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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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Google TV: Second time's the charm?

Google TV: Second time's the charm? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

After a lengthy quiet period, Google is talking about the next generation of its Internet TV platform ...

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Can TV Be an Active Medium?

Can TV Be an Active Medium? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Much like human beings have become increasingly untethered, so too has television. With smartphones and iPads now promoting content where, when and how consumers want it, the trend is not lost on television.

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Digital Hollywood L.A. 2011:The Two Screen Revolution

Digital Hollywood L.A. 2011:The Two Screen Revolution | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Tablets and smartphones are changing viewing habits whether this be by offering simultaneous viewing on a second screen or providing a social media forum for viewers during programming.
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McDonald's to launch in-store channel

McDonald's to launch in-store channel | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
McDonald's customers will soon be able to have local school sports, movie previews and heartwarming human interest stories to go with their fries — McTV is here and in high definition.
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The Internet Isn’t Just Another TV Pipe

The Internet Isn’t Just Another TV Pipe | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
As everyone knows, Facebook schooled the web last week, and expanded its territorial ambitions to the world of media.  Launching with partners in print, music, and video, Facebook’s latest update pushes toward a world where consumption’s default...
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Henson legacy lives on in 'Storyteller' graphic novel

Henson legacy lives on in 'Storyteller' graphic novel | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
The graphic novel, making its debut at New York Comic Con, picks up from the 1988 TV series, telling old-fashioned folk tales with a twist...
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Conde Nast's New Mogul Dawn Ostroff: Forget Cable, Digital Is the Future

Conde Nast's New Mogul Dawn Ostroff: Forget Cable, Digital Is the Future | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Conde Nast's new president of entertainment Dawn Ostroff saw the potential in cable TV before many of her peers. Nowadays, she's excited about the digital future.
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Disney's Anne Sweeney says digital has 'unleashed' TV, not disrupted it

Disney's Anne Sweeney says digital has 'unleashed' TV, not disrupted it | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Producers and broadcasters should embrace the opportunities provided by tablets, smartphones and social media as a chance to "unleash" television, according to Anne Sweeney, co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television Group.
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Color TV's 60th Anniversary: A Look Back Through Life.com Photos

Color TV's 60th Anniversary: A Look Back Through Life.com Photos | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
In the fall of 1951, the first CBS-manufactured color televisions rolled off the assembly line.
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From The Fades to Misfits - is youth drama leading the way?

From The Fades to Misfits - is youth drama leading the way? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Ben Dowell: Fantasy series The Fades joins Misfits, Skins and Being Human in demonstrating that youth drama is among the most bold and innovative on TV...
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Downton Abbey viewers crash ITV Player

Downton Abbey viewers crash ITV Player | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
ITV Player, the commercial broadcaster’s internet catch up service, crashed for several hours last night, as thousands of people tried to watch Downton Abbey online.
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Box Set Club: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Box Set Club: Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Subversive, funny and emotionally engaging: there is still nothing like this cultural icon...

Fighting Mongooses's curator insight, October 18, 2013 11:50 PM

This article makes some really valid points. She says that the show made you care about someone young and beautiful with super powers, and what a task that was for Sarah Michelle Gellar. I never would have thought of that, but it's totally right.

 

I'm also really glad that the author brought up Buffy's feminist legacy. A strong, assertive female protagonist was something that decade really needed, and I think we could use one now as well. It's my understanding that Buffy as a character and narrative is studied in some feminist theory classes.

 

While this show is never particularly scary, it still appeals to horror fans because of the paranormal aspect. There are werewolves, demons, monsters, ghouls, and just a copious amount of blood. 

 

-Ron Lechler

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The Blues Brothers: a new TV mission?

The Blues Brothers: a new TV mission? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

The duo made famous by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi could be returning to TV. Is this a huge mistake or a welcome revival?

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Multiple Intelligences: What Makes a Smart TV Smart?

Multiple Intelligences: What Makes a Smart TV Smart? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
I have a theory about smart TVs. We still don’t really know what makes them “smart.”
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Social Deserves it's own Progamming According to MTV

Social Deserves it's own Progamming According to MTV | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

According to Dermot McCormack, EVP of Digital Media for MTV, in a recent article in Gigom, social networks aren’t just for announcing when the next episode of Jersey Shore airs, but a whole new platform for media creation and distribution.

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Let's do the television time-shift

Let's do the television time-shift | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Technologies like Sky+ and TiVo have changed our viewing habits – and ruined TV water-cooler moments...
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Arrested Development is back but shouldn't we let cancelled shows die?

Arrested Development is back but shouldn't we let cancelled shows die? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
What's behind the clamour for more Veronica Mars and Entourage? Could it be their newly unemployed makers suddenly having time to tweet?
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Eurovision maker: 3D won't catch on

Eurovision maker: 3D won't catch on | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
The head of the European Broadcasting Union has said that members ‘are not going to add 3D to their troubles’...
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Fox's Kevin Reilly: Network TV Is Weathering the Digital Storm Just Fine

Fox's Kevin Reilly: Network TV Is Weathering the Digital Storm Just Fine | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
I think there's now some clarity to the marketplace -- it's clear that our product is a transmedia product that can work on multiple platforms.
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In praise of ... television drama

In praise of ... television drama | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

IT'S NO longer daring to suggest television is superior to film, at least in terms of storytelling potential. We've enjoyed a golden age of television drama for at least a decade and that suggestion has been made with greater frequency and authority during that time.

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It's Official: Xbox 360 Gets Television

It's Official: Xbox 360 Gets Television | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Following weeks of rumors and speculation, Microsoft today confirmed that they have teamed up with 40 TV and entertainment providers to bring shows and live television to Xbox Live.
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Damon Lindelof's History of 'Lost' (A Show He Longed to Quit)

Damon Lindelof's History of 'Lost' (A Show He Longed to Quit) | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
How 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Alias' helped spawn the beloved series -- which, yes, they sometimes made up as they went along...
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ANALYSIS: Behind ‘New Girl’s Surprisingly Big Opening And The iTunes Experiment

ANALYSIS: Behind ‘New Girl’s Surprisingly Big Opening And The iTunes Experiment | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

New Girl‘s performance caught everyone by surprise, including Fox’s head of marketing Joe Earley. While he is elated today, just a couple of days ago he was worried ...

 

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Downton Abbey Versus Spooks: Who Will Win In The Great Aristocrat-Agent War?

Downton Abbey Versus Spooks: Who Will Win In The Great Aristocrat-Agent War? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

[Not transmedia storytelling ... just a humorous view of British television drama which I enjoyed]

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How Can Networks Spin Online Chatter Into Ratings Gold?

How Can Networks Spin Online Chatter Into Ratings Gold? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
TNT’s remake of the classic 1980s primetime soap Dallas won’t debutfor another year — but as of last week, the show already had 117,260 fans on Facebook.
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