Broadcasters and the Migration to IT, Consumers and the Diminished Messaging of "Net Neutrality," PBS Programming and the U.K.'s Latest (Delightful) Import

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June 30, 2014
Connect 2 Media & Entertainment, which launched in 2013, is a resource to help you as a media professional keep up with developments not only in your own business segment but across all industry sectors. Find out what's happening in TV, radio, digital media, film, event spaces, enterprise, and much more by visiting www.c2meworld.com each day. TELEVISION The Move to IT and 4K Will Depend on Value to Ongoing Operations Broadcasters understandably are on the conservative side when it comes to embracing new technology; they want the five 9s of reliability, and they are careful about investing in new equipment. Read More» DIGITAL MEDIA Do Consumers and Creators Have Net Neutrality "Message Fatigue"? YouTuber Emily Eifler, who runs BlinkPopShift, says many consumers and content creators are getting tired of the same old rhetoric: "The net neutrality umbrella starts to become something that people get message fatigue about and the more you talk about just net neutrality as a topic I feel like the less people start to understand the individual issues under which you could organize people." Read More» FILM Filmmaker Spike Lee: The Case for Crowdfunding Spike Lee's new film, "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus," is a remake of Bill Gunn's 1973 "Ganja and Hess," a film Lee himself saw when he was in film school. To make it, Lee took a page from the book of the students he teaches as a film professor at NYU--he turned to Kickstarter. Read More» PRODUCTION/POST/SOUND An American in London: Producing "Vicious" for PBS Like a lot of shows on PBS these days ("Downton Abbey," "Sherlock," "Call the Midwife"), its new sitcom "Vicious" is a UK import. But one thing that sets the show--about an elderly gay couple played by Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi--apart is its distinctly American creator, Gary Janetti. Read More» TELEVISION Aereo Shuts Down, Considers Options "The spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top of your television or in the cloud," maintains Aero founder Chet Kanjoia. Read More»   More Articles & Insights The Aereo Ruling is Already Being Used Against Other Smart TV Tech » Lawmakers, Lobbyists, React to Aereo Ruling » FilmON Forges Ahead Despite Aereo Ruling (for Now) » Desperate for the Next "Duck Dynasty": Explaining Reality's Growing Pains » 17% of U.S. Is "4K Ready," South Korea Best Positioned to Deliver Sustained Streams of At Least 15 Mbps » Delayed TV Viewing Continues to Grow » Study: Downstream Demands To Reach 165 Mbps By 2020 » The Case for Net Neutrality's Nuclear Option » Radio Poised to Make Election Money Gains » Radio's Quiet Game Changer That Could Crush Pandora »
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