Category: media

“Some 19 million people in the U.S. produced 263 million tweets about TV in the second quarter this year, a 38% increase in volume of comments from a year earlier, Nielsen reported.”

“The average smartphone user opens only eight apps a day, with the most popular being Facebook, YouTube and game apps. And according to a 2012 report from Localytics, 22 percent of all apps are only opened once.”

And the pendulum swings back: “‘Arts programming sits right at the heart of the BBC and is a vital part of who we are,’ Lord Hall said.”

When ‘The Walking Dead’ came to a Georgia town that lost its cotton mill (but still had liquor, unlike every other place in its county), the town changed – and the tourists started to swarm.

“Iranian authorities have confiscated director Mohammad Rasoulof’s passport on the eve of a trip to the Nuremburg International Human Rights Film Festival (NIHRFF) in Germany where he was due to accept a lifetime achievement award and present his latest film Manuscripts Don’t Burn.”

“Ideology in Hollywood? You don’t have to look for it, because it always finds you.”

“In the age of binge-viewing, it’s more important than ever that a theme song be catchy. Now that viewers can watch any show at any time, a familiar song can provide an anchor for a series and preserve the sense of ritual attached to following it. A great theme becomes part of a show’s core spirit.”

“The ‘BFI Player’ will help meet complaints that home-grown film is hard to find away from London. The player, accessible throughout the UK from 9 October, will be optimised for PCs, Macs and tablets, with a mobile app on the way.”

“It’s very important to be able to handle rejection. I think one of the reasons writers are shy is because we are all very suspicious of our own process because it fails so often.”

“BAFTA has changed the rules for its television awards in a move that will allow web-based broadcasters such as Netflix to enter for the first time.”