A few months ago I wrote about the fans, who brought back their favourite TV programme Jericho by protesting online, getting organized and sending CBS about 18 tonnes of peanuts. Now CBS has announced that next week’s episode will be the last one. The ratings weren’t high enough for them.
Naturally, fans are rioting again. [...]
12 January, 2008 – 3:27 pm
Those of you following this blog will have noticed an increasing amount of posts in connection to the film industry and the paradigm shift happening in the way we watch videos, and how they are being promoted and distributed via the web (a shift which is definitely aided by the WGA strike). There is a [...]
11 December, 2007 – 12:56 am
The writer’s strike is still in full blast, and I thought it was time for an update. I will not bore you with re-hashing what others have written already, but point you at some ressources. Read them first, and then read my opinion on this subject further down in this post. Here a nice summary of the [...]
29 November, 2007 – 4:42 am
This time last week my mind was somewhere completely different. Which is why I missed the only show I am currently watching on network TV: Californication (yes, it is awesome!). Which sucks, because I could not find it legally ANYWHERE online to watch. So I had to make do with my friend Monique’s summary – which was [...]
26 November, 2007 – 6:50 pm
So, the WGA has gone back to renegotiate their contracts with the producers yesterday. No word as of yet how that is going. In the meantime, advertisers are getting nervous. I only just mentioned this possibility to a colleague last week: If TV sellers can’t hold their end of the bargain (which is: deliver the target audience they [...]
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