Broadcast News

(Video) Sky News Enters the U.S. and Canada via Web Subscription

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.02.2012

Andy Plesser

Sky News, the U.K.-based global, satellite news channel is avialable in the United States for the first time, via Livestation, the London-based agreg...

Politico Planning Big Slate of Web Video Shows (Video)

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.09.2012

Andy Plesser

WASHINGTON -- Seeing an emerging playing field where Internet delivered video news will eventually be on par with cable, Politico will broadly expand...

BBC Global News Chief: "Video is Becoming the Mainstay of our Digital Platforms" (video)

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.05.2012

Andy Plesser

LONDON --  As the cost of bandwidth decreases, video is becoming the "mainstay" of the BBC's global news offering via its digital platforms, says...

On the Culture Front: Park Avenue Winter and Broadcast News on DVD

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Kompanek

Park Avenue Winter is an explosion of the senses that is felt from the moment you step through its elegant doors.

Broadcast News: Love, Truth and Television

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Patricia Zohn

2011-01-18-BroadcastNews_image_01.jpgA legendary film captured the battle over the soul of news and the women and men who delivered it.

Movie Review: How Do You Know

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

The world is divided between givers and takers - you know who you are - who often get matched up with each other in the same unfortunate ways as the c...

Movie Review: Morning Glory

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

Morning Glory is a romantic comedy in all the ways that matter except the most important: It rarely provides the humor it promises. It's like a soufflé that never rises.

LITERARY DEBUT: Filmmaker Albert Brooks Takes Us Into The Near Future

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

In his feature films, Albert Brooks has traveled across the country (almost eventually) and to the afterlife, so for his first novel, there was only o...

I Got the Broadcast Blues

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Marty Kaplan

If you care about the quality of democracy, you have to care about the quality of local TV news -- even if you don't watch it.

New World News Tonight

Steve Proffitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Proffitt

An exclusive sneak peak at what ABC's World News Tonight will look like after the News Division completes its transition to a leaner and meaner "digit...

Obama Salutes Walter Cronkite At Memorial Service

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — By all accounts, Walter Cronkite would have loved the war stories swapped and memories rekindled at his memorial service. All that was mi...

The End of An Era. And That's the Way It Was. Walter Chronkite.

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Michelle Kraus

Cronkite heralded an age that ha fallen by the wayside for ratings. The bitter irony is that the issues are as compelling today as they were fifty years ago, and we hunger for information and commentary that we can trust.

The "Just Say NO-Bama Campaign": Part 1 - Where Have All the News Editors Gone?

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 05.25.2011

Kimberly Krautter

I am deeply concerned that the rules of engagement have been irresponsibly relaxed under the pressure to compete for the scoops, exclusives and gotcha-quotes-of-the-day.

WNET's Neal Shapiro: Video Journalism Will Succeed Online with "Truth and Integrity"

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

I spoke with Neal Shapiro, the president and CEO of WNET/Thirteen in New York. We covered the changing nature of video journalism and the opportunities for WNET and PBS online.

My Experiment With Rep. Robert Wexler on Fixing A Media Flaw That Angers Many Viewers/Listeners

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Rob Kall

My solution that could set a precedent for how the mainstream media handle unfinished interviews and resolve unanswered questions.