7 month ago
Rod Begbie : US Trailer for 'Life on Mars' - Preview clip of the US version of Life on Mars. Getting past the generic music and cheesy voiceover, this looks like it has the potential to get the right mix between the original's storyline and 70s Americana. Looking forward to seeing more. [via] #
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11 month ago
Rod Begbie : ABC Ferrets Out a New 'Mole' - Zap2it - Woot! "The Mole" is coming back in a non-celebrity edition. This makes me: happy! #
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15 month ago
deusx : "ABC Afterschool Specials" The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon (1976) - "You can do it, Duffy Moon!"
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30 month ago
jkottke : The NY Times World Cup Blog takes ABC/ESPN to task for the universally crappy TV coverage of the World Cup so far - The NY Times World Cup Blog takes ABC/ESPN to task for the universally crappy TV coverage of the World Cup so far, and then extends that argument to a broader condemnation of American sportscasting. Hear, hear. Balboa just straight up sucks and the graphi [via]
Rod Begbie : World Cup ’06 - The Sins of American Sportscasting - I'd been watching games with the TV volume turned down low, the commentators were so dreadful. Switching to Univision, though, is a masterful idea, and one I'll probably emulate at the weekend. [via] #
Cameron Moll : Sins of American Sportscasting - Speaking of US v. European TV: NY Times blog, "The Sins of American Sportscasting". "It's easy to see why O'Brien and Balboa announce this way. They are simply calling soccer games the same way all American sports are called. And yet the fact that there i [via]
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30 month ago
plasticbag : Lost-theories.com - an astonishingly well made repository of information and theories about the TV series - It's a beautiful and solid piece of design, and I believe was built using my colleague's Django framework. Very nice indeed.
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31 month ago
plasticbag : Howto watch ABC TV Streams outside the USA - It's hacks like this that will mean that gradually the gap between shows being broadcast in the US and the rest of the world will diminish rapidly - and also why media distrubution will go global...
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31 month ago
plasticbag : ABC.com's full episode streaming allows you to watch TV shows online for free - Obviously the model is advertising funded. It's a pretty sweet angle because they can stop people skipping adverts. I don't think it's the model that 'wins', but it should sit nicely as one of the two or three along with season pass downloads...
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32 month ago
plasticbag : Kevin Marks has assembled a pretty useful and interesting grid of the various ways you can consume TV at the moment - I don't think he really talks about the problems with BitTorrent in terms of download speeds and how that offsets some of the cost stuff of services like iTunes, but generally this is a pretty solid statement of the pros and cons...
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32 month ago
Rod Begbie : ABC Gets 'Lost' on Broadband - Zap2it #
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33 month ago
Rod Begbie : ABC's "Extreme" Exploitation - Got multiple kids with Downs Syndrome? Victim of hate crime? Then ABC would love you exploit your pain for ratings. Cynical fucks. [via] #
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34 month ago
deusx : Split Reflections - Erm, it's a blog by a split personality character on ABC's One Life to Live. With comments.
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plasticbag : Current TV series of choice: Lost - Lots of people stranded on a weird island with polar bears and potentially weird psychic properties, plus high drama and personality clashes. Fascinating.
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