Slip
In a shocking violation of company policy, Channel Sux's John "J-Pa" Knicely referred to wowt.com as a "homepage," rather than a "web channel" during Monday's 4 p.m. newscast. Knicely done!
Contagious
At this time of year, apparently, TV meteorologists get the itch to make predictions months in advance. We thought such hubris only oozed from Channel Sux's Jim Flowers, but Sunday night showed that KETVNewswatch7's chief weather-guesser, Bill Randby had caught the same bug.Randby's "Winter Forecast," in fact, looked like it had been ripped straight from Jim's script of a week or two ago. La Nina
Selective Highs?
An alert reader raises interesting questioins below. See what you think.Having watched both 42 and 6 last night, I'm sorry that I did. I noticed that there is sometimes a nasty discrepancy between weather related high temperatures that both Pearsol and Flowers give to the viewing public regarding the high temperature of the day. Last night's instance of this was 42 giving us the recorded high
Breaking
We have received more than one report that a news director at Channel 3rd has been relieved of duty. One alert reader alluded to a "bloodbath" there today.Details will appear as they make their way to us.
File This Under "Improvements"
KMTV reporter Kayla Thomas, whose shortcomings have been alluded to elsewhere on these pages, has requested and received reassignment to an off-air position. From what we're told, she'll now be handling marketing and promotions for the station. The only question left unanswered is whether she'll turn her collection ridiculous-looking hats over to reporter Michelle Bandur, who has also been known
Kumar Leaving Channel 7
KETV reporter Reggie Kumar is leaving the station to return to his native California. Word is that he has no job lined up but just hates it at 7, even though it's considered by many to be Omaha's most pleasant newsroom to work in.
Are Your Ready for Some Madden?
So excited were we about the impending departure of WOWT's Pat Persaud, that we devoted little time to her designated successor, Tracy Madden. Madden is one of our favorite anchors, although her profile has been diminished in the last year or so, first with her maternity leave and then by virtue of her anchoring duties being limited to the 4 p.m. newscast and sporadic fill-ins for Pat.We honestly
How to get your family on Google TV
Best of Google TV series
The best part is that we can all slump on the sofa and re-live the best moments on my TV whenever we want, because it's powered by Google TV. In the not-so-distant past, your family would only get on TV if they were (un)lucky enough to get onto a TV show. More recently, you would have to find the right lead, plug your high-end camera into your TV and navigate though impossible menus and settings.
Now, you don't need any fancy equipment to do this, either. My preference is to do a little editing, then save the best photos and videos to a Picasa Web Album, which I can do straight from my phone. Using the Gallery app on my TV, which syncs to Picasa, I immediately have a slide-show on a 46" photo-frame right in the living room. We've had a lot of fun using Picnik to add silly effects to our photos.
I tend to upload the very best videos to YouTube, so that the world can share my family insanity. Watching these in Leanback mode on TV makes it feel like we've almost got our own TV channel – it's even in HD, which is pretty incredible for something recorded on a phone.
The most important point is that you don't need to use the same services I do. Because Google TV has a full web browser, it can access any website you want to use. For example Flickr looks great on the big screen and Vimeo Couch Mode is optimized for viewing on Google TV.
When I say you can get your family on TV, I mean all of them, wherever they are in the world. If you have the Logitech TV Cam, you can video chat with friends and family on the big screen (no more huddling around a tiny laptop screen).
Posted by Ambarish Kenghe (AK), Product Management Team
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