Broadcasting: November 2005 Archives

My DIRECTV HD TiVo has died. Less than a year and a half old, some sort of hard drive failure has occurred. Until it is replaced; there are only two TV shows I'll be able to keep up with, thanks to ABC and the iTunes Music Store.

"May you live in interesting times." So goes the so-called ancient Chinese curse. These are very interesting times in the television broadcast industry. The field is changing, in much the same way the music industry has changed. At issue: the effects of new models of content distribution.