TV: Phoning It In

On Saturday, 20 MC101s and guests went on a walking tour of L.A.'s Broadway Theater District. These students are in front of the former Arcade Theater, which is largely intact but is being used as an electronics store.

Today's medianote comes from a recent Yahoo! News article about the coming of cellphone TV. It's already in Japan, and it will probably be in the U.S. fairly soon.

The MC101s felt this is destined to be a popular new gadget. Generally, they said they were willing to put up with the small screen in exchange for being able to watch TV wherever they happened to be. We had an interesting discussion in which students came up with schemes for paying for the programming. One student suggested that cellphone TV viewers could pay part of their monthly bill by referring advertisers to friends through instant messages. This prompted a student in the back of the room to exclaim, "Hey! That could get really annoying!" Welcome to the world of advertising.

***DUPLICATE AUDIO WARNING Audioblogger, which sometimes does not post my recordings, today is posting unwanted multiple copies. I've deleted every extra audio post that I've run across so far, but more could wind up on this blog after I have logged off. Stay tuned.