munchman sees BONES 2014 Season Opener

by munchman

So what do you think? In this time-shifty era, is it a spoiler to give away the big shock of an episode if it’s already been broadcast? Or do I have to wait until I magically know that everybody in the universe who DVR’d it has watched the playback?

I ask cuz Lord knowz I don’t want to hurt anybody’s experience of the most upsetting event in the history of an otherwise sorta cute but mostly bland series.

Cuz– read article

Peer Production: IT’S PAYBACK TIME

Manipulate the audience much, Smith and Foulkes? (The creators of this 2 minute dystopian gem.) Ah, but isn’t that what artists are supposed to do?

Yeah, baby:

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Are You Ready for Dish Network’s Streaming Video Service?

We are! Can’t wait to see how this, the latest Adventure in New TV Paradigms, shakes out:

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by David Lieberman

HGTV, Food Network, and Great American Country aren’t the first channels that come to mind when one thinks about programming for millennials. But following an agreement announced this morning, the Scripps Networks Interactive channels will be part of the package that Dish Network is assembling for its planned broadband video service that will target young viewers who want a low-cost alternative to the full pay TV bundle that many consider to be too expensive. The companies agreed to a multi-year contract renewal that will add DIY Network and Cooking Channel to Dish’s “America’s Top 200? package, and give the No. 2 satellite company additional opportunities to offer Scripps’ services on its video on demand (VOD) offerings and TV Everywhere streaming platform for subscribers both in and out of the home. read article

TVWriter™ Contributing Editor Herbie J Pilato has Lunch with Richie Petrie

AKA the TV son of THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW’s Rob and Laura Petrie.

AKA Larry Matthews the child actor.

And TVWriter™ is there: read article

Peer Production: FOL’AMOR

If Disney had stayed the course, it might have produced shorts like this beauty:

This is just one of many wonderful videos available on Vimeo from Gobelins, a genuine pioneer studio in digital communication and design. Right now, Gobelins has 700 students from all over the world, and when this place calls itself “vibrant,” it ain’t kidding.