I was a huge fan of Hulu on Boxee, and as a result of Hulu pulling out, I have really stopped seeing Hulu as a viable source of content for me, since I’d much rather watch programming on my large television screen than on my computer. Instead, I’ve been using services like iTunes on my [...]
We’re having a great time discussing Friday night’s episode of Battlestar Galactica on Tor.com. Come join the fun, but be warned: spoilers abound! If you missed it, SciFi has posted the episode in its entirety right here.
Battlestar Galactica Round Table: “Sometimes a Great Notion”.
Clay Shirky on the future of media:
The 500-year-old accident of economics occasioned by the printing press – high upfront cost and filtering happening at the source of publication – is over. But will the New York Times still exist on paper? Of course, because people will hit the print button.
The whole article is well worth [...]
Salon.com’s got a nice post-game on the Publishocalypse that went down earlier this month in Jason Boog’s “Read it and weep.”
Who will survive publishing’s Ice Age? Undoubtedly, the companies that can command developments in the impending digital book revolution.
Well thanks, Captain Obvious. The word “book” in the phrase “digital book revolution” is unnecessary—the so-called digital [...]
Take a look at this: popular piracy blog TorrentFreak has just published its list of the top 10 most pirated TV shows in comparison to each show’s Nielsen ratings. TorrentFreak collects its data “from several sources, including reports from all the large BitTorrent trackers.”
There’s a really interesting number in there: Stargate Atlantis clocks in at [...]
Wired reports that ‘file sharing’ is alive and well, despite so-called legal alternatives. Big surprise there. After all, the people who pirate want shows as DRM-free HD content in a standardized format, and that’s about the last thing the networks seem willing to give up.
He just nails it. Below are a few gems, but do yourself a favour and read the whole piece. On content:
Discussions at the networks about what’s depleting their viewership tend to focus on familiar culprits: YouTube. The internet. Xbox. The iPod. Too many options. (Capitalism can be so unfair!) This leads to brainstorming sessions about [...]
And by ‘live’, I mean ‘online, for your streaming pleasure’, of course. I’d embed it here, but the idea is for you to check out their site, and prove, via the power of your mighty and unique view, that this is a viable method of delivery for entertainment. That, and it’s on Hulu. They don’t [...]
Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.
I can’t wait to see this. The fruits of extra-curricular (as in, not within the studio system) efforts from Joss Whedon during the writer’s strike, Dr. Horrible promises to be the beginning of a slew of independent productions from established old-media talent, taking their toys and playing elsewhere, [...]
Wired has a great interview with Ron D. Moore, the showrunner for Battlestar Galactica, in which he spoils absolutely nothing, yet talks about all sorts of cool things, like his personal religious beliefs and how they relate to the show’s portrayal of religion, the way BSG differs from Star Trek (RDM was a writer/producer for [...]