Entertainment
How do you watch TV?
By jeffcutler - 1/28/11 - 1:26 pmWhether you’re someone who sits on the couch with the cat or time shifts your entertainment and loads it onto your mobile device, technology has changed our TV watching.
These days - and maybe you already have one - there are Apple TV devices, Roku boxes, Google TV and many more so-called connected TV devices. And these types of technology have opened up the capability for people to enjoy their entertainment.
To that end, as I type this there are five entertainment and tech industry executives sitting in bar stools at the front of a Hill Holliday conference room in downtown Boston. These TV pros have their own opinions about how you should watch TV. Whether you believe them or step into line with their wishes is really up to you.
So who are they and what are they saying? On the panel are: Aaron McNally of Google TV; Anderw Kippen of Boxee; Greg RIvera of Xbox; Chas Smith of Roku; and Tara Maitra of TIVO.
When asked by Hill Holliday’s Mike Proulx, “Who are these devices for?” the panelist responded as follows...
We Watch TV FIVE HOURS a Day on Average... WHAT?
By jeffcutler - 1/28/11 - 10:00 amCovering technology events is a breeze, but sometimes - as with today’s #TVNext panel in Boston at Hill Holliday - you sometimes run into a challenge. Today's event is a challenge for me because I've already heard some astonishing facts and it's only 10AM. We now watch TV five hours a day, on average, in America.
Let me paint the picture and then I'll share where that five-hour figure came from.
Sitting on the 35th floor at a State Street high rise, about 100 or so broadcast pros, media reps, social media folks and marketing people have gathered to hear where TV is headed. Specifically, they are anxious to find out the new ways in which viewers consumer content and embrace entertainment.
Movies--The Boston/American Experience:
By anon - 9/6/08 - 11:14 amMovies:
Not having posted a blog here on UniversalHub for awhile, I've decided to write a different kind of essay that, I believe, revolves just as much around the Boston area as any other blogs/posts here: The Movie experience:
John Mayer should stick to singing
By Lyss - 3/29/08 - 4:43 pmHe may be a Grammy Award-winning artist, but his future as a Red Sox announcer does not look too bright.
boingboing's Doctorow to Speak at Harvard and MIT
By dykstraNet - 2/9/06 - 2:12 pmBoingboing.net's co-editor Cory Doctorow is scheduled to speak next week at MIT Monday and Harvard Wednesday.
Looks like there should be some interesting content regarding Hollywood DRM schemes that will soon effect anyone who consumes entertainment. The talk at Harvard is titled "Set Top Cop: Hollywood's Secret War on Your Living Room".
I'll be out of town but sure hope someone goes and posts the scoop.
