One year ago I wrote about MGM’s trial release of the movie A Dog’s Breakfast on iTunes and put in a prayer that Joss Whedon would follow the straight-to-download distribution model. Apparently someone heard me over in Whedonverse. If you’re a fan (Buffy, Angel, Firefly…), you’ve likely already heard about Dr. Horrible‘s Sing-Along Blog, the … Read more
We’ve been seriously low on good television in my household, so yesterday I thought I’d come up with a brilliant idea when I remembered my Swaptree account. I’ve been holding on to box sets of the first seasons of Lost and The Office, and I figure I’ll be able to do a nice trade on … Read more
I polled my fellow ZNF contributors for their current top three television shows. Not only are the networks and content diverse, but so are the methods used to acquire programming (in addition to the requisite DVR timeshifting). For example: I caught the first season of Dexter on DVD and most of Burn Notice via Hulu … Read more
HBO content lands on iTunes, with variable pricing (based on unknown criteria): “We’re thrilled to bring this incredible lineup of programming from HBO to the iTunes Store,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. “Sex and the City,” “The Wire” and “Flight of the Conchords” are $1.99 per episode, and “The Sopranos,” “Deadwood” and … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Motorola, WiMAX, LTE & CTIA: Media Experiences 2 Go Little Known Updates on the DTV Transition: Media Experiences 2 Go Replace Smartskip with Comskip in BeyondTV: Brent Evans Geek Tonic Future Drivers of Internet Bandwidth: Media Experiences 2 Go A Lost Time Travel Theory: Brent … Read more
All TV (except sports) is moving to on-demand, right? You can’t successfully have hundreds of thousands of people accessing the same online video at the same time, right? You can’t hold an interactive video event online that’s open to the public, right? Oprah says otherwise. That’s right, Oprah. Very quietly Oprah’s been hosting an online, … Read more
ABC and Cox Communications have announced a new VOD service that will let cable subscribers watch primetime network shows any time they want. The catch? No fast forwarding through commercials. This project seems similar in approach to Time Warner’s network-DVR applications, Start Over and Look Back: It gives consumers more control over access to content, … Read more
Given the sheer number of variables at play here, a meaningful analysis would take the entire day… So, I’m just offering up these news tidbits as food for thought. The Hollywood Reporter: The survey said 80 million Americans watched a TV show online last year. This number accounts for 43% of the online population, up … Read more