Latest articles by Frank Beacham
Media Ownership Surprise: The People Respond!
The public outrage over the FCC's action came in at hurricane force.
The Coming Wave of Homogenized Media
I couldn't help but feel a bit sick to my stomach after the FCC's historic media ownership vote on June 2.
Net Update: More Lawsuits; New Journalist Tools
As it becomes clearer that broadband is developing into the next big media distribution system, showdowns between large content owners and Net users are escalating and getting nastier.
Antenna Myths: Who's Really Watching Free TV?
Reports from Capitol Hill say the toughest unresolved issue in legislating a hard deadline for the end of analog TV is what to do about the "disenfranchised."
Making Podcasts More Personal
Podcasting arrived out of nowhere, knocking the wind out of the "expert" prognosticators.
Hurricane Katrina Energizes TV News
Live 8, the return of the space shuttle, and the London subway bombing each had an enormous impact on television technology in the summer of 2005. Then, Katrina paid a visit to the Gulf Coast.
'Dark Side' Shows Bright Side to Music Malaise
Until he enlightened us with his newfound digital religion at the recent NAB gathering, Disney chairman Michael Eisner always acted very threatened by thieves.
"The Whole World is Watching," Revisited
Spanning this 36-year bridge of time, I found myself in the middle of the two largest political convention protests in American history.
Producing Better Streaming Audio
Too many Web producers haphazardly encode any sound sent their way without consideration to optimizing it for Internet delivery.
Bose Wave/PC Tackles Computer Audio
As the networked personal computer continues to evolve into a home entertainment center, some glaring weaknesses in traditional PC technology have become apparent.
Desktop Television Gets Big Boost
Two significant developments early this year foretell the future of television.
DTV's Cuckoo Nest and the Public Interest
Getting a firm grasp on DTV in the days before NAB2001 is a bit like trying to stab a mound of Jell-O with a fork. When you think you've got it, the darn thing slips away again.
The (Re)Selling of Interactive TV
Observe the electronics industry long enough and you might note an interesting phenomenon: Failed high-tech products rarely die; they are just reintroduced ... again and again and again.
More Fear and Loathing in DTV Land
In my memory, the first great public crack in the DTV wall of illusion came in early 1998 at Sony's pre-NAB press conference in New York City.