate that Monday in September when it all kicks off. New shows, returning shows, new characters on returning shows, new locations, new timeslots. Until a few years [...]
Producer Perspective: Dale Bosch of Bosch Media
Producer Bio: Dale Bosch started as a Program Director for an NBC affiliate and eventually moved on to Produce and Direct. He now works as an Executive Producer on a variety of projects and as Production Consultant to companies that want to be more effective in the development and production process. Credits include: History Channel, [...]
Stop Pointing at Me!
I mean it … stop pointing at me, you people on the TV. I think I know if something is important without you waving that fake script at me and telling me so. You’re pointing at me, at the guest, at the other reporter. It’s almost evangelical … except it’s annoying and if you have [...]
The Democracy of Television
Most people’s first visit to Cannes and a MIP or MIPCOM is likely filled with a lot of expectations. More than a few surprises, too (how about that exchange rate this year). I’m a NATPE veteran of 30-plus years now, and was used to the biblically spacious convention halls, booths and amenities, and I was [...]
Get out of the way!
As you might suspect, coming from two companies with “cable” in the name requires us to spend time evaluating the schedules of cable networks. And after a few weeks at home, I had a chance to watch more networks than ever … and I have to ask: What’s with the scheduling going on in cable [...]
Keeping Up With Cable
The theme at this year’s CTAM Summit was how to make consumers happy while the options for viewing programming keep changing. One would think that the actual programming would fit in somewhere, but this crowd is focused not so much on what we see, just how and where we see it. Time Warner CEO Jeff [...]
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