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Apple Unveils Television Set -- Oops, I Mean, IKEA Unveils UPPLEVA TV
The fact that 4K is the buzzword at this year’s NAB makes me think about the people I know who are less technically inclined and who, despite having an HDTV, are watching less than HD-quality content...
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Cinematography of 'American Horror Story: Asylum' Uses Classic Tools to...
If you didn’t watch last year’s premiere of FX networks’ American Horror Story, you missed out on some seriously daring television. There was sex (and scandal), there were scares (and some...
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4K TV Battle Heats Up: After Poor OLED HDTV Yields, LG and Samsung Could...
We consistently hear that 4K won’t be happening for a long, long time, especially considering plenty of broadcasters only made the switch a few years ago. I’ve been somewhere in the middle in thinking...
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Meanwhile, RCA Brings Actual Television to Tablets Free of Charge (No WiFi...
Yesterday, Google announced that YouTube was coming to your real tube in a big new way, by way of your Android device and WiFi. Today, RCA has reported something similar, but the opposite — sort of —...
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H.265 is Now Officially Approved, is 4K Streaming and Broadcast Just Around...
Technology’s progression sometimes moves with consistent momentum, and sometime comes in spurts. For instance, processors of mobile devices regularly decrease in size and price with relation to power —...
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Speaking of 4K Broadcast, Japan is Flying off the Handle: TV is 4K in 2014....
Several recent developments are helping to bring more 4K (or “more-K“) to your television screen than many of us might have anticipated, even a year ago. RED has big ideas for your home theater...
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4K TVs Just Got Affordable: New 50-Inch UHD Set from Seiki Can Be Had for $1,200
The biggest complaint about Ultra High Definition televisions is that their prices are still astronomical. Right now, if you want to watch 4K content, you don’t have too many choices in your home that...
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WGA Names 'The Sopranos' the Best Written TV Show of All Time
Just as they did in 2006 with their list of the 101 Best Written Screenplays, the Writer’s Guild of America has released their list of the 101 best-written TV series. While many screenwriters aspire to...
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Watch the Season 8 Premiere of Showtime's 'Dexter' Free Online
Many have argued that we are in a new “Golden Age” of TV, with some of the more interesting character development happening not on the Silver Screen, but on the small screen. One of the shows often...
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Missed the Premiere of Showtime's 'Ray Donovan' on Sunday? Watch the First...
We already shared one recent Showtime freebie, the first episode of the 8th season for Dexter. While that show will take a bit of catching up to do if you haven’t been following along, this one won’t...
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Show Me the Money: WGAW TV Writer Earnings Grow As Screenwriter Earnings Decline
Film is dead (good thing we shoot digitally now). Theatrical distribution is a pipe dream (good thing we have new distribution outlets). And less and less screenwriters get paid to write movies for the...
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HDMI 2.0 Now Official: Get Ready for 4K 60FPS & Bandwidth Up to 18Gbps
The HDMI spec has been steadily updated since its inception, with the last major update, version 1.4, giving us 4K support for the first time over one cable. While that is useful for many applications,...
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Creating the Teenage Dragons of 'Game of Thrones'
One of the biggest draws of HBO’s hit show Game of Thrones is its ability to transport its viewers into another world. One way that the show’s creators, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, manage to do that...
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What the Original 'Lost' Series Guide Teaches About Selling vs. Writing a Show
When you sit down to watch a film or TV show, do you ever wonder what the original pitch was, and how much it differs from what you’re watching on-screen? One of the biggest shows of the last decade,...
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From the Big Screen, to the TV, & Beyond: The History of the Home Theater
The term “home theater” has become a little bit archaic now with the advent of VOD platforms that allow you to watch films on computers and mobile devices, but still, the ability to watch films at home...
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'Breaking Bad' Creators on Developing the Story of Walter White
As I write this, there’s no doubt that a large number of you are sitting in your living rooms, bedrooms, or tucked quietly inside the bathroom at work watching the final episode of Breaking Bad. The...
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Netflix's 4K Tests: Are We Any Closer to Ultra HD TV Adoption?
The timetable for TVs adopting 4K has been up for debate since the 4K’s adoption rates began to rise themselves. Some look at the lagging success of 3D TVs as an indicator that not all consumers treat...
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Polaroid Announces Their (Really) Affordable 4K TV
With Netflix now streaming in 4K and Amazon releasing their original series in it, along with a plethora of UHD monitors finding their market, it looks as though 4K adoption is steadily on the incline....
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Introducing the Sundance Episodic Story Lab, a Place for TV Writers to Cut...
VOD platforms are beginning to change everything about the creation and consumption of TV shows and movies, with one of the big changes being the sheer amount of media audiences are wanting to consume...
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Ron Howard Talks Tech, Storytelling, & Being Groped by Bette Davis at Tribeca
At the Tribeca film festival, movies weren’t the only thing on offer. From Thelma Schoonmaker breaking down the editing process behind Raging Bull to The Wire’s David Simon on big data’s possible...
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