In Today’s (3 March) IMDb Studio Briefing this little article hung out near the bottom:
Consumers Hanging Up on Cell-Phone Video
Few people are watching clips of television shows and other videos on cell phones, according to a report by research firm Diffusion Group reported in today’s (Monday) New York Times. “All our research keeps pointing at [...]

We have implemented a policy change at work.
As noted previously on this site, Digital Television is set to kick off in about a year. One of the profound changes this represents is to the very delivery form of television: It’s aspect ratio. SD (Standard Definition, Analog TV) is 4:3– and DTV is 16:9.
It’s as simple [...]

This week’s episode of Box Office Weekly marks, yes, the beginning of year three. I like to think that we had something to do with settling the writer’s strike. You’re right of course, I can’t support that assertion. But isn’t it possible that someone in power was listening to this show and thought - oh [...]

When you hear episode 102 of the podcast, up later today, you’ll hear the voice of Vivien Latham, depicted here as the brunette on the right. Vivien will be reading the bumpers on the show. I expect you all to treat her just like you do me, and [...]

Is HD-DVD dead? Yes and no, according to Gizmodo. Let’s put it another way - probably yes. But the Giz people interviewed DongSoo Jun, who is Executive VP and General Manager of Samsung’s Digital AV Division, and he thinks there is still a use for Skot’s new HD-DVD player.
It will become the chosen format [...]

A few entries ago I crowed about our new HD DVD player and the incredible quality of the content available.
I also mentioned Warner Bros., A home video giant with a massive catalog of titles, was hedging their bets, putting out HD titles in both Blu-Ray and HD DVD. On Saturday, they announced they had finally [...]

Santa brought us a Toshiba HD-DVD player. It’s the A3 model, which included two HD DVD movies in the box. Santa must have picked it up at Best Buy, because the receipt also comes with five more free discs, a sort of mail-in rebate deal.
Got it set up, plugged into the 42” Panasonic plasma-screen via [...]

Today’s take on the WGA strike originates from an essay on SFGate by Noah Hawley, a novelist and writer for “Bones.” The piece is called “What the writers strike is really about,” and like all op-ed columns written by striking writers it conveys a certain veracity. In fact, Mr. Hawley makes one of the most [...]

Martian Child is slated to come out November 2 in the US. It’s a comedy-drama which tells the story of a sci-fi novelist and widower (John Cusack) who adopts a child (Bobby Coleman) who believes he is from Mars. Soon into the film, the love interest appears in the lovely form of Amanda Peet. Oddly, [...]

After years of agressively clamping down on any digital file exchange of its wares, from songs to YouTube clips to trailers, Universal Music is in discussions to start its own music download service. Reuters reports that the service will be called TOTAL MUSIC and the gimmick will be that it’s subscription based and music will be [...]