Tag: dvd
HAROLD PINTER: TV HISTORIES AND LEGACIES by Jonathan Bignell
Harold Pinter died ten years ago, and the anniversary is being recognised this summer by a season...
Read MoreWHERE DO I POINT THIS THING? by Geoff Lealand
I guess we have all had the experience of pointing a remote device at the wrong point of focus, and wondered why nothing was appearing on the screen. Or having sat on the TV remote accidentally, to create mayhem on the screen....
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VHS RIP by Brett Mills
Is VHS essential to the study of television? This is a debate I’m currently engaged in with the...
Read MoreREACTING TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE COMEBACK AND WEB THERAPY by Jennifer O’Meara
For many, Lisa Kudrow will forever be associated with Friends (NBC, 1994-2004), the epitome of conservative network television. And yet, with both The Comeback (HBO, 2005; 2014) and Web Therapy (L Studio; Showtime: 2008—), the...
Read MoreMUSIC IN DVD AND ON DEMAND – SOUNDS THE SAME? by Liz Giuffre
At the moment I’m editing a book on Music in Comedy Television. As part of the project I decided to go back to iconic pieces of comedy television I remember having had a musical impact, starting with 80s sitcoms (judge me, go...
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MAKING THE UNMISSABLE OWNABLE: ADVENTURES IN THE BBC STORE by Richard Wallace
Although starting its operations as a commercial venture in November 2015, the new online BBC...
Read MoreWHAT’S IN STORE? by Richard Hewett
Providing a certain sense of symmetry, my first blog of the academic year returns to the same theme I examined way back in July, when I looked at options for bringing ‘old’ TV into the digital age. Earlier this month saw the...
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