Home Page - Television Tropes & Idioms
february 2009 by rybesh
This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. We dip into the cauldron of story, whistle up a hearty spoonful and splosh it in front of you to devour to your heart's content.
wiki
writing
culture
tv
fiction
literature
tropes
february 2009 by rybesh
Tiresias family of fonts
june 2008 by rybesh
The DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) has adopted the Tiresias Screenfont as the standard font for the MHP (Multimedia Home Platform), which many set-top box and digital TV manufacturers are using as their standard development platform.
tv
typography
fonts
design
accessibility
interface
june 2008 by rybesh
TLC :: My Life As a Child :: About the Show
march 2007 by rybesh
My Life As a Child documents the lives of 20 American children, between the ages of 7 and 11. They were given digital cameras and the opportunity to film their own lives over the course of several months.
documentary
video
tv
biography
digitalyouth
amateur
march 2007 by rybesh
FRONTLINE: news war | PBS
february 2007 by rybesh
Drawing on more than 80 interviews with key figures in the media, FRONTLINE examines the challenges facing the mainstream news media, and the media's reaction.
news
media
journalism
documentary
tv
video
february 2007 by rybesh
Yahoo! Talent Show
october 2006 by rybesh
The Yahoo! Talent Show is a nationwide search to find the next great Internet celebrity.
web
video
yahoo
tv
games
social
media
october 2006 by rybesh
The Yahoo! Current Network
september 2006 by rybesh
Yahoo and Current TV are teaming up to provide professional and user-generated video clips called Yahoo Current Network.
participatory
media
web
tv
video
yahoo
september 2006 by rybesh
Digital TV and the World
august 2006 by rybesh
Digital TV and the World is an on-going experiment in the use of small format digital cameras and laptop computers to report compelling stories of individual struggle from around the world.
digital
tv
web
video
journalism
august 2006 by rybesh
UC Berkeley Journalism / Digital TV
august 2006 by rybesh
Digital TV and the World is an initiative to create new styles of global reportage that take a close-up look at ordinary people and the issues they face.
digital
tv
web
video
journalism
august 2006 by rybesh
Official Google Video Blog: Highlight: MTV Networks
august 2006 by rybesh
"Awesome global media company"? "Hot, cultural favorites"? Shittiest PR blog ever or subtle mockery of their new partner Viacom?
google
tv
humor
august 2006 by rybesh
http://ugc.turner.com/
july 2006 by rybesh
Server for Turner Broadcasting's user-generated content.
participatory
tv
media
july 2006 by rybesh
CNN.com - Exchange
july 2006 by rybesh
Share your stories, your pictures, your videos wherever you see the I-Report logo. Weigh in on the blogs. Click your way through QuickVotes and more.
participatory
tv
journalism
web
video
july 2006 by rybesh
CNN.com - Send an I-Report
july 2006 by rybesh
Is news happening in front of your eyes? Pull out your camera and I-Report it for CNN.
participatory
tv
journalism
web
video
july 2006 by rybesh
BloomBox – User-generated TV made easy
july 2006 by rybesh
BloomBox is a white label user-generated content solution. It has been designed with the needs of the TV industry in mind.
UGC
community
video
participatory
media
tv
july 2006 by rybesh
Mediasnackers
may 2006 by rybesh
MediaSnackers is a site/weblog/project/call to action for people interested in how young people consume and create media across the globe.
media
literacy
internet
consumption
mobile
music
radio
tv
web
digitalyouth
research
participatory
authoring
may 2006 by rybesh
the L word : a fanisode™
may 2006 by rybesh
For the first time ever, a major television network is inviting fans online to team with an accomplished writer from a hit show to collectively script an original episode, one scene at a time.
participatory
tv
fans
subtitle
collaboration
authoring
may 2006 by rybesh
NBC.com > Video > Web Favorites
may 2006 by rybesh
NBC's response to the YouTube-ization of its content: "Now, instead of searching the web for 'borrowed' NBC highlights, you can go to the source!" Isn't not having to go to the source the point?
tv
web
video
entertainment
sharing
social
media
may 2006 by rybesh
Mobile group in talks to create TV link for citizen journalists
april 2006 by rybesh
A deal between 3 - with more than three million customers - and the broadcasters would provide editors with a vast array of clips from which to choose, treating citizen journalists almost like wire service reporters.
mobile
journalism
blog
news
tv
uk
image
video
YRB
april 2006 by rybesh
Current.org | The newspaper about public TV & radio in the U.S.
march 2006 by rybesh
Web service of the newspaper about public TV and radio in the United States.
public
radio
tv
news
march 2006 by rybesh
Lost Remote: TV fans mash maps with celebs
march 2006 by rybesh
Fans with way too much time on their hands are tracking characters from TV shows on dynamic maps.
tv
fans
locative
maps
timetags
YRB
march 2006 by rybesh
Yahoo Says It Is Backing Away From TV-Style Web Shows - New York Times
march 2006 by rybesh
Lloyd Braun: "I now get excited about user-generated content the way I used to get excited about thinking about what television shows would work."
yahoo
participatory
media
tv
business
march 2006 by rybesh
HBO: The Sopranos: Behind the Scenes: Sopranos Maps
february 2006 by rybesh
Locations from the Sopranos annotated with videos, photos and episode details from Season 5.
locative
metadata
tv
fans
timetags
maps
february 2006 by rybesh
Democracy - Internet TV Platform - Free and Open Source
february 2006 by rybesh
We are working to build the best internet TV software possible to ensure that individuals are always in charge of their own media. Our platform has several components.
web
tv
syndication
tools
opensource
media
timetags
february 2006 by rybesh
TVMAP: Where do you want to watch?
february 2006 by rybesh
Locations of BCC shows plotted on a map.
tv
maps
fans
february 2006 by rybesh
Rambling about blogging and TV | A Whole Lotta Nothing
february 2006 by rybesh
Basically doing with TV what bloggers were doing in 1999 with the web -- snipping bits here and there to make a full picture of some topic through the use of quotes and links.
web
blog
tv
timetags
hypermedia
quote
february 2006 by rybesh
Main Page - Wikiscripts
february 2006 by rybesh
Wikiscripts is a collaborative script writing site, which decentralizes the movie and television script writing process.
collaboration
community
participatory
media
opensource
tv
cinema
authoring
wiki
february 2006 by rybesh
MediaPost Publications - Points North: Consumers Crave Web-Based TV - 02/15/2006
february 2006 by rybesh
While 25 percent of Internet users are interested in watching downloaded TV shows and movies on their PCs, 38 percent expressed interest in watching that same video on their TVs.
tv
web
video
consumer
statistics
timetags
february 2006 by rybesh
CNNi Goes Clean
february 2006 by rybesh
Design firm Kemistry is behind the changes and says it cut back the font graphics to the length of words and sentences so that “the video footage, so often obscured, becomes the most important feature on the screen.”
video
interface
design
tv
february 2006 by rybesh
Doctor Who Locations
february 2006 by rybesh
Google map of Doctor Who filming locations.
locative
tv
fans
maps
timetags
february 2006 by rybesh
Spot Runner
january 2006 by rybesh
Once you've chosen an ad that appeals to you, our proprietary technology lets you personalize it with messages, slogans, images or offers, and it can be ready to run in as little as 48 hours.
advertising
business
marketing
tv
unmediated
timetags
january 2006 by rybesh
VH1.com : Shows : Web Junk 20
january 2006 by rybesh
VH1 has partnered with IFILM to launch Web Junk 20. Hosted by heavyweight stand-up comic Patrice O'Neal, the series celebrates and brings a unique look at all the weirdest, wildest and most hilarious internet video clips out there.
web
video
tv
timetags
january 2006 by rybesh
WSJ.com - Yahoo Hopes to Make Network Flop a Net Hit
january 2006 by rybesh
The company is working on a cross between a narrative video production and an online game: Consumers will be able to view regularly updated video clips and try to solve online puzzles about the fugitive's real-world location.
tv
games
yahoo
narrative
video
locative
maps
YRB
january 2006 by rybesh
Current Studio // Home
january 2006 by rybesh
Online production area where people upload video and help Current decide what to put on TV.
social
metadata
news
video
community
tv
january 2006 by rybesh
Asbo TV helps residents watch out - Sunday Times - Times Online
january 2006 by rybesh
RESIDENTS of a trendy London neighbourhood are to become the first in Britain to receive “Asbo TV” — television beamed live to their homes from CCTV cameras on the surrounding streets.
video
community
security
surveillance
tv
january 2006 by rybesh
How I Learned (1-4)
december 2005 by rybesh
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy have exhaustively catalogued all the individual shots from all of the episodes of the 1970s television show Kung Fu and recompiled the shots according to genres.
tv
video
classification
art
archives
genre
december 2005 by rybesh
CNN Pipeline
december 2005 by rybesh
A premium on-demand broadband video service featuring live streams and access to CNN's archives.
tv
news
delivery
video
archives
unmediated
journalism
streaming
december 2005 by rybesh
TV Stardom on $20 a Day - New York Times
december 2005 by rybesh
The NYT warms up to video blogs.
video
blog
media
business
delivery
advertising
tv
december 2005 by rybesh
Politics, Iraqi Style: Slick TV Ads, Text Messaging and Gunfire - New York Times
december 2005 by rybesh
“People count on secret networks more than public ones.”
politics
iraq
campaign
election
social
networking
media
tv
advertising
mobile
sms
december 2005 by rybesh
Mindjack - Piracy is Good? How Battlestar Galactica Killed Broadcast TV
december 2005 by rybesh
Wouldn't it be economically more efficient for the advertiser to work directly with the program's producer to distribute television programming directly to the audience, using hyperdistribution?
advertising
business
copyright
delivery
economics
media
p2p
scifi
fans
sharing
social
technology
tv
december 2005 by rybesh
Internet Protocol TV Services over World Wide Web
december 2005 by rybesh
This workshop intends to bring together researchers and developers from industry and academy to discuss the technological advances and challenges in providing IPTV services over WWW.
web
conference
2006
workshop
tv
video
december 2005 by rybesh
Tape It Off The Internet
november 2005 by rybesh
A global TV guide, Torrent tracking, your favourites and recommendations plus an innovative social layer to hang it off.
community
entertainment
tv
social
metadata
video
web
timetags
p2p
november 2005 by rybesh
Pump Audio
november 2005 by rybesh
artists can license their music into productions without giving up any ownership, while TV and advertising producers can discover new music ready for use.
music
audio
business
strategy
advertising
tv
copyright
timetags
november 2005 by rybesh
Current Studio // VC2 Survival Guide
november 2005 by rybesh
The VC2 Survival Guide is a comprehensive video production primer put together by Current TV, and for some unholy reason authored in Flash.
activism
howto
video
tv
authoring
november 2005 by rybesh
Online Scheduling - Yahoo! TV
november 2005 by rybesh
Schedule recordings on your TiVo from Yahoo! TV.
tv
yahoo
web
november 2005 by rybesh
hackdiary: The BBC's programme catalogue (on Rails)
november 2005 by rybesh
Nearly a million programmes are catalogued, with descriptions, contributor details and annotations drawn from a wonderfully detailed controlled vocabulary.
audio
commons
community
culture
database
media
ruby
tv
archives
library
social
metadata
november 2005 by rybesh
UthTV
october 2005 by rybesh
Uth TV wants to empower teens to become media producers.
media
literacy
tv
video
education
teenagers
unmediated
journalism
october 2005 by rybesh
"Digital Cinema Technology Is Our Technology" - Interview with George Lucas
october 2005 by rybesh
"Instead of making a two-hour movie, we're going to make 150 hours worth of [TV] movies for the same amount of money."
tv
cinema
video
tools
ideas
digital
delivery
october 2005 by rybesh
THE CPM BELOW: User Targeting Can Discover TV Program Value [Erwin Ephron]
october 2005 by rybesh
A method for calculating a TV or radio program’s added value – its contribution in attracting users.
tv
advertising
media
marketing
statistics
october 2005 by rybesh
GyaO
october 2005 by rybesh
Free streaming video-on-demand site from Japanese optical fiber provider Usen.
tv
video
web
entertainment
delivery
japan
october 2005 by rybesh
Online Video and the Future of Television Wiki
september 2005 by rybesh
Wiki for a one-day conference bringing together archivists, educators, technologists, entrepreneurs, producers, legal experts, and investors to explore the enormous promise offered by the availability of online video and television content.
tv
conference
archives
wiki
media
video
remix
september 2005 by rybesh
Motion Picture and Television Reading Room (Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress)
september 2005 by rybesh
The Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS) has responsibility for the acquisition, cataloging and preservation of the motion picture and television collections.
tv
archives
usa
media
sound
audio
video
cinema
september 2005 by rybesh
UCLA Film & Television Archive
september 2005 by rybesh
The Archive constitutes one of the largest collections of media materials in the United States - second only to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. - and the largest of any university in the world.
archives
usa
media
tv
cinema
september 2005 by rybesh
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
september 2005 by rybesh
The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news.
tv
news
archives
september 2005 by rybesh
molife.com.au
september 2005 by rybesh
mo:life aims to map the convergence of film, television, mobile, and the internet, and explore how the integration of these formats and networks can enable new narrative straits - new ways of telling stories.
mobile
tv
cinema
web
convergence
narrative
australia
september 2005 by rybesh
TV Anytime - WG Metadata
september 2005 by rybesh
The TV-Anytime Metadata Specification also allows describing segmented content. Segmentation Metadata is used to edit content for partial recording and non-linear viewing.
tv
metadata
timetags
audio
video
september 2005 by rybesh
TV Anytime - WG Content Referencing and Location
september 2005 by rybesh
To provide the capability desired by the consumer, the ability is needed to refer to content (in this example a series of programs) independent of its location, whether that location is on a particular broadcast channel on some date and time, or on a file
tv
standards
web
september 2005 by rybesh
Veoh Network, Inc. Building the Self Publishing Video Web . Television 2.0
august 2005 by rybesh
Veoh software, installed on PCs or Macs, creates a virtual television network, that is able to distribute TV-Quality, Full-Screen broadcast video to hundreds of millions of users with broadband internet connections.
web
tv
commercial
tools
timetags
video
august 2005 by rybesh
ONTV: Ideas Through Digital Content
august 2005 by rybesh
I/ON is an Internet Video Console that allows you to watch the web - accessing rich media content directly, on-demand.
web
tv
syndication
tools
august 2005 by rybesh
Critical Mention
august 2005 by rybesh
CriticalTV is a comprehensive web-based television search and monitoring service that allows users to search, track and view critical information from television news.
tv
search
video
web
august 2005 by rybesh
Berkeley Conference: Online Video and the Future of Television
july 2005 by rybesh
This one-day conference brings together archivists, educators, technologists, entrepreneurs, producers, legal experts, and investors to explore the enormous promise offered by the availability of online video and television content.
tv
future
ideas
conference
berkeley
unmediated
web
video
july 2005 by rybesh
The TV-Anytime Content Reference Identifier (CRID)
july 2005 by rybesh
The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) scheme "CRID:" has been devised to allow references to current or future scheduled publications of broadcast media content over television distribution platforms and the Internet.
tv
web
metadata
standards
july 2005 by rybesh
BBC - OpenSource
july 2005 by rybesh
This site provides information about and links to BBC open source projects.
code
media
tv
opensource
july 2005 by rybesh
Josh Paul: Digital Video Hacks
july 2005 by rybesh
From acquiring footage, mixing, editing, and adding effects to final distribution, Digital Video Hacks provides unique tips, tools, and techniques for every stage of video production.
books
2005
urn:asin:0596009461
wishlist
computers
interactive
technology
video
howto
tv
july 2005 by rybesh
Jay Leyda, Sergeii Mikhaiilovich Eisenstein: The Film Sense
june 2005 by rybesh
Though no book will make you a filmmaker, some will help you refine your vision...
books
1969
urn:asin:0156309351
wishlist
aesthetics
cinema
philosophy
art
tv
june 2005 by rybesh
Bill Mckibben: The Age of Missing Information
june 2005 by rybesh
If you became stranded in the wilderness could you build a fire without the aid of matches or a lighter? If your car breaks down can you fix it? Could you build a house or even a cabin? Do you have the necessary knowledge to grow a garden or recognize...
books
1993
urn:asin:0452269806
wishlist
mediastudies
nature
politics
socialaspects
sociology
usa
culture
tv
june 2005 by rybesh
Bruce Block: The Visual Story
june 2005 by rybesh
very well written, packed with information, essential for any filmmaker wannabe...
books
2001
urn:asin:0240804678
wishlist
cinematography
performingarts
technology
videorecording
art
tv
cinema
june 2005 by rybesh
The Thin Blue Line - The Complete Line-Up
june 2005 by rybesh
As a Brit I also find this a highly amusing series, and not least because there's a good ensemble cast - it's not just a vehicle for Rowan Atkinson to show off his talents...
cinema
2004
urn:asin:B0001JXP8E
wishlist
tv
june 2005 by rybesh
The Shape of Life
june 2005 by rybesh
This video is about the organisms in the animal kingdom grouped according to their common ancestry and assemblage of traits defined as: " phylum"...
cinema
2002
urn:asin:B000066JRC
wishlist
nature
tvseries
tv
june 2005 by rybesh
Ramesh Jain: IPTV will bring FolkTV
june 2005 by rybesh
Multimedia information retrieval research community and the practicing video retrieval community are poles apart. They are developing more or less disjoint approaches.
multimedia
search
tv
convergence
june 2005 by rybesh
Rip, rig & panic. Enabling creativity: the user experience
april 2005 by rybesh
"Firms in publishing, music, film, television, gaming, software, and hardware are increasingly understanding that much of the most exciting media work in the world today is being... facilitated by the creative wisdom of information or library science."
media
cinema
music
tv
games
hardware
code
library
commons
msmdx
quote
commercial
creative
april 2005 by rybesh
Open Media Network
april 2005 by rybesh
OMN is a free public service designed to help you enjoy a broad selection of movies, public TV and radio, video blogs and podcasts. Enter personal tags to organize programs in your own categories.
audio
media
video
opensource
p2p
tv
grid
msmdx
social
metadata
april 2005 by rybesh
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