Awesome New History Channel Show: Life After People

What would happen to planet earth if the human race were to suddenly disappear forever? Would ecosystems thrive? What remnants of our industrialized world would survive? What would crumble fastest?
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NBC’s Zucker hints at return to iTunes?

After a very public cat-fight resulting in the discontinuation of NBC content on iTunes, the relationship between NBC and Apple seems to be on the mend. Perhaps you recall NBC Universal’s CEO, Jeff Zucker, saying that Steve Jobs and iTunes had “destroyed the music business.” This in retaliation to Apple’s damning press release in which [...]

Firefly/Serenity makes Entertainment weekly’s Top Sci-fi 25.

Firefly/Serenity is 15 on Entertainment Weekly’s top Sci-fi TV and Movies of the past 25 years….
In 2002, Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon attempted to reinvent the space opera with a rough-and- tumble vision of the future set in an Earth-colonized galaxy. Part Western, part sci-fi, wholly unique, Fireflystarred Nathan Fillion as the [...]

An Apple TV With a Blu-ray Player?

Rumors are flying fast and furious over what Steve Jobs will pull out of his blue-jean pocket a week from Tuesday at his annual speech at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. These include a movie rental service for iTunes, a super small notebook computer perhaps with a solid-state hard drive, a notebook docking station, [...]

HD-DVD – Runs and hides from CES

“….HD DVD group is canceling its CES press conference; tail severely between legs over today’s explosive news that Warner — the last “undecided” studio — was going to the other side and doing Blu-ray discs exclusively.”
We just got an email which stated that the HD DVD group is canceling its CES press conference; tail severely [...]

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Star Trek

Think you’re a die-hard Trekkie? Think again. Here are 5 things you probably didn’t know about the sci-fi franchise….
During the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s, two men — Gene Roddenberry and Sherwood Schwartz — developed TV shows with a similar, fundamental premise: The characters would be a microcosm of the world, and only through [...]

The NFL is trying To "Enrich Themselves" By removing Free Broadcasts

Says Comcast. The moment of truth may be coming in the NFL Network/Cable showdown. This Thursday the NFL Network scored what is arguably the most interesting regular season game of the year (at least in the NFC): The 10-1 Packers vs. the 10-1 Cowboys. But, not a whole lot of people are going to be [...]

TV on Your PC: Hulu, Joost and Miro Reviewed

The Writers Guild strike already stripped us of our Daily Show and Colbert Report, and now it may take away Heroes and House as well. Looking to escape Reality TV hell? We’ve painstakingly reviewed three free (and mostly legal) video services—Joost, Miro and Hulu—for your faux-TV enjoyment during these dark times.
The Contenders:Hulu: NBC Universal/News Corp.’s [...]

Top 10 Celebrity Trainwrecks of 2007

Let’s face it, we all love a good trainwreck. We complain that the news is only filled with the stories of the people who get bad attention, with nary a mention of the folks doing good, but you all must be interested or celebrity blogs like this one wouldn’t be so popular. And don’t tell [...]

Considering a Home Theater Projector? 10 Points to Ponder

What makes home theater projectors so sexy, so compelling and so different from a regular old TV set with its LCD or plasma screen? We’re going to break it down for you, and let you know why it just might be worth it to consider putting together a dedicated home theater room—a temple devoted to [...]

Star Wars TV Series? George Lucas says Yes!

LOS ANGELES – The Force may soon be coming to a television near you. George Lucas is planning a live-action television series spinoff of the “Star Wars” film franchise. Lucas told The Los Angeles Times he has “just begun work” on the series, which will not include the films’ major characters Luke Skywalker or Darth [...]

NBC who? FOX, CBS show iTunes support with Free New Fall Season Shows

NBC may have decided it can launch its new Fall seasons without the help of the iTunes store, but it appears the other networks are lining up for some free publicity. This week no fewer than 3 high-profile shows are offering their season premieres on iTunes for free.
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Internet Streaming: 5 U.S. Television Networks Compared

The good news: Major U.S. television networks continue to embrace Internet technology and are putting their shows on the Web for online viewing, just like they did last year.
The bad news: Their online offerings remain sporadic; their Internet strategies feel like “we have to” rather than “we want to”; and — worst of all — [...]

Apple wants to slash TV show prices in half, aggresively drive iPod sales

99 cents per show – There apparently was more to NBC’s decision to pull its shows out of the iTunes Store than we were led to believe. Apple is reportedly pushing the concept of cutting the prices of TV shows to 99¢.
Last week, Apple and NBC-Universal’s relationship ended in a messy split. The usual [...]

After ditching Apple, NBC opts for flex pricing and more DRM with Amazon

With a market cap of $34 billion, Amazon isn’t exactly the smallest company in the world. But they are certainly smaller than Apple when it comes to power and influence in the downloadable entertainment scene. In this way, Amazon might be an ideal partner for NBC, given the latter’s concern for control over show pricing [...]