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19 points by raganwald 16y ago

mhb 16y ago
What are those big quotations in the article? Who is being quoted?
- JoachimSchipper 16y ago
  Fake Steve Jobs, http://www.fakesteve.net/2007/11/this-writers-strike-cracks-me-up.html http://www.fakesteve.net/2007/11/this-writers-strike-cracks-.... There's an attribution after the last quote.
Clarity1992 16y ago
If there is a recent event that makes the posting of this three year old article immediately relevant, then it eludes me.
- raganwald 16y ago
  Does it need some sort of trigger? Must all things be connected by a thread?
  - ojilles 16y ago
    It doesn't need one, but I'm sure there is (maybe significant, maybe not, but a trigger in any case).
    - raganwald 16y ago
      It's a Saturday afternoon and I'm working rather than outside riding in the sunshine :-)
callmeed 16y ago
I'm curious how big a role sports play in terms of TV's bottom line and how that will play out online. The networks and pro leagues seem to have a very tight grip on distribution and I don't see a lot of attempts at innovation there. MLB.tv is cool but why can't I pay $2.99 to watch an NFL game on demand on my AppleTV or Boxee?
- jerf 16y ago
  I just got done watching the MSU vs. Penn State game on "ESPN 3" on my XBox 360. I can also watch it online on my computer. Whether you could have watched it online is anybody's guess. It seems to involve whether your ISP has cut a deal with ESPN to be able to do this, and "ESPN 3" is also clearly just sort of wedged between the licensing cracks as games seem to get blacked out at the drop of a hat. But other than some weird quality issues with the stream, it did basically work. (And, oddly, this game was also locally broadcast so I have no idea why I was able to see it.) No commercials on the XBox 360, either. It was weird, it just puts up a screen about how the game will resume shortly. Kinda nice, actually. It seems to be ESPN is willing to do the subscription thing, but the sports fields are so tied up in licensing snarls that it's hard to get anything through yet. But it is starting.
StavrosK 16y ago
> Western Culture is pretty-much defined by the consumption of media. After we stuff ourselves with food we don’t need, squeeze into Hummers and SUVs we don’t need, then head down to The Mall to enjoy the sterile atmosphere of a pretend-main street in a pretend-small town, where we eat some more Western culture != U.S.
dmoney 16y ago
Re: the comments, there is a system of code residuals. It's spelled "licensing."

Are you in?

19 points by raganwald 16y ago

mhb 16y ago

What are those big quotations in the article? Who is being quoted?

JoachimSchipper 16y ago
Fake Steve Jobs, http://www.fakesteve.net/2007/11/this-writers-strike-cracks-me-up.html http://www.fakesteve.net/2007/11/this-writers-strike-cracks-.... There's an attribution after the last quote.

Clarity1992 16y ago

If there is a recent event that makes the posting of this three year old article immediately relevant, then it eludes me.

raganwald 16y ago
Does it need some sort of trigger? Must all things be connected by a thread?
- ojilles 16y ago
  It doesn't need one, but I'm sure there is (maybe significant, maybe not, but a trigger in any case).
  - raganwald 16y ago
    It's a Saturday afternoon and I'm working rather than outside riding in the sunshine :-)

callmeed 16y ago

I'm curious how big a role sports play in terms of TV's bottom line and how that will play out online. The networks and pro leagues seem to have a very tight grip on distribution and I don't see a lot of attempts at innovation there. MLB.tv is cool but why can't I pay $2.99 to watch an NFL game on demand on my AppleTV or Boxee?

jerf 16y ago
I just got done watching the MSU vs. Penn State game on "ESPN 3" on my XBox 360. I can also watch it online on my computer. Whether you could have watched it online is anybody's guess. It seems to involve whether your ISP has cut a deal with ESPN to be able to do this, and "ESPN 3" is also clearly just sort of wedged between the licensing cracks as games seem to get blacked out at the drop of a hat. But other than some weird quality issues with the stream, it did basically work. (And, oddly, this game was also locally broadcast so I have no idea why I was able to see it.) No commercials on the XBox 360, either. It was weird, it just puts up a screen about how the game will resume shortly. Kinda nice, actually. It seems to be ESPN is willing to do the subscription thing, but the sports fields are so tied up in licensing snarls that it's hard to get anything through yet. But it is starting.

StavrosK 16y ago

> Western Culture is pretty-much defined by the consumption of media. After we stuff ourselves with food we don’t need, squeeze into Hummers and SUVs we don’t need, then head down to The Mall to enjoy the sterile atmosphere of a pretend-main street in a pretend-small town, where we eat some more Western culture != U.S.

dmoney 16y ago

Re: the comments, there is a system of code residuals. It's spelled "licensing."