Is Television Over?

March 18th, 2008 by Maggie · 2 Comments

A feature in The Times on Sunday wants to know: Is television over? They point to the “television experience” that has fundementally changed since the TV boom in the 1980s. TiVo and other video on demand services – be they big networks like Hulu or niche vlogs – mean that audiences are [...]

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Hulu Goes Public

March 12th, 2008 by Maggie · 7 Comments

Hulu goes public today after being in invite-only beta testing since August. The much-discussed partnership between NewsCorp and NBC Universal is a video on demand service that brings users ad-supported streams of TV shows from NBC, Fox, Bravo, and other popular channels. Unfortunately, it’s currently not available outside the US, but Hulu execs [...]

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Music as a Social Experience

March 12th, 2008 by Maggie · 1 Comment

Well, I thought it’s time to introduce myself on the RMM blog, so I just want to give everyone a big American hug (we do that there) and say thanks for having me on such a fantastic team. I’m a sophomore at NYU studying “Media, Culture, and Communication” and French and I’m studying here [...]

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