A friend and I were having lunch the other day in New York when a mutual acquaintance stopped by our table. She grabbed my companion by the arm and dropped the Council for Research Excellence's set-top box data RFP on the table. "Can I get your answer today?" she asked politely. …
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If The Industry Truly Wants Better Audience Estimates, Why Is It Hiding Behind the CRE?
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Reading The TV Leaves
http://www.mediapost.com/blogs/tv_board/?p=368ABC would have us believe a Geena Davis feminist would be our modern-day president. Fox’s “24″ had us imagining Dennis Haysbert epitomized the first African-American president. By reading the TV leaves, I think they both got it wrong. …
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The Primitive Screen
http://www.mediapost.com/blogs/tv_board/?p=367Bearing in mind its overwhelming dominance in our daily media lives, it’s kind of ironic that in these days of cross-media, interactive, personalized and socially networked media, the TV remains the most primitive of all screens available to us. …
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Real Life
http://oscarm.org/news/tag/real_life- much better picture quality, and now I don't have to watch HD content live. But the following post has a great summary of how a TiVoO DVR is more functional than the vanilla DVR everyone else tries to push on you for the same monthly price. TV Board » Blog Archive » Whose Box Is It Anyway: âItâs Not A TiVoâ âI donât need your DVR, I already have a TiVo,â she said. âOur DVR is the same as TiVo but it comes free with our service,â the sales rep adamantly replied. âOh, really, well I have a lifetime membership with TiVo. Can you
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links for 2008-07-11
http://adrianmonck.com/2008/07/links-for-2008-07-11/Product Placement on TV | TV Board
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views on the news business — Adrian Monck
http://adrianmonck.comnews on the newsOur Special All-Paper Salute To The Environment | The OnionDid Lee Abrams' Plagiarize Himself? | Tell ZellProduct Placement on TV | TV BoardModest Web Site Is Behind a Bevy of Memes | WSJ.comLest we forget: What subbing is really about... | Richard BurtonMath doesn't add up for some journalists | The Herald-MailUS Starbucks stores that may be closing | Seattle Times
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It’s not a TiVo, it’s just a DVR
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Cable DVR
http://oscarm.org/news/detail/1994-cable_dvr- much better picture quality, and now I don't have to watch HD content live. But the following post has a great summary of how a TiVoO DVR is more functional than the vanilla DVR everyone else tries to push on you for the same monthly price. TV Board » Blog Archive » Whose Box Is It Anyway: ‘It’s Not A TiVo’ “I don’t need your DVR, I already have a TiVo,” she said. “Our DVR is the same as TiVo but it comes free with our service,” the sales rep adamantly replied. “Oh, really, well I have a lifetime membership with TiVo. Can you log on from any
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MediaPost’s TV Board On Why A Cable DVR Is Not A TiVo
http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/07/01/mediaposts-tv-board-on...I got a kick out of this post in MediaPost’s TV Board blog. A friend of the post’s author called Comcast about their digital phone service and got a pitch for a DVR. I loved the summary of the conversation: “I don’t need your DVR, I already have a TiVo,” she said.
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Quickie: Oh, Do You Have TiVo 'Cuz It's Better?!
http://kingtonyx.blogspot.com/2008/07/quickie-oh-do-you-have...“Can the DVR you offer be networked to my computer?” “No.” “Can I transfer shows between TVs?” “No.” “Can you store whatever you record on the DVR to your computer?” “No.” (Click to read more.) ================================================== Eat it, Comcast. No matter what, I still love me some Slowskys. I love them: -so much -I love them so much
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Navic Networks to Microsoft: Will Television Ever Be the Same?
http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2008/06/24/navic-networks-t...the technology side, were they sufficiently motivated to move away from RF and onto an IP platform, Microsoft would win more than a few converts. The U-verse platform from AT&T is an example of what Microsoft can do. It is very compelling. [via Permanent Link- Navic Networks to Microsoft- Will Television Ever Be the Same-] Will TV ever be the same? Doubt it. This post originated from and is provided by the MSDN Blogs RSS feed. The original post of the article can be found here.
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Targeting Terminology & Categorical Variations, A Cookie by Any, Other Name
http://www.formsn.com/20breach/msn-targeting-terminology-var...was to help share knowledge of interactive TV with an inquisitive audience steeped and skilled in the online realm - to somehow help foster a bridge between the TV guys and gals and their broadband brethren. After all we are constantly talking about ..keep reading. It is something always coming out on top. (more…)
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Targeting Terminology & Categorical Variations, A Cookie by Any, Other Name
http://www.formsn.com/20breach/msn-targeting-terminology-var...was to help share knowledge of interactive TV with an inquisitive audience steeped and skilled in the online realm - to somehow help foster a bridge between the TV guys and gals and their broadband brethren. After all we are constantly talking about ..keep reading. It is something always coming out on top. (more…)
