Cable television is an enormous step up and has changed the televison viewing world. What was origianally invented so people in rural parts of the country could watch the news becasue high mountains would block their signal has spread world wide and is now making a mass amount of money from cable subsribers. With every different cable provider there are different perks for signing up paying the monthly bill and most of time commiting to a contract with the provider.
Cable television provides hundreds of channels ranging from news, sports, cooking, music, movies, sitcoms, comedies, public access, weather, cartoons and reallity TV. This is one of the main reasons people subscribe to receive cable. Another reason is for strictly entertainment purposes and to not feel left out socially and missing out on something.
The advancments of cable televison also include HD telivision and in with some subscriptions there is a "start over" option which is being able to start over a show that has already started and watch it in full form with out a tivo or DVR.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Lucas's Blog chapter 5
Perosnally sitcoms are my second favorite form of television behind sports of course. I like the act of following a story line from week to week and getting so into the show that you sometimes feel a relationship or bond to the characters. Specifically i like "The Office" and when i was younger i enjoyed watching "Boy Meets World" both are and were popular sitcoms that were played every week on the same day and same time.
The viewing audience are the ones who choose what is on TV based on channel and show ratings that are accumulated throughout the seasons of the shows. Sitcoms are watched because they usually include comedy and some kind of conflict the actors need to resolve. They are popular because viewers can find relations to a charactor or relate there family activities to what the sitcom family does.
Sitcom shows have always been popular starting with "i love lucy" (1952-55; 1956-57) "the beverly hillbillies", " the andy griffith show" to seinfeld (1994-1998) and "the office". Aslong as there are family sitcoms and families watching these sitcoms they will star relevant and popular.
The viewing audience are the ones who choose what is on TV based on channel and show ratings that are accumulated throughout the seasons of the shows. Sitcoms are watched because they usually include comedy and some kind of conflict the actors need to resolve. They are popular because viewers can find relations to a charactor or relate there family activities to what the sitcom family does.
Sitcom shows have always been popular starting with "i love lucy" (1952-55; 1956-57) "the beverly hillbillies", " the andy griffith show" to seinfeld (1994-1998) and "the office". Aslong as there are family sitcoms and families watching these sitcoms they will star relevant and popular.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Lucas's Blog chapter 4
The way companys advertise has changed significantly in the last ten to fifteen years with the increase in technology. In the past the most popular forms of advertising were through radio commercials and on billboards. The advertisment world has recently switched from radio and billboard advertisements to television commercials and ads on popular websites because these are what are most frequantly viewed.
The biggest player in early advertisement was without a doubt Clear Channel Communications during the year of 1995 they only owned 39 radio stations which by law was all they could own but the telecommunications act of 1996 allowed them to buy and own as many as they wanted. By the year 2000 they had already owned over 1,000 stations and had eventually increased to over 1,200 stations, tripling the nearest competitor. They were also the wolrs largest billboard company the nations largest live music concert promoter, an operator of an athlete management firm owned 56 TV stations and an investor in 240 international radio stations.
Radio was the original advertising source because in the past that is all people had for entertainment besides a local news paper or a board game. There were radio shows that were anticapated and listened to at certain time on a sceduled day much like there are television shows sceduled for our entertainment.
The biggest player in early advertisement was without a doubt Clear Channel Communications during the year of 1995 they only owned 39 radio stations which by law was all they could own but the telecommunications act of 1996 allowed them to buy and own as many as they wanted. By the year 2000 they had already owned over 1,000 stations and had eventually increased to over 1,200 stations, tripling the nearest competitor. They were also the wolrs largest billboard company the nations largest live music concert promoter, an operator of an athlete management firm owned 56 TV stations and an investor in 240 international radio stations.
Radio was the original advertising source because in the past that is all people had for entertainment besides a local news paper or a board game. There were radio shows that were anticapated and listened to at certain time on a sceduled day much like there are television shows sceduled for our entertainment.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Lucas's blog chapter 3
Music is a huge part of my life and i love it. Music plays a major part on my day and i am constantly listening to it singing it and finding about new about new music that i will look up and listen to later. My love for music started at a young age from recieving cd's for holidays and birthdays and has extended to the new age of downloading music from websites on the internet.
Music is so much easier to listen to in this time because it is so easily obtainable online and with that there are alot more artists that are getting noticed and signed because they independently put there music on the internet and get noticed. When you are on the internet there are free samples of music everywhere whether it be a ringtone/ringback tone or an artist trying to get noticed.
My parents grew up listening to records and 8 tracks they call me spoiled because i can take any song that i want and put it on an mp3 player instead of having to listen to the entire record to have to get to listen to the song they want same thing with the 8 track players
Music is so much easier to listen to in this time because it is so easily obtainable online and with that there are alot more artists that are getting noticed and signed because they independently put there music on the internet and get noticed. When you are on the internet there are free samples of music everywhere whether it be a ringtone/ringback tone or an artist trying to get noticed.
My parents grew up listening to records and 8 tracks they call me spoiled because i can take any song that i want and put it on an mp3 player instead of having to listen to the entire record to have to get to listen to the song they want same thing with the 8 track players
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