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    Not
    surprised
    Jul 21 02:56 PM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    Like the movie studios, the networks have become divisions of very large multi-national corporations with many other interests.Each division must show substantial profits or else. The result is the production of least common denominator tv and films notwithstanding the abysmal content of the product.TAKE NO RISKS in the choice of material.I write this as a former film producer and studio executive of many years standing. Reply
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    Nigel
    Shiftright
    Jul 21 02:19 PM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    What a great article! As an engineer that deals with broadcasters and networks, I learned several years ago that with minor exceptions, the technology and programming are irrelevent to management. They don't want to pay for anything unless it interrupts the flow of the commercials. Good enough is good enough. Redundancy? Nobody's watching our digital anyways. 2009 is going to be a lot of fun. Reply
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    contrariwise
    Jul 21 12:06 PM
    Is Online Search Microsoft's Vietnam War? [view article]
    Just to be clear, Vietnam is a country, not a failure. The *Vietnam War* was a failure for the United States. So, a more appropriate title for your article would be "Is Online Search Microsoft's Vietnam War?". Or, "Is Online Search Microsoft's Iraq War?". Or, "Is Online Search Microsoft's George W. Bush?".

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    User 190816
    Jul 21 10:12 AM
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    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    another in the long long line of shock columnists pronouncing the death of broadcast TV. but i have to say this is the first time i've read in the same article the solution is the same = broadcast TV.

    you can't have it both ways. which is it? (here's a hint: see your own line about "people don't have an Internet room in the house")

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    CT
    Programmer
    Jul 21 08:49 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    Good article, but I think your "big show" type of thinking won't go far anymore with TV, or any other media for that matter. I'm 40, and when we were kids there were basically 4 or 5 channels to watch. You still watched on days when, if you had been the program director, shows were on that you wouldn't necessarily put on. Sure, there were really good shows on. But if there had been adequate competition, would you really have watched one of the big three networks during prime time? How many half-hour shows had good ratings just because they were plugged in between the good half-hour show at 8pm and the good show at 9pm? "Good" content is relative. People say that there are 200 channels on cable and nothing to watch, but the reality is that out of those 200 channels they may be interested in about 10 of them, but someone else would pick 10 different channels. Media is now spread out amongst a vast array of programming that can't possibly hope to attract the huge audiences of the past because not everyone is interested in the same thing. Your Superbowl analogy is an anomaly. I wasn't one of those millions of viewers because I can't stand football. You put on nothing but football on TV and you're lost me entirely. What will save the big media companies is to continue to buy up the little channels, but keep the targeted programming. Look at how many cable channels NBC owns now. The ad revenues will be lower for any given channel, because the audience is smaller, but the scale of the entire multi-channel operation will provide the revenues.

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    crowdofcheer
    leaders
    Jul 21 04:02 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    if you want to know what's going to be "red hot"? : just wait till analog is outlawed in 2009. local pirate broadcasts are going to be what every intelligent curious entertainment goer is going to be watching. this country's population is already super-thirsting for unfiltered broadcast, and only satellite can deliver something remotely related to that. but even satellite can't deliver real unfiltered mystique as illegal local origination broadcast. the nonsensical Congressional ban on analog is only going to help that along very nicely.

    does this help anyone in investing? no. do i care? no. fact: young people don't watch network TV. the profit engine of advertising is falling in conjunction with that. you can bring up any Nielson stat you want, nothing is going to change the reality.

    broadcast TV has lost touch with people. finished.     Reply
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    sped
    Jul 20 07:31 PM
    Companies Cashing in on 'The Dark Knight' [view article]
    Try biggest opening weekend ever:
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    gwconcord
    Jul 20 03:16 PM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    While I agree that the networks should try to fill their slots with creative, intelligent, original programming, the headline about the end of broadcast TV indicates the author does not know what he's talking about. Neilsen just reported that more Americans are watching TV than ever. Using NBC as the apparent main gauge for the downfall of TV, when they consistently have the fewest top rated shows is ridiculous. While cable TV may be taking a greater share of the television-viewing pie, all of the four networks' parent companies own cable TV networks. This doesn't sound like the end of broadcast TV to me. Reply
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    dixie
    Jul 20 01:23 PM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    The birth of TV had many great and upbeat family shows which were reflective of society of that era.

    The forerunner of Jerry Springer was Queen for a Day.

    As is so apparent the dumbing down of society has arrived with TV playing a leading role. Mickel98's above post scores a bulls eye. What America needs to be competitive in today's world market is not provided by NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, or FOX.

    At least we have TCM for entertainment!     Reply
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    Zigg
    Jul 20 10:42 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    been off tv for 6 months, and it feels great. [internet + netflix] = [entertainment - mind control] Reply
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    mickel98
    Jul 20 10:27 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    Good article. I like to call the medium "a vapid wasteland of unwatchable programs". In a world that is demanding higher and higher intelligence from its inhabitants, the last thing kids (or adults) should be doing is watching TV. I say, let it die. Reply
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    notsosmart
    Jul 20 10:20 AM
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    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    thanks for the computer.i watch less & less mindless idiotic tv. Reply
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    fatcat
    Jul 20 08:10 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    Well written article and good food for thought.The baby boomers are all that keeps it alive. Welfare class are another source of viewership,that being the main reason for so many fastfood ads... Reply
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    Flash Gordon
    Jul 19 11:34 AM
    Is Online Search Microsoft's Vietnam War? [view article]
    If Microsoft wants to grow and expand I think they should look at IBM not Google/Yahoo. 10 years ago companies did many things for e-mail management, now most of them are using Exchange. Companies are making money modifying Unix servers to use Windows authentication services. Providing IT infrastructure is a lucrative business and Microsoft is starting to be very successful in this space. I disagree with people who say the only future in computing is finding the next new hot app on the web, once you set a standard in IT, huge revenue streams result from supporting and enhancing that product going forward. Microsoft already has set important standards in many areas and is doing well with Visual Studio and MS Sql. If I were Ballmer, I would stick to my knitting and let Google go back to a 15 p to e on their own power. Reply
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    SilentGoogle
    Guy
    Jul 19 09:04 AM
    Is Online Search Microsoft's Vietnam War? [view article]
    Microsoft has lost the search war(s) to Google. The larger battle between the two giants is not search but the desktop, via word processing, spreadsheets, et al.

    In the war of the desktop, Google is at a disadvantage in a bunch of way via Google Apps. The folks at Google have given hundreds of thousands of FREE versions of Google Apps and now most firms won't pay money for the service.

    The worst part in the war of the desktop for Google is they suck at customer service because Google doesn't like talking to people. Just try and find ANY customer service phone number for Google on their web site.

    There is no published customer service phone number for Google.

    There isn't a software company with at least $10M in sales that doesn't publish tech support and customer support phone numbers on their web site.

    Google also screwed the handsome revenue stream of Postini, an aquisition made just one year ago.

    Google may own search, but they suck at making $$ on everything else.

    Google may have the brightest people on the planet within their search team, but Google Enterprise is managed by a bunch of idiots.     Reply
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