"Quarterlife" is all done at NBC. The webisode series from the creators of "thirtysomething" drew a measly 3.1 million viewers in its debut on the network Tuesday night. Those are the worst numbers in that primetime slot in decades, since anyone can remember. In trade talk, that's a 1.3 rating/4 share. Yikes. "It never should have been a … [Read more...]
Stage6 high-def site is going dark
It's curtains for DivX's showcase site for high-definition video, Stage6. The last day is Thursday. DivX already has unplugged the popular site's upload functionality, so this looks like it's for real. The site was basically a YouTube for people shooting in high-def. Which could be just about anyone, given the low cost of HD gear these days. It … [Read more...]
Blu-ray vs. downloads: war that wasn’t
Media thrives on conflict. Hard to write a good story without the old push-pull. So when the video industry entered into its second civil war -- HD DVD vs. Blu-ray -- the consumer press and the trades had plenty of drama and metaphors to work with. Until last week, when Blu-ray accepted HD DVD's surrender at Toshiba headquarters in Japan. The … [Read more...]
Toshiba kills HD DVD format
Toshiba surrendered in the costly high-definition format war Tuesday, officially killing off the HD DVD platform. Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida cited Warner Bros.' decision to go Blu-ray exclusive: "That had tremendous impact," he said. "If we had continued, that would have created problems for consumers, and we simply had no chance to … [Read more...]
‘American Idol’ bakes iTunes a coconut cake
I always dug "The Gong Show," but never had much use for the excitable Fox franchise "American Idol." Man, one Whitney Houston in this world is enough. And why are the hipster contestants always dorks when you get to know them? So the news that the iTunes Store has opened an "American Idol" wing could find a better publicity outlet than this … [Read more...]
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