Guglielmo Marconi – Son of Italy

In honor of Columbus Day, a note about Guglielmo Marconi, known for the development of the radio telegraph. Marconi was the first to be recognized for transmitting radio signals over long distances. He went on to build high powered radio stations on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The US division of his company went on to become what was once known as RCA. The broadcasting division of RCA lives on as the NBC division of NBC-Universal, Inc.

EW Forgets “Supertrain”

In the January 29th issue of Entertainment Weekly there is an article “TV’s 50 Biggest Bombs Ever”. (Sorry, it’s only in the print edition.) Well it looks like there is no one over the age of thirty at EW, because they left out NBC’s Supertrain, one of TV’s most expensive bombs ever !

Pretty As A Peacock; The Almost Broadcasting Company

In an unusual alignment of the moon (currently full) and the rest of the univers(al), it looks like GE and Vivendi have agreed on how much ($5.8 billion) NBCU is worth, paving the way for the media giant’s sale to Comcastic.

Over at the Meatball network, the move backward toward it’s first incarnation, the Almost Broadcasting Company, continues with the confirmation that Mike Shaw, the President of Sales and Marketing will be stepping down from his current role at the end of the year.

As both these events occurred on the same day, I should be saying that media divergence continues, but the first instance is a big fish eating a little fish and the second instance is just what happens when you have a “mature” business. (Just read that as “past it’s prime.”)