Category Archives: Chapter 9

Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Is Blockbuster Dead or Canadian? Mostly dead, at least when it comes to physical media.  Who knew it was still even alive? (Don’t remember the great category Dead or Canadian from MTV’s old game show Remote Control? Why can’t the … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 9 – What Is Television?

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

(Before we get started, I know I misspelled satellite on the white board this morning.  Get over it…) This morning in my Global Media Literacy class I asked my students a fairly simple question: What is television? The answers that … Continue reading →

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Media News That Ought Not To Surprise You

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Netflix set to surpass HBO in USA paid subscriptions You can watch any of their programs any time and any where on any device for about $8 a month.   And they let you shotgun their original series from day … Continue reading →

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Media News Roundup

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

USB ports replace cigarette lighters in Hyundai cars As if we needed any more proof that mobile media devices are addictive! iPhones are more important than cigarettes! FAA backs letting people use mobile media during take-off and landing And they … Continue reading →

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TV/movie piracy & Hollywood. Who’s to blame? And is it all bad?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

A post in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Are improper movie downloads Hollywood’s own fault? Kinda looks like it.  When you give people easy, reasonably priced ways to download movies, they prefer them over “pirated” downloads. And as … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Has the balancing act between cable/satellite providers and content companies hit the breaking point? Maybe.  Dish and Disney get ready for a showdown over ESPN.  This could make the Time Warner Cable/CBS dispute look like paddycake! HT @mediatwit What did … Continue reading →

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Time Warner Cable / CBS Resolve Month-Long Retransmission Dispute

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Time Warner Cable and CBS Inc. have finally resolved their month-long retransmission battle that will bring back CBS broadcast and Showtime back to cable subscribers in New York City, Los Angeles and the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. This means that subscribers … Continue reading →

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Univision is winning the summer

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Remember back in March when I noted that Spanish-language broadcast television network Univision had finished fourth in the February sweeps among adults age 18-49?  Well, for the last three weeks, Univision has been winning with that prized audience. At a … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Why would a big name director like Spike Lee choose to fund a movie using Kickstarter? Well, let’s let him answer that question: If you had a button that would let you turn off all news about the Royal Baby, … Continue reading →

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Was SyFy’s Sharknado really the big deal that Twitter made it out to be?

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

That would be a definite NO. Some of you may have noticed last week when the SyFy Channel showed the over-the-top silly original movie that Twitter absolutely exploded with talk about the movie.  Everyone from Lost/Prometheus/Star Trek scribe Damon Lindelof … Continue reading →

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