This week it is all hands on deck as Steve, Jonathan, and Andrew discuss the second golden age of television, how the concept of “flow” fits into it, and whether the consumer is cheated by those who own “that last mile.” Come along as we return to our first “traditional” episode of the new year and please join us for what we feel is a riveting round table discussion.
Stuart Allan’s essay on Raymond Williams and The Culture of Televisual Flow: link
From Wired: The Science Behind What You’ll Watch Next on Netflix (2013): link
About Comcast Quietly Implementing Data Caps: link
More about Data Caps from ARS Technica: link
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- typical television programming schedule
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- Scholar Raymond Williams (attribution: The Raymond Williams Society)
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- Brandon Tartikoff (1949-1997), former president of NBC from 1980-1991, sets the flow during the early 1980s. (attribution: Alchetron)
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- RCN Telecom’s explanation to its consumers about the system of programming flow
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- Xavier Amatriain and Carlos Gomez-Uribe of Netflix. (attribution: Cody Pickens)
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- Today’s flow
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