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In computer news
this week //2009 The
integration of computers and television ; it’s going to happen so we
might as well get used to it. A
few weeks ago I watched the live Michael Jackson ceremony on CNN, and I
became aware of all the tv programs you can now watch on your computer. The
CNN live website Cnn Live lets you watch several live or
rebroadcasts of CNN programs.
I’ve
started watching this while I do my exercises, instead of turning on the tv.
If you see a CNN live show that will be airing later on, you can set a
reminder so that you can watch it. So
I got to wondering what other TV programs can you watch on your computer, and
there’s a whole lot. Let’s
start with the tradition tv networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC. At
ABC - http://beta.abc.go.com/shows
right now I can watch soap opera previews .. On
All my Children I can take a sneak peek and find out the JR thinks Annie is
getting away with murder. On
General Hospital a rekindled romance drives a wedge between mother and son And
on One life to Live Stacy is having her baby … At
NBC I can see their programming schedule, as well as watch partial videos of
their shows, like Friday Night Lights, but I have to watch a commercial each
time I do that.:
I
don’t see any live video here, but there’s a ton of stuff to look
at and watch. On
CBS I can watch a highlight of John and Kate’s Season return, but again
I have to watch a commercial before I can see it.
The
live video – or almost live – they offer is to watch a rebroadcast of yesterday’s CBS
evening news. Been
there – done that – commercial tv is still pretty much a vast
wasteland Turning
to other networks, I find that PBS http://www.pbs.org
actually lets you watch whole shows without having to get inundated with
commercials.
Under
their Watch Video Tab, there’s a big selection of shows you can watch
online, and pick shows from the series. I could watch a whole hour of
Antiques road show from Hartford Conn, a variety of Bill Moyer’s
programs, Frontline episodes, and many others. I
can even watch a short video of
Garrison Keillor – the man on the radio in the red shoes, from the American
Masters series. On
a more local tv station, I can watch Northwest Cable News www.nwcn.com and see a video of the
Blue Angels in Seattle last weekend actually departing Seattle. This is
SO cool – they even taxi on the runway and take off in tight formation,
but again I have to watch a commercial to see it. What
is it about commercial television – don’t they get the message
consumers have had it with watching commercials ? And
I know that one day soon – the television and the computer will become
a single home entertainment device – along with the radio, music player
and game station, and we’ll be telling our grandkids about how we
watched black and white mono tv, even before remote controls were invented. Grandpa,
tell me ‘bout the good old days |
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