Here’s the BBC promoting its iPlayer service, trying to attract a younger audience.
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TV: not what it was
Here’s the BBC promoting its iPlayer service, trying to attract a younger audience.
Title sequences
Of course there is a searchable web site that interviews designers about the title sequences they create for TV series. Only a real geek would follow that link. Here is the interview that covers a personal favourite: Mad Men. “AMC had all kinds of issues with having someone falling from a skyscraper.”
How to stop honking
A reminder that people are spending more and more time stuck in traffic, and that radio and TV traffic reports cut through like crazy. Call Dave to book a roadblock campaign on ATN. 9388 7844.
Season 17
Well you guys are supposed to be the writing team: hasn’t anybody got any fresh ideas?
Westworld at SXSW
HBO blitzed it at SXSW, successfully promoting the new series of Westworld by busing fans and journalists to a replica Sweetwater in the dead of night. From the BI article about it: HBO hired a cast of 60 actors, six stuntpeople, five bands, and six horses to bring “Westworld” to life. A script for the 90-minute experience is more than 440 pages long.
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