NZ on Screen: An Archive of Aotearoa New Zealand Screen Culture
"In 2007 NZ On Air initiated the NZ On Screen project as an integral part of its digital strategy. Since 1989 NZ On Air has funded over 15,000 hours of local television production. Much of this content, as well as thousands more hours supported by broadcasters, film investors and other funding sources, is not easily accessible to the public.
NZ On Screen is unlocking the treasure chest, providing access to the wealth of television, film, music video and new media produced in NZ, along with knowledgeable background information."
(New Zealand on Screen)
Fig.1 Murphy, G. (1981). Goodbye Pork Pie. Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Film.
Fig.2 Tamahori, L. (1994). Once Were Warriors. Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand Film Commission
Fig.3 Ballantyne, A. (2009). The Strength of Water. Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Film.
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R&D on 'Super Hi-Vision' television in Japan
"This article briefly describes the current status of R&D on the 'Super Hi-Vision' television system in Japan. The R&D efforts on Super Hi-Vision are intended to explore the next-generation television system to succeed HDTV at some point in the future, and it consists of ultra-HD images and three-dimensional multichannel sound. The conceptual ideas behind the research project and the status of the technological developments are described. The collaboration between various EBU Members and NHK is also mentioned."
(Masayuki Sugawara, 2008, EBU Technical Review)
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Marshall McLuhan Foresees The Global Village
"Marshall McLuhan's insights made the concept of a global village, interconnected by an electronic nervous system, part of our popular culture well before it actually happened.
Marshall McLuhan was the first person to popularize the concept of a global village and to consider its social effects. His insights were revolutionary at the time, and fundamentally changed how everyone has thought about media, technology, and communications ever since. McLuhan chose the insightful phrase 'global village' to highlight his observation that an electronic nervous system (the media) was rapidly integrating the planet -- events in one part of the world could be experienced from other parts in real-time, which is what human experience was like when we lived in small villages.
McLuhan's second best known insight is summarized in the expression 'the medium is the message', which means that the qualities of a medium have as much effect as the information it transmits. For example, reading a description of a scene in a newspaper has a very different effect on someone than hearing about it, or seeing a picture of it, or watching a black and white video, or watching a colour video. McLuhan was particularly fascinated by the medium of television, calling it a 'cool' medium, noting its soporific effect on viewers. He took great satisfaction years later when medical studies showed that TV does in fact cause people to settle into passive brain wave patterns. One wonders what McLuhan would make of the Internet?"
(Bill Stewart, 2000)
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KeyHoleTV: P2P broadcast technology
"With super-low load P2P communication, "KeyHoleTV" enables you to watch TV programmes of any country via Internet. The software was developed under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' programme for "Development of Next Generation P2P Content Distribution System" and it is compliant to Windows XP/Vista, Windows Mobile, Mac OS and Linux."
(gigazine.net, 08 April 2009)
[The technology includes clients for both viewing and broadcasting video content over the Internet.]
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YouTube TV Shows and Movie Channels
"In a move that's obviously a shot across the bow of Hulu, YouTube has announced that visitors can now view 'thousands of television episodes and hundreds of movies' instantly through the site from partners like Crackle, CBS, MGM, Lionsgate, and Starz. Visitors can access the TV show and movie content via the site's newly added Shows menu tab. In addition, YouTube members can subscribe to partner channels to be notified of any newly added content."
(Alexander Grundner, 20 April 2009)
[This must inevitably undermine the efforts of 'old media' to close the gap between broadcast and online distribution.]
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