Tuesday, June 18, 2013
FNC News
Brian Lowry reports that Fox News is going on the political offensive again, and the channel is being sued for airing a suicide live by the involved family.
Summer Vacation Streaming
Laura Hazard Owen notes that Netflix and Amazon are battling for kids' attention over summer. Netflix is leaning on children's movies, says Dan Mitchell.
State of Al Jazeera
Shibley Telhami delves into the current state of Al Jazeera and its future prospects.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Netflix Gets DreamWorks Originals
DreamWorks will produce original programming for Netflix, in Netflix's biggest-ever originals deal. Sam Thielman has analysis.
New In Media Res
Theme: Beyond the Brand
- Monday, June 17, 2013 - Melissa Aronczyk (Rutgers University) and Devon Powers (Drexel University) present: Beyond the Brand
- Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - Nora Draper (Annenberg School for Communication) presents: Brands, Knowledge and Surveillance
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - Cesar Jimenez-Martinez (London School of Economics and Political Science) presents: The Brands Are Out Tonight
- Thursday, June 20, 2013 - Katie McCollough (Rutgers University) presents: Industrial and Institutional Change in Brand Environments
- Friday, June 21, 2013 - Jonathan M. Bullinger (Rutgers University) presents: The Lack of Specificity in Regards to Branding
Sunday, June 16, 2013
The Fall & Feminism
Joe Winkler says The Fall is uniquely feminist even as it depicts familiar subject matter of violence against women.
French Resistance
James Kanter says France is resisting trade talks with the US related to film and TV, which could impact Netflix there, as well as in other resistant European countries.
Canada's US Import Spending
Etan Vlessing analyzes a report on how much Canadian broadcasters are spending on American imports at the expense of home-grown fare.
Unpaid Internship Prospects
Susan Adams considers the implications of a court ruling on unpaid film industry internships, as does Rebecca Greenfield.
Live Viewing Prediction
A Twitter exec predicts the social media service will help reduce time-shifted viewing.
Moonves Won't Be Deposed
Eriq Gardner notes the latest in the Aereo trial, as a judge denied a request to depose Les Moonves.
Subversive Genre Fare
Maureen Ryan is pleased by the rise of what she terms B-movie TV: "These shows often originate abroad, quite a few of them feature complex female protagonists, and they smartly use the tropes of horror, mystery, soap operas, science fiction and thrillers to sketch diverting narratives on the cheap."
Auteur Debate
Craig Fehrman questions the critical over-valuation of the showrunner as auteur and expands with more examples on his blog. Responses are provided by June Thomas and Sam Adams. And Jason Mittell offers his manuscript chapter on authorship as a sort of pre-rebuttal. Myles McNutt chimes in.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
TV Strategies Assessed
Josef Adalian highlights the best and worst strategies across a rocky TV season.
Game of Thrones & Race
A post from Aamer Rahman highlights Game of Thrones' racial representation problems.
Tennis Channel Rant
Tennis Channel's CEO has lashed out in response to losing a court case against Comcast.
Press Your Luck Legend
TV Club writers address the famed episode of Press Your Luck when a contestant took the game down.
Barb to Measure Online
The UK ratings body Barb will measure viewership via online catchup services starting in August.
Winfrey Gift
Oprah Winfrey will give $12 million to the Smithsonian to help build a museum for black history and culture.
Talent Shows Boost the Arts
A UK survey bolsters claims that talent reality shows help bring interest to the performing arts.
Minority Expectations
Bim Adewunmi admits that expectations for representations fall harder on minority producers than white men, even though it's not fair.
Boxee's Status
Janko Roettgers reports that Boxee is looking to raise more money or possibly go on the block.
Depictions of the Cultural Past
Randee Dawn delves into how period dramas deal with depicting culturally insensitive standards of earlier eras.
Bundling Challenges
Natan Edelsburg looks at how pay TV bundling is under attack. It's also being hashed out in congressional hearings right now.
Gannett Buying Belo
The number one newspaper company, Gannett, is buying a broadcasting group, Belo, thereby doubling Gannett's TV holdings.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
History Conspiracies
Alex Seitz-Wald laments that History Channel seems to be embracing conspiracy theory programming.
TV Death Reactions
Angela Wattercutter looks at charts of online conversation following TV character deaths and finds Game of Thrones' Red Wedding reaction the strongest. (In a handy feature, spoilers are blacked out but can be uncovered at your choosing.)
Internship Ruling
A federal judge has ruled that unpaid production internships violate minimum wage laws.
Social Media Reality Show
Ben Fritz describes a new reality show about teenagers going off to college that will play out across social media platforms.
International Importance
Dade Hayes reports on cable exec arguments that overseas investment is crucial.
Buyer Leverage
John Consoli says this year's upfronts have media buyers with the leverage because there are no must-buy shows.
Viewing Preferences
A new study looks at TV viewing preferences of millennials and finds much interest in broadband options, while another finds pay TV customers liking TV Everywhere options, though TV Everywhere still has obstacles facing it.
Fringe Transmedia
Mélanie Bourdaa analyzes the production and reception of Fringe's transmedia content.
Exclusive Battles
Andy Fixmer and Alex Sherman look at how pay TV operators like Time Warner Cable are trying to block internet operators like Intel and Apple from getting access to good content by offering incentives to media companies to withhold content. Janko Roettgers also reports.
ESPN 3D Done
Andrew Dodson reports that ESPN will shut down its 3D channel at the end of the year. Clearly, 3D is having problems.
Broadcasters v. Aereo
Tim Molloy says broadcasters can help networks battle Aereo by turning to livestreaming.
Shaped Reality
AJ Marechal looks at the popularity of reality TV shows like Duck Dynasty, which are heavily produced rather than unscripted.
New Comcast Tech
Comcast is touting a new set-top box and DVR, which will include voice control; Peter Kafka has video of a preview.
Maslany Emmy Campaign
Myles McNutt analyzes BBC America's Emmy campaign for Tatiana Maslany. Jace Lacob agrees that she deserves the nomination. Jaime Weinman also considers her chances.
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