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Sorry, but I’m not into best of/worst of TV lists as many of my fellow journalists are, as one year completes and next year draws close. Trends and mileposts that develop over a year, impacting times ahead, are more my cup of tea. Early on, I noted in different places that what transpires in 2011 Continue Reading →

Xbox is receiving a major software update that includes advanced voice control and streaming live TV through the console. The update rolls out on Tuesday with apps from ESPN, YouTube and HBO Go. A $60 Xbox Live gold membership and supported cable plan are required to stream TV. Read the full article at DigitalTrends.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111206_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Xbox is receiving a major software update that includes advanced voice control and streaming live TV through the console. The update rolls out on Tuesday with apps from ESPN, YouTube and HBO Go. A $60 Xbox Live gold membership and supported cable plan are required to stream Continue Reading →

Looking for the current example of chicken-and-egg communications dilemma? Look no further than 3D television. With less than a month remaining in 2011, 3D’s on track to add between 3.5 and 4 million households to the community with such a set to watch, according to Consumer Electronics Association stats. Set prices are the lowest ever, Continue Reading →

Media companies would do well to follow the lead of the Walt Disney Company and its top revenue-producing subsidiary, ESPN, and institute rational succession planning. This past week Disney and ESPN announced that ESPN president George Bodenheimer would move up to Executive Chairman, and executive vice president for content, John Skipper, would become president of Continue Reading →

This semester my housemates and I decided to cut the cord and just get a high-speed Internet plan. At first, no one complained since we collectively have accounts on Netflix, hulu+, WatchESPN, EPIX, and HBO/MAX GO—we are the poster boys for TV Everywhere. However, once the NFL season started, we found ourselves unable to watch Continue Reading →

Latinos wishing to watch the Summer Olympics from Beijing in Spanish three years ago couldn’t do so in primetime, just like the rest of America. Or during the daytime hours. They had to wake up at 4 a.m.(Eastern time) in the morning, every morning events were presented, and be as glued to the action as Continue Reading →

Oprah Winfrey feels your pain, media critics and fans who see the seven-month-old television channel bearing her name falling short. That’s why she starts this month as chief executive officer of OWN, plunging herself and her Harpo Studios crew into turning the fortunes of this channel around this fall and beyond. She’s acknowledged a few Continue Reading →

“Dear Netflix” is a trending topic on Twitter today and you don’t need to set up any sophisticated social listening software to get the message: @jerrybyers Dear Netflix, I only knew you for a short time. Streaming library is limited and Redbox is a lot cheaper. See ya. #fail The social media backlash to Netflix’s Continue Reading →

What can possibly follow an extremely active first six months of 2011? Try these observations out for size: ***Original programming on cable networks continues its summer dominance over broadcast networks. We’re now at the point where on some weeknights other than Friday or Saturday, the combined ABC/CBS/NBC share of households is 16 or 17 percent, Continue Reading →