Entries tagged with “tv” from O'Reilly Digital Media Blog

CBS's Numb3rs pays homage to the PC vs. Mac commercials in this promo for the show.

As part of today's feature article on making movies out of still photos, Michael W. and Debra Jean Dean whipped up this funny demonstration of good and bad background music. It contains five brief examples. See if you can figure out why each helps or hurts the presentation. Debra Jean reveals the answer after each segment. I burst out laughing...

There is no shortage of opinions about the fate of television - be it professionally created or user generated content (UGC.) Views range from the misguided "UGC has changed TV forever! Power to the People!" — to the pensive "TV ain't what it used to be... where's Milton Berle?... I want my MTV!" To say that the future lies...

A few weeks ago, I upgraded to MythTV 0.19. For the most part, the upgrade is worthwhile, though I've had a few problems. On the plus side: My favorite addition is the signal strength meter. Adjusting the antenna with previous versions involved setting the antenna in a trial position, watching for half an hour, and counting the number of picture...

A topic dear to my heart: open source television

Instead of complaining how digital video recorders are allowing users to skip commercials, advertisers and television broadcasters need to adapt to the new age of innovation.

Real Networks will begin streaming NBA games live, helping solidify a future for them selling sports package deals over the internet much like the cable packages we see today.