Category: media

In a word, yes. But do we necessarily want it to change?

“Talent matters, to be sure, but the stars who earn the most are not always the ones who obviously possess the most talent. They tend instead to be individuals who simply have a knack for getting people to pay attention to them. And big audiences translate into big business.”

“Over five billion people watch TV which is more than the number of people who use mobile phones or computers. Some in the business believe that in terms of the connected TV, it is a two-horse race with Google and Apple pitched against one another.”

“The upheavals under way in journalism these days have underscored the role that NPR and the rest of public radio and its 897 stations have come to play in American life.”

“It can and it can’t. ‘With various types of noxious stimuli, often painful or even emotional, it affects people’s vascular reflexes,” causing the heart to race or sometimes to slow down, says a Toronto neurologist. And the parasympathetic nervous system, which controls such responses, is wired to the digestive system as well.

“In the latest installment of the zombie film saga that refuses to die, Victoria Police this morning raided the home of Richard Wolstencroft, the director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF), seeking a copy of the prohibited film LA Zombie.“

“Some people take the view that merely having writers and other artists on television is enough because, you know, they don’t get enough attention from mass media. Publicity is what they need. This is nonsense.”

Australian film production has been steady through the recession. “A large slab of the $265m spent on features, possibly almost half, was spent on three features…”

“Although KCET will no longer be connected to PBS, it will continue to be a public broadcasting outlet dependent on a mix of corporate, government and viewer support. Given that many viewers have been critical of the station’s decision to break with PBS, their reaction to the new offerings will put the newly independent station to its first big test.”

“On Wednesday, the 10th annual Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival will open at the SVA cinemas in Chelsea – the fifth South Asian film festival to open in the area in just two months. Each fall, these festivals overlap, competing for the same films, audiences and media attention.”