Tag Archives: Television

So Long, Sopranos

Posted on June 11, 2007 by jetrotz

Oy. The water cooler is abuzz today with the unusual ending of the eight-year-run of the Sopranos last night. So much so, that for a time last night, the influx of users took down the HBO.com web site immediately after … Continue reading →

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Segway on the Fairway

Posted on July 22, 2006 by jetrotz

Watching the Open Championship (aka The British Open to us Yanks), I thought I spotted an unusual mode of transportation being used by one of the roving camera positions. A quick search of the wires found the image above – … Continue reading →

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Sesame Street Adds a Character

Posted on June 16, 2006 by jetrotz

With the 37th season premiere coming up on August 14th, the Sesame Workshop will introduce their first new female character in 13 years. The new character, Abby Caddaby, will use the catchphrase “that’s so magic.” The muppet is a pink … Continue reading →

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Major HD

Posted on May 11, 2006 by jetrotz

Although I never had time to blog about it at the time, I wanted to mention that I had the most enjoyable time during the annual Masters golf tournament watching the action unfold in glorious high-definition. Sunday featured an unexpected … Continue reading →

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No way this is legal…

Posted on May 9, 2006 by jetrotz

It’s amazing what’s available on the web today. Who needs user-generated content when you can post network TV? Guba.com appears to be like most of these services – another storehouse for UGC material. Some enterprising soul has searched that site … Continue reading →

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Yahoo! Releases MCE Competitor

Posted on April 26, 2006 by jetrotz

Just weeks after closing their deal to buy Meedio, a software developer of a ‘roll-your-own’ digital entertinament solution akin to Microsoft’s Windows XP Media Center Edition, Yahoo! has put a branded version of the software out for free download. called … Continue reading →

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CNN Enhanced on Dish is in the Wild…

Posted on February 13, 2006 by jetrotz

TVWeek (free registration required) may have been the first to report this, under the headline ‘Interactive TV Gets a Big Boost’ – CNN has launched their first major one-screen interative TV application. I was the product manager on this effort, … Continue reading →

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Happy Happy Joy Joy

Posted on December 17, 2005 by jetrotz

I’m happy to announce that the Trotz household has finally entered the HDTV-age. Since I’ve been working for a broadcast company heavily involved in HD technologies for the last several years, I’ve been eager to experience this at home. After … Continue reading →

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iChatAV on CNN’s Situation Room

Posted on August 9, 2005 by jetrotz

You go Wolf! On the debut of Wolf Blitzer’s new show yesterday, our favorite blog reporters Jacki Schechner and Abbi Tatton held a webcam interview with Joichi Ito, who then wrote about the interview on his blog. Joichi explains that … Continue reading →

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Shut the Fox Up!

Posted on January 10, 2005 by jetrotz

The New York Daily News is reporting an a curious gadget designed to filter out the Fox News Channel. The little device screws in-line between your incoming TV signal and the RF input on your television (standard cable only) and … Continue reading →

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