Sad News in the world of T.V. According to TMZ, James Gandolfini star of “The Sopranos” passed away today from a heart attack at teh age of 51.
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In Memoriam: James Gandolfini (1961-2013)
To my incredible shock and dismay. It has been revealed that whilst on holiday in Rome, Italy. James Gandolfini has passed away from a heart attack at age 51. The beloved actor who played iconic mobster Tony Soprano in HBO’s “The Sopranos” (1999), will be sorely missed by fans of the show and the silver screen alike.
A veteran of the entertainment business, Gandolfini had been circulating Hollywood in films such as Crimson Tide, and True Romance, when he landed the epochal role of a mobster suffering from panic attacks. Played to perfection, Gandolfini humanised Tony Soprano, through his stoic demeanour and emotional tenses that allowed audiences to empathise with a person who would otherwise be considered a monster. “The Sopranos” had challenged the family convention while stirring perspectives on society’s moral code.
HBO released a statement saying: “We’re all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the loss…
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Peering pressure: The secret battle to control the future of the internet
There is a fierce battle going on to control the future of the internet, and consumers are the innocent bystanders.
Reports have been filtering in during the last few days that consumers on Verizon (s vz) and Time Warner Cable’s (s twc) network are experiencing degraded service when they try to watch Netflix or YouTube videos. It may seem trite to whine about someone’s Arrested Development episode buffering, but the real issue is how big ISPs are trying to remake the agreements that underpin how the internet works.
As they do so, they are taking agreements that used to be negotiated by engineers based on web traffic and changing them into disputes negotiated behind closed doors in boardrooms, executives fighting over who has access to the end consumer. This could fundamentally change the way the internet works — making it more expensive to do business and erecting unnecessary barriers…
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Arrested Attention Span
Like a lot of people, I go through indulging binges on Netflix. Most of the time it’s because I have a deadline that I’m choosing to ignore. And others, it’s because I just need to power off my brain. To veg and do nothing and let a story unfold before me. A healthier way of doing this is of course reading (which I’ve been doing much more of recently). But when your eyes are tired, you still have the warmth of the shower trapped underneath your pj’s and that work you started before dinner says in a quiet voice: “It’s okay if you start again tomorrow,” it’s hard to not comply.
I promise myself that I’ll only watch two episodes of something per day. But if I’m not careful, if I’m feeling particularly down, lazy, and overall uninterested in what I should be doing, I go overboard. I end up watching half…
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Netflix, DreamWorks Animation Reach Massive Deal, DreamWorks Will Produce 1,200 TV Episodes In Five Years, 300 Hours On Streaming Video Service
Streaming video service Netflix and DreamWorks Animation have reached a massive agreement on original content and the latter company has taken even greater measures to become a big television player, according to Deadline.
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DreamWorks and Netflix Create More Competition for Cable TV
The major reasons for subscribing to cable TV are the original programs available on basic and premium cable channels and to watch live sports. One of those reasons may fade away soon enough as DreamWorks and Netflix are the latest to get into creating streaming programming outside of the normal cable TV sphere.
More from the New York Times:
In a multiyear deal announced early on Monday, DreamWorks Animation will supply a torrent of new episodic TV programs to the Internet streaming service. The partnership calls for 300 hours of original programming, perhaps the biggest commitment yet to bring Hollywood-caliber content to the Web first.
The new programs will be “inspired” by characters from past DreamWorks Animation franchises, which include “Shrek” and “The Croods,” and its coming feature films. Series will also come from Classic Media, which the studio bought last year. Classic Media’s holdings include characters like Casper the…
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