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The Daily Show Goes to China...
Ron Riggle covers the Olypics this week.
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CCTV - Olympics broadcast regulations
The International Olympic Committee established restrictions against China Central Televsion International, China's English-language network, from broadcasting coverage of the Beijing Olympics on CCTV International -- which is also available on cable television in the United States. The restriction extends to broadcasts of Opening and Closing Ceremonies as well as live coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Further, CCTV International can only offer limited coverage of news, entertainment, and information from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, which also includes online information and media at cctv.com, in strict adherence to the IOC's copyright restrictions. It is not entirely clear why the IOC has imposed these limitations against the Chinese network based in the seat of the Olympic Games' host country. However, the IOC has granted some allowances to CCTV for domestic media coverage in the Chinese Mainland.
Image: Computer generated image of the CCTV building. OMA/Ole Scheeren and Rem Koolhaas. The International Olympic Committee established restrictions against China Central Televsion International, China's English-langu... more -
Country star, Chester Smith, passes away
Chester Smith started his career as a country music singer and radio broadcaster and built a television station empire based in the Modesto area that earned him millions and the respect of those he inspired.
He died Friday at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, according to the tour manager of his longtime friend, country music star Merle Haggard.
Smith became a country music star with his hit song "Wait a Little Longer, Please, Jesus" and his Northern California radio and television shows in the 1950s.
During his radio-TV announcer days of the 1940s through the 1960s, a who's who in country music worked with Smith. The names included Marty Robbins, Del Reeves, Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Cash, Hank Thompson, Jerry Lee Lewis and even rocker Chuck Berry. Chester Smith started his career as a country music singer and radio broadcaster and built a television station empire based in the Mo... more -
Beijing refuses CBC broadcast
Chinese authorities refused to allow Canada's national broadcaster and the Canadian rights-holder for the 2008 Beijing Games to supply its feed to Canada Olympic House. Chinese authorities refused to allow Canada's national broadcaster and the Canadian rights-holder for the 2008 Beijing Games to s... more
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Sirius-XM Merger
The Sirius-XM merger is a done deal, but how will it affect existing subscribers?
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"Doh!" Venezuela TV Station Punished for 'Simpsons' Airing
The Televen channel yanked the animated hit from its lineup in April after regulators said its 11 a.m. showing violated broadcast rules intended to protect young viewers. "The Simpsons" returned to the air at night, and was replaced in the morning with "Baywatch Hawaii."
Isn't that a much better choice for children to be watching... The Televen channel yanked the animated hit from its lineup in April after regulators said its 11 a.m. showing violated broadcast rule... more -
RIP: The "REAL" Ron Burgundy passes away
Journeyman local news anchor Ron Hunter—who is thought by some to be the inspiration for Ron Burgundy in Anchorman—has passed away at the age of 70. "In his long career, Ron Hunter anchored top rated local news desks in New Orleans, Miami, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Chicago, where he shared the desk with the likes of Jane Pauley and Maury Povich." Journeyman local news anchor Ron Hunter—who is thought by some to be the inspiration for Ron Burgundy in Anchorman—has passed away at ... more
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Murdoch of Fox News admits manipulating the news for agenda
Why we can't rely on FOX for the truth
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Oz TV advises CO2-emitting children to die early
Carbon Cult sickos are under fire for an interactive website that tells children they should die because they emit CO2.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's "Planet Slayer" site invites young children to take a "greenhouse gas quiz", asking them "how big a pig are you?". At the end of the quiz, the pig explodes, and ABC tells children at "what age you should die at so you don’t use more than your fair share of Earth’s resources!"
It's one of a number of interactive features that "Get the dirt on greenhouse without the guilt trips. No lectures. No multinational-bashing (well, maybe a little...). Just fun and games and the answers to all your enviro-dilemas," ABC claims.
The site is aimed at 9-year olds. However even a "virtuous" rating (e.g. not owning a car and recycling) is outweighed by eating meat, or spending an average Aussie income - with the result that many 9-year olds are being told they've already outstayed their environmentally-compliant stay on the planet.
"Do you think it's appropriate that the ABC ... depict people who are average Australians as massive overweight ugly pigs, oozing slime from their mouths, and then to have these pigs blow up in a mass of blood and guts?" asked Senator Mitch Fifield in the Herald-Sun.
The state-sponsored broadcaster (why is that not a surprise?) defended the morbid quiz, with ABC managing director Mark Scott insisting "the site was not designed to offend certain quarters of the community but to engage children in environmental issues."
Which is eco-speak for frighten them witless. However, as the excellent science blog Watts Up With That points out, the site clearly breaches Australian broadcasting guidelines on "harmful or disturbing" content.
Meanwhile, the site's designers are revelling in the controversy:
"Thank God for outraged senators - you can't buy publicity like that," PlanetSlayer's "creative director" Bernie Hobbs crowed to the New York Post. Carbon Cult sickos are under fire for an interactive website that tells children they should die because they emit CO2. ... more -
Dreamspeakers Film Festival - 4-7 June 2008, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Filmmaker Georgina Lightning's film "Older Than America" will have its Canadian premiere at the Dreamspeakers Film Festival in Edmonton. Her film, shot on location in Cloquet, Minnesota, is about a Native woman's haunting visions about children from her community who died earlier at a boarding school.
Each June the Dreamspeakers Film Festival -- International Television & Film Festival -- offers contemporary indigenous film, video and television at Canada's significant Aboriginal film festival and industry conference. Established in the early 1990s, the Dreamspeakers Film Festival has brought together filmmakers, film producers, television programmers, educators, screenwriters, actors, and film enthusiasts together in Edmonton, the Festival City. Conference speakers will address topics about new media, indigenous broadcasting, and explore Aboriginal film and television in Australia and New Zealand.
Find out more about this event at the Dreamspeakers Film Festival web site. Filmmaker Georgina Lightning's film "Older Than America" will have its Canadian premiere at the Dreamspeakers Film Fest... more -
Do Amerian / British remakes ever work?
The Office and Life on Mars being the crux of it. ABC also tend to have four times the mount of money thrown at it. And retooling of The Apprentice the US version being one long plug for Donald Trump's numerous shoddy office blocks.
Do they work? The Office and Life on Mars being the crux of it. ABC also tend to have four times the mount of money thrown at it. And retooling of T... more -
Berlusconi, pronto un editto 2 contro Santoro e Travaglio
Berlusconi ha già pronto un secondo editto contro Travaglio e Santoro!
Grazie a
http://generazionev.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/trarcomavaglio2
http://www.youtube.com/vivalagabanelli Berlusconi ha già pronto un secondo editto contro Travaglio e Santoro! Grazie a http://generazionev.blogspot.com ... more -
Berlusconi spot svedese
Spot televisivo di un'emittente svedese sulla libertà di informazione
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ITV fined record £5.675m over phone-ins
Shows including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Ant and Dec's Gameshow Marathon and Soapstar Superstar have all been penalised in Ofcom's fine for misleading viewers for a very large figure. Shows including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Ant and Dec's Gameshow Marathon and Soapstar Superstar have all been ... more
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Lucy's laugh travels the solar system
In 1951, when CBS first broadcast the I Love Lucy show, Ricky, Lucy, Fred and Ethel became electromagnetic signals traveling at nearly the speed of light to receivers all over America, where they got bounced on to our living rooms and into our lives.
But not all those signals stayed on Earth.
A few signals bounced off the surface of our planet or shot straight up into the sky and continued onward. Traveling at light speed in empty space, the signals arrived at the moon after a second and a half, says astronomer Chris Impey of the University of Arizona. An hour later, Lucy passed Jupiter. Five hours later, she was at the edge of our solar system. So where is her signal today? "It's traveled for 57 years," says Impey, "and a light year is about 4 trillion miles, so 57 light years is about 200 trillion miles."
That's a long voyage. I Love Lucy passed Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our sun, around 1955 and has now moved past about 200 stars and who knows how many planets. This raises the question: If there's intelligent life out there, could it hear Lucy? In 1951, when CBS first broadcast the I Love Lucy show, Ricky, Lucy, Fred and Ethel became electromagnetic signals traveling at nearly... more -
Radio station harvests sun power
A San Francisco Bay Area news/talk radio station says they're going "to become the first major broadcast media outlet in California to harness the power of the sun to reach our listeners." KGO-AM is installing solar panels on their broadcasting tower, and providing updates about the process on their "solar blog." A San Francisco Bay Area news/talk radio station says they're going "to become the first major broadcast media outlet in Cal... more
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Radio 1 DJ Dies
Ex-Radio 1 DJ, Kevin Greening has passed away aged 44.
A regular stand-in for Radio 1's daytime shows, Greening was famed for his 'tongue-in-cheek' approach to broadcasting, his fictional characters often took over the airwaves, bringing a slice of humour served with a side of jingles.
Always intent on a broadcasting career, Greening turned down a studio management position so he could take the reigns of his own show. Originally a 'tape editor' for Roger Cook, his career reads like a 'who's who' of radio stations, with everyone from XFM and Virgin right across to the BBC being lucky enough to have him as a presenter.
In 1997, he and Zoe Ball teamed up for the prestigious Radio 1 breakfast show, taking over from Mark Radcliffe and his sidekick, Lard, and adding over 200,000 extra listeners. Greening had been hosting the afternoon show on Smooth Radio prior to his unexpected death.
A true British broadcasting icon, thoughts go out to his family and friends. Ex-Radio 1 DJ, Kevin Greening has passed away aged 44. ... more -
showdown at 97.1 fm
"NPR has been broadcasting for 21 years in Lake Placid at 91.7 FM
"The FCC," said Chartock, "defines public interest as who serves, among other things, the most people"
Northeast Gospel Broadcasting, a Christian radio station based in Buskirk in Rensselaer County, is also applying for 91.7 FM in Lake Placid.
Northeast Gospel Broadcasting, which goes by the WNGN handle, filed nine applications for non-commercial frequencies during the window in eastern New York, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire" "NPR has been broadcasting for 21 years in Lake Placid at 91.7 FM ... more -
Direct from camera to you
new co turning most digital cameras into direct broadcasters
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What was video like before Mpeg and Final Cut Pro
Here is a look back to where some of us got our start in the video world. Editing video with a microscope, razor, and acid was quite a trick...... Fun fun fun Here is a look back to where some of us got our start in the video world. Editing video with a microscope, razor, and acid was quite ... more
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