I went to CES 2008 last month in part to get a sense of what was happening in the BluRay-vs-HD-DVD war. Of course, I wasn’t even in Vegas by the time Warner Brothers announced that they were joining the BluRay camp, leaving only two out of seven studios - Paramount and Universal - exclusively HD-DVD. Well, it might be time for those two to make other plans.
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Bruce's Blog
by Bruce A. Johnson
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
HD-DVD: Hang The Crepe
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Monday, February 11, 2008
6 Million US Citizens With No TV. Is This A Big Thing?
More DTV Trouble
According to a study cited in the Boston Globe, around six million Americans stand to lose all access to television next February. These people are what I like to call “antenna people,” who choose not to subscribe to cable, satellite or phone-based (e.g., Verizon FIOS and others) programming services. And they aren’t the only ones affected.
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A 1981 graduate of the Boston University College of Communication, Bruce A. Johnson got his first job in broadcast television at WFTV, an ABC affiliate in Orlando, FL. While there, he rose through the ranks from teleprompter operator to videographer, editor, producer and director of many different types of programming. It was in the early 1980's that he bought his first computer - a Timex/Sinclair 1000 - a device he hated so much, he promptly exchanged it for an Atari 400. But the bug had bitten hard.