Michael Learmonth at Silicon Valley Insider writes an article entitled NBC Olympics Web Video Proves TV Not Dead Yet: Reality check: NBC U has generated some impressive Web traffic from the Olympic Games, but 99.7% of the actual viewing of the Games is still happening on TV. I wonder how much of the TV viewing [...]
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Monday, February 11, 2008
Americans collectively spend billions of dollars for cable and satellite television reception each year. In some localities, cable bills are $80-$100 per month. It is not unusual for a family to spend over $1000 per year on cable TV bills. Since a large majority of people have chosen to subscribe to cable or satellite TV, [...]
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Also tagged american idol, band of brothers, cable tv, chris anderson, free tv, hbo, hdtv, long tail, over-the-air, satellite tv, sex and the city, super bowl, television, the sopranos, tv
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Here are four reasons to choose free radio over satellite radio: COST–There’s plenty of quality programming transmitted across AM and FM radio bands free of charge. Satellite radio involves monthly subscription fees. Why add an unnecessary utility bill? LOCAL PROGRAMMING–I sincerely doubt I could get localized traffic and weather information for Winchester, Virginia over satellite [...]
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Also tagged AM, Eddie Stubbs, FM, free radio, low-tech, radio, satellite radio, Sirius, winc fm, WSM, XM
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