Tag: PROGRAMMING

Just in case it didn't really sink in last August, NBC is gearing up to air 3,600 hours of Olympics coverage this year. Yeah, 3,600 hours. So, how are mere plebeians supposed to watch that much content? With a couple HD DVRs, you ought to have no troubles at all. Hailed as the "most ambitious single media project in history," NBC Universal will be broadcasting across seven different NBC ...

Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. Is this report really saying that those obnoxiously loud used car commercials aren't any louder than the programs they accompany? In fact, yes. Tom Feran has taken the time to actually explain how loudness works in television here in the US, and the resulting report is pretty fascinating. In essence, a typical drama will have moments of loudness and moments of quiet, ...

The MIT Media Lab has developed a free programming tool called Scratch, which is designed with one clear mission: Keep it simple. The program allows anyone to create his or her own interactive programs without a lick of code. Aimed at children, the software does not require knowledge of computer programming languages such as C or C++. Rather, it uses a building block metaphor in its graphical ...