tingilinde

ariana pekary

why she left MSNBC

and a follow up

 

 

want an old helicopter?

The Bell-47 D1 used to film MASH is up for sale.

a tip of the hat to Bryan 

 

moose and squirrel are back

They did of the best political commentary of the cold war - and a statue returns.

a tip of the hat to Doug

 

 

 

new content

Animation is booming.

 

a lot of us pay fox to put on their news

If you subscribe to cable or satellite tv, you're sending serious money to support Fox News.  

 

 

 

 

mash has been there

a tip of the hat to Vint 

 

as tis started to become very popular

An ad from 1958 with prices - multiply by nine to get 2020 equivalents.  Programming was limited to three channels or less in most areas, picture quality was often poor and the devices required some tuning and regular service.  There weren't any subscriptions or cable bills though..

 

 

speedwriting

a tip of the hat to Xeni

 

snl's cue cards

The story behind Saturday Night Live's cue cards.  More interesting than I had suspected.

a tip of the hat to Xeni

 

streaming network tv with locast

Watch television the way the FCC originally intended - very interesting as the networks probably have a larger downside than upside if it was to go to the courts. (via The New York Times)

snip

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With consumers increasingly willing to piece together their own bespoke packages of content — paying a few bucks to Netflix here, a few to HBO there — anything that encourages people to cut their cable cords is a challenge to the cable TV empire. That calculus makes tiny Locast, whose modest website (“Help us free your TV!”) asks for donations starting at $5, perhaps the most audacious media experiment in years.

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