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Media innovations that eventually become commonplace are often first introduced at the Games.
“Suddenly, the stupid stuff on the internet, the scary stuff on the internet, became just so mainstream and important. And that totally should not be.”
VR, AR, a podcast, messaging apps, Snapchat shows, voice devices, Uber rides, and more.
“We know a great deal about how to make linear television and we’ve been doing it a very long time, but there is a generation of people who currently don’t have cable subscriptions, and who won’t have cable subscriptions, that are beginning to form different habits around how they consume news.”
Spurned by a network that wanted to own its own station in the market, WHDH has responded by offering 87 hours of local news a week. (Plus “Family Feud.”)
As “second screen” offerings from TV networks mushroom, online outlets are jostling for attention with live shows of their own.
A dozen producers from BuzzFeed are working around the clock to curate the channel, with access to NBC footage.
“Sometimes when I catch myself rolling my eyes at a new platform, I say to myself, don’t be a snob. That’s how you got your big break.”
The NBC-owned company’s new Slack bot lets you follow more than 90,000 topics.