Box Office Weekly #146 (MP3 - 14 MB - 21 min)
In today’s show, Weekend Box Office Figures, TV Ratings and these stories: You should have cashed out before the premiere of MY OWN WORST ENEMY… The Terminator is unstoppable AND he won’t fade… and in this week’s commentary, the worst variety show ever. All this [...]

 

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It’s Oscar-bait season again, and there are finally some interesting films out in theatres. It is one thing to release a lot of “serious” films, and another thing to expect them to generate anything other than buzz. In fact, the #1 box office draw was the handsomely-starred weepie Marley and Me– I strongly doubt [...]

 
With so many cable channels nowadays, there is almost no such thing as rare televsion. It seems that anything that ever aired has a channel devoted to its reruns, from game shows to reality shows to, well, shows. If it isn’t on TV it’s on Hulu, or A&E has a series of DVDs. If you [...]

Box Office Weekly #145 (MP3 - 15 MB - 22 min)
In today’s show, Weekend Box Office Figures, TV Ratings and these stories: A strike vote is delayed so they can talk the actors into striking… China finally bans the right thing… and in this week’s commentary, Skot applies his considerable expertise toward explaining Blu-Ray! All [...]

 

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We’re recovering from what could have been a disastrous glitch: the server that carries the content for this blog and all others of The Podcast Network went down, hard. However, due to the diligence of the ISP technicians and the clearly communicated, forceful efforts of Cameron and the other TPN staffers (thanks a bunch, guys!), [...]

Okay, just about a year ago I ventured into investing in high-def optical media. Unfortunately, I went with HD-DVD. Last time I checked, you could buy 9-month-old HD-DVD titles at Fry’s for less than $5 each.
The industry went the other way, with Blu-ray Disc (BD). The cascade of manufacturers and BD content providers became [...]

Box Office Weekly #144 (MP3 - 15 MB - 22 min)
In today’s show, Weekend Box Office Figures, TV Ratings and these stories: Movies from way beyond the top ten… SAG potentially gettin’ screwed by AFTRA… and in this week’s commentary, Klatuu Barada, Nicto - whoa! All this and beastly weather still doesn’t help the networks, [...]

 

 Box Office Weekly #144 [21:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I’ll admit it: I was a bit of a scoffer when it came to TV on the internet. Who’d want to watch a small, jerky version of “CSI Miami,” when the plasma-screen beckons in all it’s HD glory? Who would want to watch an episode of “Two and a Half Men” alone on a PC?
I [...]

Here’s a sign that the movie business will survive the coming year: Friday morning our boss announced we couldn’t afford a christmas party, but just after lunch he impulsively shut down the office and took us all to see THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, and also paid for slurpees. 
On the other hand, the movie [...]

I just spent an entertaining half-hour watching a primer on how to ensure you’ll still be getting programming after the conversion to Digital TV this February. It was slick, easy to understand and well-produced.
And broadcast in hi-def.
-daniel k.