Category: Television
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Democracy in action
Yesterday, a new president of Costa Rica was sworn in during a televised ceremony that was a model of the democratic process that you take for granted in western countries but not at all in most of Latin America. There are…
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Exposing the past of BBC 2.0
One follow-up to my post yesterday about the BBC’s plans for re-invention – the broadcaster has posted its complete catalogue online, which includes: Details of 946,614 BBC radio & TV programmes, dating back 75 years 503,193 subject categories, from Pig Farming…
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An obituary for mass media
The announcement yesterday by the BBC on their plans to re-invent themselves for the ‘age of participatory media’ makes everything that any mainstream media organization has done to date with blogs, podcasting and other social media just look like tinkering. Trying…
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Entertainment community starts with 65 blogs
Gemstar-TV Guide International, publisher of the US TV listings magazine TV Guide, has launched one of the largest professional entertainment blog communities on the internet. This is huge: […] Over 65 entertainment blogs are now live on the site, featuring…