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Category: rant

20.4% of US Broadcasters are ‘Transmitting’ Mobile-TV? Seriously?

June 23, 2013 Sean T. DTV, MobileDTV, rant, TV

Recently SCRI published a teaser article claiming that across the board “…over three in ten TV (30.6%) and almost four[…]

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Old Media Takes It On The Chin From Scott Adams – Inadvertently.

April 27, 2010 Sean T. Computers, Fun, rant, TV

Scott Adams wanted to make a topical comic about the recent iPhone 4G drama that’s been all the buzz recently[…]

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A Good Engineer Is Hard To Find… For TV Anyway.

April 5, 2010 Sean T. Computers, Education, HDTV, rant, TV

I was recently talking with a sales rep I deal with and we got on the topic of the aging[…]

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Terrestrial Radio. It’s as bad as I remember.

April 2, 2010 Sean T. Fun, rant

It’s been about five years since I bought into Sirius satellite (paid) radio.  At the time, like many initial customers, […]

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Cable’s Latest Attempt to Elminate Local Channel Carriage

December 12, 2009 Sean T. Cable, rant, TV

A new article in Broadcasting & Cable highlights the American Cable Association’s attempt to sway the FCC via a December[…]

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The DTV Delay Debacle. Just cut the cord already…

February 6, 2009 Sean T. Analog Transition, DTV, rant, TV

Recently our congress has passed legislation to delay the DTV transition/analog shut-off yet again – this time to June 12th[…]

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Hello Mobile DTV. Goodbye HDTV.

August 24, 2008 Sean T. Analog Transition, DTV, HDTV, MobileDTV, rant, TV

Regardless of what some liberal arts students or free-love hippies may tell you, you don’t get something for nothing.  Or,[…]

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Dr. Horrible Tops In ‘TV Shows’ On iTunes. Only It’s Not A TV Show…

July 21, 2008 Sean T. Computers, rant, TV

As broadcasters continue to face eroding audiences, lousy programming, declining ratings, a lackluster fall line-up and pending changes in FCC[…]

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Local Broadcasters Can’t Catch A Break. Mostly Their Fault.

May 26, 2008 Sean T. Computers, rant, TV

A writer’s strike, shitty programming and the Internet. Oh my! Viewer’s are leaving appointment television by the droves and broadcasters[…]

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Competition for Cable & Satellite? Says Who? Sezmi.

May 25, 2008 Sean T. Analog Transition, DTV, rant, TV

Sezmi is a startup out of Belmont, California that hopes to win subscribers from cable and satellite providers by providing[…]

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