The Melting Pot of TV
I’ve spent almost five and a half years on the ABC business here at Millenia 3 and I’ve seen a lot of shows come and go, enjoyed watching the secret sneak peaks of pilots and have reveled in playing a...
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Going Down Memory Lane – With Reboots and Live Adaptations
News came over recently that Joseph Gordon Levitt (actor of Third Rock from the Sun and The Dark Knight Rises) will produce and star in “Fraggle Rock,” the movie. I have so many wonderful memories and...
View ArticleWhat’s a Pewdiepie?
We’ve all experienced the changing landscape of entertainment – most recently in the last 10 years with streaming video, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and on and on and on. There is no end to the diversity...
View Article8K—What happened to 4K!?
I’ve known that 8K resolution video was looming in the shadows of our industry for some time. In my opinion, it’s probably needs a bit more gestation before it sees the light of day in viewers homes....
View ArticleIt’s Fall Launch Season: What Will You Be Watching?
It’s that time of year when major networks and cablers try to woo TV viewers to their fall fare by bringing out their sleekest and best trailers (and endless TV blogosphere coverage). They razzle...
View ArticleEthernet Your Heart Out
It was less than two years ago that I blogged about cable providers seeing slippage in TV subscriptions coupled with growth in broadband subscriptions. At the time, Comcast, the country’s largest...
View ArticleUnivision and the Burgeoning Spanish-Language Market
The fifth-most watched network in America, Univision, is going public later in the year. This comes at a time when the Spanish-language TV giant is seeing its share of the market begin to diminish....
View ArticleBack To School!
Well, it was just another Monday morning. Breakfast, getting ready to head out of the driveway and bam, it hit me. Cameras were flashing, I looked across the street and there were children gathered....
View ArticleLife goes on… and Fall 2015 begins
On August 6, 2015, the face of late night changed (again). We all know that Jon Stewart is done with “The Daily Show”…fin. How will we get through the next year with all the political madness without...
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I am 50…not dead!!
Interestingly, 3 articles from 3 different publications came across my desk at the same time this week…(and equally as ‘interesting,’ I actually found myself with a few minutes and read them ). The...
View Article2015 Season Launch
Here we go again…It’s launch time. The time of year where all we do is stare in front of a screen and crank ‘em out…one after another, after another. I’m not saying it’s not tedious and time...
View Article“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
For anyone who has been following the news of the 2016 Presidential campaigns, this phrase or one like it may have crossed your mind. Seems the mainstream media and the general public, agree there’s...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from Millenia 3!
As the holidays quickly approach and we reflect on the year ‘soon to be’ past, we can’t help but think about all of our clients and vendors that we have had the great opportunity to partner with,...
View ArticleGiving Thanks for the DVR
It’s Thanksgiving, which is a time for reflection, family, and to give thanks for the good things in our lives. This year I’m also giving thanks for my DVR! Now I watch whatever I want when I want....
View ArticleCloud-based QC – An Interesting Proposition
Quality control as a whole can and should be an intimate process. In our scope of business, this is representative most in our relationship with our clients. Their media is treated as if it is our own...
View ArticleSurfing Through a Digital Wonderland
For all of us that work in the broadcast television industry, we’ve observed first hand the increase in digital marketing, we’ve seen the shift in our buys over the last few years and we’ve witnessed...
View ArticleHoliday Animation is So Tinsel
The year is 1995. It’s the year that film animation would change the face of Disney forever. Computer animation came to life with the debut of Toy Story. Not only was this new to film, this was a...
View ArticleThe FCC and the Set-Top Box Changeup
In the past, I’ve been a customer of Charter, Comcast, DirecTV, Dish, and AT&T for my cable or satellite television services. They all have their own way of doing things, their own quirks. You...
View ArticleAddressable Who? Addressable You!
In my last blog I talked about how digital marketing is changing the way our clients reach potential new viewers. Now I’d like to talk about another fairly recent newcomer to the game, addressable TV...
View ArticleMorning Joe & Morning QC
So here we are…the first quarter of 2016 is almost over. It’s my favorite time of the year. First, my birthday is in early March. That is usually a sign that the cold winter is dissipating. I am...
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