Media Convergence on a Whole New Level

A lot of people like having the ability to watch their favorite television shows on the internet. But would people want to be able to surf the web on their television sets? Some industries are trying to find the technology to make this possible. While other industries such as Sony is against this new movement of media Convergence. "Consumers don’t want an Internet-like experience with their TVs, and we’re really not focused on bringing anything other than Internet video or widgets to our sets right now,” said Greg Belloni, a spokesman for Sony. I agree with the spokesman for a couple of reasons. One, when people come home from a long day, most people just want to relax and watch television with just a click of a button. Personally when I surf the web, it feels like work because the only time I really search the web is when I have a project or an assignment. Two, if you're able to access the internet on your television set than you're able to get viruses on your television set as well. People already get pissed when their cable goes out or if their satellite signal goes out. Just imagine if people start getting viruses on their televisions, it would be nothing but chaos. Finally, these televisions will be expensive because of it's capabilities. People will be better off buying a computer and a television seperately from each other. I know everybody isn't cheap like me but I'm sure that they will agree with me on this one.

Chris Brown

If you haven't heard, Chris Brown was arrested Sunday for assaulting Rihanna. But all the facts haven't been provided as to why he assaulted her. I'm glad that for once the media hasn't blown this out of proportion even though it is very cowardly for a man to assault a woman. A couple of radio stations such as 95.1 did a good job clearing up some of the rumors that have been floating around. There was a rumor saying that Rihanna gave Chris Brown a sexually transmitted diease, but 95.1 did good stating that there wasn't a source to prove this rumor true. All the media from what I have seen have just stated that Chris Brown was arrested and left it at that pretty much. It is surprising that Chris Brown did this because he was a good role model for kids. He was never in trouble and he was almost like the modern day Michael Jackson. Above all else, I really hope Rihanna is okay because she was hospitalized as a result of the incident. This incident may destroy Chris Brown's career and his image to the public. Chris Brown and Rihanna haven't spoken about the incident. I think this is very good, so the media won't try to put false information out there about them.

The Football Game of the Year

If you missed the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. the Arizona Cardinals for the Super Bowl Sunday, then you missed an exciting game. According to Nielsen Media Research, the Super Bowl this past Sunday was the most watched Super Bowl in history. I was surprised to hear this because the Steelers were heavily favored to beat the Cardinals. That’s exactly how it started out. The Steelers were beating the Cardinals 20 to 7 at the beginning of the fourth quarter. I was about to turn my television off and go chill until the Cardinals fought back with everything they had. I believe the reason why this Super Bowl will be remembered for a long time is because of the big plays. Steelers’ James Harrison set the Super Bowl record for the longest play with his 100 yard interception return right before the half. Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald who has been a beast this postseason, scored twice. One was a jump ball between him and Ike Taylor. The other was a 64 yard catch and run touchdown that gave the Cardinals the lead with a little more than two minutes left on the clock. The most talked about play was made by Steelers’ Santonio Holmes. Holmes made a marvelous catch in the back of the endzone that won the game for the Steelers. With all the big plays that were made this game, I guess that I shouldn’t be surprised that this was the most watched Super Bowl ever.

Media Convergence

Media convergence is becoming very popular these days. Media convergence is the combining of two different types of the amss media. Thsi is a great technique because it is very use ful and enertaining. Being able to watch your favorite tv shows on the internet is benefical for those who don't own a Tivo. Media companies are making a lot of money because people are watching vidoes with advertisments attached to them. The research firm, eMarketer forecasts a 45 percent gain in online video spending in 2009. this shows the sharp rise in video production for the web. Discovery is taking advantage of the media convergence between television and the internet. Discovery has countless footage of animal clips. Discovery's archive located in Sterling, Va., contains 1.3 million tapes of old episodes. So when the producer wants to clip something from from the tapes, the tape is taken to the editing center and a digital copy is created. Discovery allows you to watch certain shows from the netwrk. But they've been making profits by making video clips of animal attacks. I'm pretty sure for years to come, there willl be a lot of mass mediums combining.

Willis Mcgahee

The rivalry between the Ravens and Steelers has always been a sight for hard, violent hitting game and Sunday was nothing short of it. But during the excitement, there was a scary moment for everybody watching when Willis Mcgahee took a devastating hit from the safety Ryan Clark. I think the broadcasters and the whole network did a great job covering the situation. While Mcgahee was still on the ground, the network didn’t go to one commercial at all. There has been numerous times when the network will go to commercial while someone is unconscious on the ground. There also has been some instances when broadcasters will continue to talk about the down and situation, how much time is left in the quarter, what needs to be done, who might get fired after the game, etc.; all the while someone is seriously hurt. But the broadcasters for the game did a great job remaining people that this is just a football game and that someone’s health is far more important than a football game. Mcgahee was moving his arms and legs around slightly but wasn’t able to stand up. The medical staff had to cart Mcgahee off of the field. We still don’t know the severity of his neck injury but hopefully it’s not serious. The broadcasters and the whole network deserve props for the great job they did.

Donovan Mcnabb

No quarterback has been more scrutinized this season then Donovan Mcnabb. After getting off to a slow start, the Eagles follow that up with inconsistent play. Then there came the Cincinnati Bengals game in which the end result of the game was tie. That’s when the press started to heavily criticize the way Mcnabb was playing and for Mcnabb admitting that he didn’t know that a tie existed in the National Football League. Next week got no better when the Eagles went against the Baltimore Ravens. In that game Mcnabb was benched halfway through the third quarter only trailing by five points. Mcnabb followed that benching with some of the best performances in his career. The Eagles would go on to go four and one over the span of five games, to sneak their ways into the playoffs. In the wild card game, the Eagles defeated the Minnesota Vikings on the road to advance to the divisional playoffs. In the divisional round, they faced the Super Bowl Champions: New York Giants. The Giants were heavily favored to win because of the familiarity between the teams and because they were the champs. The Eagles went into the Meadowlands and outplayed the Giants in every facet of the game leaving the country in shock. Now the Eagles are only one game from the Super Bowl. There’s an old saying “the quarterback gets too much of the blame when the team loses, and the quarterback gets too much of the credit when the team wins”. This saying is especially true with Donovan Mcnabb.

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