You learn from day one when you get in to broadcasting that the station shouldn't be off the air at all--and if it is, the need to rectify the situation is immediate and trumps all else. The worst thing in this job (at least in my opinion) is that moment you find out the station (or one of many) is off the air, not knowing the cause or obvious the solution.
Comcast has started to roll out "SEEiT," its integrated tune-in/DVR-recording button, on Twitter for a select batch of shows from the NBCUniversal stable, and some users have already started to give it a test run in this early phase of deployment.
Folk music, a remarkably complete personal and professional archive and modern touch-screen technology combine to tell the story of an American cultural icon at the newly opened Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Aiming to save two legendary Alabama music sites, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and FAME Recording Studio, consumer headphone manufacturer Beats Electronics has partnered with the Muscle Shoals Music Foundation for a new project, Sustain The Sound, which will restore and update the recording facilities.
A collaboration between Madonna and fashion photographer Steven Klein, the 17-minute film opens with the Jean-Luc Godard quote "All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl." Shot entirely in black and white, the gritty project introduces Art for Freedom, a global initiative that aims to expand freedom of expression.
"Tearaway," made exclusively for Sony's portable PlayStation Vita console, is set in a 3D world made entirely of paper. The MPC team took the concept one step further in creating a real-life paper world at 1:12 to scale that was integrated with green screen and shot elements.