Blog 2- The Future of Radio/TV

http://searchengineland.com/google-buzz-takes-on-twitter-facebook-foursquare-35673

Google Buzz

Google Buzz is a new website created by Google and used through Gmail that allows people to share anything from pictures to news in real time. This is an instant connection to friends and others that you communicate with to learn about everything that’s going on. It is very similar to Facebook and Twitter and yet it combines all of these into one. A person can converse about a link and recommend it to others.

This will impact the industry because it brings all media into one. Buzz is connected to Twitter and other sites that are very popular at the moment. Plus, since it is in real time, people can get information and news faster than they could if they were waiting for the 5 o’clock news.

It will impact the audience because they can interact with anyone around the world in real time and learn and talk about anything going on. It will keep people updated with the latest news about the world and their personal lives.

Buzz.google.com mentions that the user can decide who they want to see the information whether with everyone or just a small group of friends. It also mentions how the notifications will be sent straight to the Gmail inbox with easy access to responding.

The book talks about how social-networking has become a very popular trend. It talks about MySpace and Facebook having millions of members. Google Buzz will most likely become just as largely used because it compacts such sites into one. People can access all sites and link it back to Buzz and share it with their friends. (Media Programming, pg 321)

Blog 1- The Future of Radio/TV

http://www.tonic.com/article/vizio-brings-internet-apps-to-tv/

Vizio

Vizio has invented a television that has applications for the internet. One can be in front of their tv set and go on sites such as Twitter, Pandora, and Facebook without needing to be hooked up to a computer. The product comes with a full QWERTY keyboard so one can type just as they would on a regular computer.

This is an improvement for the industry. Everything is connected via a HDTV. Companies can advertise for something and a viewer can go straight to the internet and look up more information without moving. With this new technology, the future may be seeing less sales in computers, especially desktop computers.

This is a huge change for how people will access the internet. People won’t have to leave their seat to find out information, listen to music, and update their Facebook status. It allows the audience to multitask easier than before.

If one registers their TV with Amazon on Demand, they will have access to thousands of movies without having to download anything. This will be sure to change how people access their movies and may even cause video rental stores to be shut down. (http://hubpages.com/hub/VIZIO-HDTV-with-Internet-Apps-News-and-Review)

The book mentions how network television works with the internet to provide a greater attention span for the audience with something called made-for-online programming. Networks use the internet as a way to keep the audience interested in watching the show from week to week with behind the scenes clips and online voting. With Vizio’s technology people wont even need to look things up on the computer but rather they can watch these bonus clips right on their computer. (Media Programming, pg 332)

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