Archive for the “Hollywood Strike” category
Could LonelyGirl15′s Bree Come Back From The Dead?
by Tony Hung on November 17, 2007
A few more half baked ones on new media being scooped up by the mainstream: Interesting pick up by the Sydney Morning Herald a few weeks ago on LonelyGirl15. I don’t actively follow web dramas, but it seems like shows (…)
NBC Picks Up Quarterlife: New Media Taking Advantage of Hollywood Strike
by Tony Hung on November 17, 2007
As I’ve mentioned in the past, the Hollywood Writer’s strike is creating an opportunity for other kinds of television shows, and new media in particular. 23/6, in particular is one of those kinds of entrepreneurial stabs, which is making a (…)
Is The Time Right For Google TV In 2008? Maybe, Even If Simon Fuller Teh Suck.
by Tony Hung on November 12, 2007
Well, rampant speculation about all things Google seems to be on the rise these days, what with Google getting into cell phones and now another rumour that its getting into TV courtesy of the Guardian. Turns out Simon Fuller is (…)
Will Hollywood Strike Give Birth To An New “Daily Show”?
by Tony Hung on November 10, 2007
During the last Hollywood strike, which lasted something like 20 weeks (incidentally, around 20 years ago), new methods of programming evolved to deal with the fact that … well, there weren’t any writers. More reality based programming, for example, like (…)
2.5% Of Nothing Is Still Nothing — Writers Sound Reasonable in Hollywood Strike
by Tony Hung on November 7, 2007
If the writers in the Hollywood strike want 2.5% of gross profits from media that is distributed digitally, I don’t see what’s got up in Michael Eisner’s “cry to Apple, peasants!” craw. After all, he complains that new media is (…)
The Biggest Non-Facebook Story Everyone’s Missing
by Tony Hung on November 2, 2007
It seems like over the past few days, the entire technosphere has gotten them worked up into a righteous frothy debate over the OpenSocial API, wringing their hands with what it will mean to Facebook, Google, and all parts in (…)