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    On-screen caller ID = The Clapper
    March 30th, 2008 by Seth Shapiro

    Every 18 months, someone trumpets Caller ID displayed on TV (an easy task for a cable modem or DSL obviously) as the long-awaited killer app of interactive TV

    If this were true, then (to paraphrase James Carville) the digital TV industry would be the most expensive act of masturabation since Ross Perot’s candidacy.

    We have cordless phones now. And, really, you can look at your phone while you watch TV.

    Other than your boss, Caller on TV is not interesting to anyone on Earth.



    Posted: March 30th, 2008 under » Media.
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    Thanks Betsy and Kris of Kroncast
    December 29th, 2007 by Seth Shapiro

    For the nice review of ARC’s Keen on Media interview with Ken Hertz.



    Posted: December 29th, 2007 under » Events.
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    Eight months goes fast when you’re launching a network
    December 15th, 2007 by Seth Shapiro

    And doing a bunch of other work as well. Since I last posted we launched ARC: The A&R Channel, a long-time vision of a new generation of music programming for the digital media age. We’re currently in 15,000,000 homes via Comcast and there will be plenty to say about ARC in the coming months. In the mean time, if you are a Comcast Digital subscriber please go to ON Demand/Music/ARC and check us out. Thanks.



    Posted: December 15th, 2007 under » Editorial, » Media.
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