“V” premieres tonight and a possible savior for “Southland”
TV Notebook: 9/29/09
Sept. 29, 2009 1 Comment
The premiere season has just about wound down, but we have a few cable shows on tap tonight.
Swing that plasma around!
Sept. 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
New Atdec mount allows 40-degree motion and landscape/portrait orientation.
Local rookie actor gets lead role in pilot
Aug. 10, 2009 Leave a Comment
Wayland’s Zachary Ducharme takes a break from kiteboarding to discuss his acting career
Hulu gains ground
April 23, 2009 4 Comments
While Youtube is practically synonymous with online video these days, it’s certainly not the only player in town, if you’ll pardon the pun. Hulu’s number of unique viewers skyrocketed 42 percent in the month of February, riding on the heels of its popular Super Bowl commercials. Hulu is now the fourth largest video site, behind [...]
Digital TV Transition delayed until June. You probably don’t care.
Feb. 18, 2009 1 Comment
Here’s something for the six or seven people that don’t have digital television already: (ARA) – Are you a television junkie? Do you hold viewing parties for season premieres, award shows or season finales? On June 12, 2009, at 11:59 p.m., analog television will cease to exist — but what does this mean for you? [...]
Disabilities groups call for delay in DTV changeover
Jan. 17, 2009 3 Comments
The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), a disability coalition focused on accessible technology for people with disabilities, called on the government to delay the digital television transition, citing access problems for its constituent base. “As the February date for the DTV transition approaches, a myriad of technical problems continue to surface for people [...]
Edward R. Murrow at 100
April 25, 2008 Leave a Comment
American history has its heroes. Washington. Lincoln. King.
Murrow.
If you don’t understand how important journalism is in a society, you need only read a biography of Edward R. Murrow and see what he did during World War II and then during the American anti-communism years.
Murrow was born 100 years ago Friday.
One year to digital-only television
Feb. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
(ARA) – An important change is coming in the way television works and it could affect you. It’s called the "digital television transition" and it will be a seismic shift in the American television broadcasting system, as local TV stations meet a government requirement to transmit their signals in a digital format, starting in February [...]
Mounting your new flat-panel tv
Jan. 1, 2008 3 Comments
(ARA) – So you finally bought that beautiful new flat-panel TV you’ve been eyeing for the past six months. Now what? An increasing number of new TV owners are abandoning bulky entertainment furniture to mount their TVs on the wall. Wall mounted TVs are the latest trend in home improvement, and for good reason. They [...]
64th Annual Golden Globe nominees
Dec. 22, 2007 Leave a Comment
Yet another award season is upon us and the first in the list is the Golden Globe Awards. The award show airs on NBC at 8 p.m., January 13. Usually seen as a prelude to the winners of the Oscars these year’s nominees will make an interesting competition as many are deserving of recognition. Motion [...]
