by Rob Cottingham | Nov 13, 2005 | Media Mix, Politics, Technology
Political geeks — er, make that “civic-minded Canadians” — have a new resource to while away the hours between poring over riding boundaries and poll-by-poll results. CPAC, the Canadian Public Affairs Channel, is now offering some of its... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 31, 2005 | Comedy, Media Mix, Politics
Despite the news of Terminal City’s demise, not all of the media headlines are gloomy on this Hallowe’en Monday. From the Comedy Network, news that the Colbert Report will soon be part of our late-night lives: The most compelling fake news timeslot on TV... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 28, 2005 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Media Mix
I came into work this morning to learn that our faces had been plastered all over last night’s broadcast of Survivor, as Global promotes tonight’s 5:30 newscast and their featured story, “Will the VCR get the heave-ho in favour of TiVo?”... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 21, 2005 | Blogging, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Technology
It’s not quite the revolution… but it’s certainly new. Screenwriter John Rogers adapted the Warren Ellis comic Global Frequency for television, and garnered enough interest from WB to shoot a pilot episode. (Here in Vancouver, no less. Thanks for the...