TV stations urged to break a few rules

At a marketing conference local TV stations are told to diversify beyond TV sets in order to remain relevant in the digital age.
The New York Times

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[umbrae]

An Idea

How about we stop the FCC from fining every broadcaster that does anything risky or different? Maybe then there COULD be change rather than forcing G rated content on everyone.

[umbrae]

An Idea

How about we stop the FCC from fining every broadcaster that does anything risky or different? Maybe then there COULD be change rather than forcing G rated content on everyone.

[JohnMahoney]

This will be a growing trend...

I recently discussed this in a blog post on how Apple's Front Row may integrate a virtual DVR into the product. As last mile bandwidth improves, I fully expect this to become as normal as DVR's for timeshifting programming. Apple just seems to be in a prime position to get in front of this trend.

If interested, the post is:
"Front Row: Television Evolved?..."

at:

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://web.mac.com/digitalpodium/iWeb/TheDigitalEdge/Blog/8EA35D7D-032E-4E7C-843C-7C5AF3D586C2.html" target="_newWindow">http://web.mac.com/digitalpodium/iWeb/TheDigitalEdge/Blog/8EA35D7D-032E-4E7C-843C-7C5AF3D586C2.html</a>

(It's an ugly iWeb URL)

-john m
www.thedigitaledgeblog.com

[JohnMahoney]

This will be a growing trend...

I recently discussed this in a blog post on how Apple's Front Row may integrate a virtual DVR into the product. As last mile bandwidth improves, I fully expect this to become as normal as DVR's for timeshifting programming. Apple just seems to be in a prime position to get in front of this trend.

If interested, the post is:
"Front Row: Television Evolved?..."

at:

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://web.mac.com/digitalpodium/iWeb/TheDigitalEdge/Blog/8EA35D7D-032E-4E7C-843C-7C5AF3D586C2.html" target="_newWindow">http://web.mac.com/digitalpodium/iWeb/TheDigitalEdge/Blog/8EA35D7D-032E-4E7C-843C-7C5AF3D586C2.html</a>

(It's an ugly iWeb URL)

-john m
www.thedigitaledgeblog.com