Televised Revolution Podcast #112
It’s been a delayed start to the year with the Olympics, but it is beginning to feel like the TV industry is back to firing on all cylinders with industry news again becoming substantial.
On this weeks show:
*Seven announce some corporate changes
*Hey Hey It’s Saturday calls for Red Faces auditions
*The ABC announce Dr Who on iView
*Stephanie Kechayas joins us for an Oscars wrap
And much, much more. Well, a bit more.
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Gory. Story. Allegory. Montessori.
80’s teen sensation Corey Haim passed away this morning from what are believed to be drug-related circumstances.
The news was unexpected, but certainly not unsurprising.
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Televised Revolution Podcast #111
Televised Revolution is back for another week, albeit a couple of days later than usual.
On this weeks show, the lads discuss:
*The parting of Viacom and Hulu
*The passing of Andrew Koenig
*Larry Sanders comes to DVD
*Cricket Australia’s attempts to reduce piracy.
Televised Revolution Welcomes Ice TV to the fold.
Broadcast television is changing and so Televised Revolution endeavours to change with it.
One of the areas in which TV consumption is evolving is through the use of PVR’s and to ensure your PVR is working at maximum efficiency, it needs to be supported by a quality EPG. While Tivo is certainly a valid option, there are a few technological restrictions on their boxes that really hamper the possibilities that a high quality PVR should offer.
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ABC/Foxtel, Stewart/Colbert: 2010
Without any fanfare, or even a press release ABC2 will commence screening The Daily Show. At 19:15 each weeknight, followed by The Colbert Report at 19:40, ABC2 are to screen two of the finest topical comedy programs currently produced in the US. The aquisition of the program is symbolic of the diminishing value of pay television in this country
The Death & Return of Jay Leno
The biggest news story in television over the next week is likely to be the return of Jay Leno to the Tonight Show on Monday night. We can be assured of two things. 1) The media will be all over it and you will be unable to escape coverage. And 2) With Conan O’Brien now on the Twitter, you can expect to see some pithy tweeting taking place early next week.
With Leno returning to the 11:30pm timeslot, the competition between Leno and Letterman is set to really intensify. In Leno’s favour, being based in LA means he has greater access to the biggest and best guests. For Letterman, the very fact that he’s Letterman and not Leno is enough of a drawcard in itself.
That said, after reviewing the guests for week one of the revival of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, it’s apparent that Lettermans guest bookers have been earning their paychecks.
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3D and Television. An ill-fit.
I’m still not sold on the 3D experience.
Avatar was supposed to be the game changer. The film that would make me a believer as to the possibilities within the 3D viewing experience. Now, I enjoyed Avatar quite a fair bit and while the depth of the image on screen was amazing, the entire experience simply heightened the fact that the reason why film and television has such a strong engagement factor is driven simply by having compelling content.
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Televised Revolution Podcast #110
This week on the Televised Revolution podcast, the guys sit back and weave tales about the television industry that will thrill and excite.
Okay, so that may not be entirely true, but this is what we have for you this week:
*Digital TV penetration reaches a new high
*Calls to halt the analog signal cut-off in Mildura
*Conan O’Brien starts tweeting
*Seven restructures itself with WesTrac
*AFACT contest iiNet case
*Freeview sponsor the Logie Awards
*Cancellation of The White Room
*Sony launches IPTV service
It’s almost too much show. Or just the right amount. We over-hype. You decide.
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Televised Revolution Podcast #109
Television is in a strange vacuum this week. With the Winter Olympics on the air, there are very few new shows coming out of the US. In Australia, Channel 9 have held off launching their years programming until the Olympics are over. As such, there is very little on, yet its still an important week for television.
This week, we’ve seen politics cross over with television a lot as the fallout from the commercial broadcaster rebates taking place. Naturally, we have some things to say.
On the Televised Revolution podcast this week, Simon, Dennis, and Dan discuss:
*The aforementioned govt rebates for commercial broadcasters
*New advertising standards for sex and nudity
*What David Leckie really thinks of Cougar Town
*Top Gear rates up a storm
*Ed Kavalee shoots a pilot
How Delightful: 17 Feb 2010
How Delightful, your weekly primer for wasting time on the Internet, is back for another week. We have a mix this week of some news relating to Televised Revolution itself, as well as providing y’all with a bunch of interesting links to articles that may excite and delight.
