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• The All Commercial Television Channel is Nearly Here  A decade ago, I had this vision of a television channel - MTV for commercials. Above is the logo I drew up for it. Commercials would be presented in a structured way - by theme, brand history, actor, etc. In other words, the ads themselves would be the program. Fast-forward to today, and I think we’re
• Oh, Did I Mention iTunes Kills Television Advertising Josh at Splintered Channels ponders traditional ad spots within the new iTunes-delivered TV programs. The TV I’ve had for the last 10 years has a 30-sec timer button on it. Hit the button, change the channel, and 30 seconds later you’ll automatically return to the previous program. Tivo time-shifted both the program and this ad-skip behavior
• Sports Night - Still Best Show Not on TV Sports Night on DVD finally bubbled up our Netflix Queue. More than 5 years later, it still has the best dialogue of any television series ever. It’d translate perfectly to the video iPod also; audio that doesn’t need video and very basic video (people talking, generally not moving quickly). Hopefully, iTunes will become a strong
• Wednesday, April 11, 2007 11:41:11 PM Just finished Disc 1 of Morgan Spurlock’s 30 Days series. The Muslim in America episode was by far the most striking. Jen and I paused it multiple times to discuss. Anti-aging hit me as well. Though nowhere near as strongly.
• Studio 60 - Best Show on Television Sure, I’ve probably said this about ever Aaron Sorkin production…save West Wing (it just didn’t click with me). The writing in all his programs is superb, the characters - real, the situations - idealized without being unrealistic, drama without cheese or melodarama. Life. Though, if history is any indication - Studio 60 won’t be on for