Tag Archives: Television

Henry Jenkins has a perceptive analysis of the “collective intelligence” of the Internet and its bearing on Survivor – really: The Survivor winner is one of the most tightly guarded secrets in the country. Some say that the show’s producer, Mark Burnett, engages in misinformation campaigns, planting misleading information in …

An American Doofus in London

FCC Chariman Powell and Sen. Byron Dorgan, who opposes the media ownership rule changes the FCC voted in yesterday, on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer: TERENCE SMITH: To explain the new ownership rules, we’re joined by the commission’s chairman, Michael Powell. Commissioner Powell, welcome to the broadcast. Would you make …

Six Feet Under's season finale reflected both the highs and lows of its third year.

“Hello MTV,” the name of new mobile phone service: Music video channel MTV is to venture into the world of mobile phone service provision in Sweden. Beginning this month, MTV Europe is to offer pre-paid mobile services in the Scandinavian country as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) over Telia …

CSPAN2’s Book TV sees itself as sober nonfiction book talk each weekend from 8am Saturday to 8am Monday – it is rare that participants nearly come to blows. But this little tiff proves the left-right gulf hasn’t closed any since the war ended: Unlike Ernest Hemingway’s encounter with poet Wallace …

Hardly, with at least three paid moles for Saddam: On Tuesday, when al Jazeera fired its director general, Mohammed Jassem al-Ali, the world was reminded once again of one significant reason–Saddam Hussein’s regime infiltrated media outlets throughout the region, including al Jazeera. According to a dispatch from Agence France Presse, …

T&A from Playboy via RealNetwork’s OpenPass paid video service. The girls will also be popping up via video clips and photos on cell phones in Europe and Asia on Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchinson Whampoa’s cellular phone service: Playboy Enterprises last week began offering a $25-a-month “Playboy TV Club” subscription as …

Jackass star Steve-O Glover was arrested in Sweden following a raid on his hotel room. Why the raid? Glover and other “Jackass” regulars had performed their “Don’t Try This at Home” show in the Swedish capital Wednesday night. Prosecutor Gunnar Fjaestad said the raid happened after Glover said he swallowed …

If you are going to be in LA in early June, this sounds very interesting: TV or NOT TV: Discussions To Create A Mass Media Outlet For The Arts At (MOCA) The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Thursday, June 5, 2003 7:30 pm The last panel “Can the Arts …