StevenCapsuto, to random
@StevenCapsuto@techhub.social avatar

just announced that going forward, any account not logged into for two years gets deleted.

This means huge amounts of rare or unique is about to disappear from as accounts get flagged as inactive, such as when the user dies. Families' (often posted by an older relative for their family's benefit), historical footage, rare clips, etc. What an incalculable loss to human and culture!

If there are videos important to you on someone else's video channel, find a way to download them. And if you have rare of historical importance, consider leaving it to institutional or lending it to archives for digital preservation.

ajsadauskas, (edited ) to tech
@ajsadauskas@aus.social avatar

My real worry with Google's voyage into enshittification (thanks to Cory Doctorow @pluralistic the term) is YouTube.

Through YT, for the past 15 years, the world has basically entrusted Google to be the custodian of pretty much our entire global video archive.

There's countless hours of archived footage — news reports, political speeches, historical events, documentaries, indie films, academic lectures, conference presentations, rare recordings, concert footage, obscure music — where the best or only copy is now held by Google through YouTube.

So what happens if maintaining that archival footage becomes unprofitable?

@technology

wcftr, to fediverse
@wcftr@hcommons.social avatar

We're very excited to be joining the #fediverse, so here's our #introduction post:

We are the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR), an archive preserving materials from the entertainment industries. We are home to over three hundred collections from playwrights, television and movie writers, producers, actors, designers, directors, and production companies.

Housed in the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Library-Archives Division, the WCFTR is one of the world’s most accessible #archives and is regularly visited by researchers from around the world. Research undertaken in its collections has revolutionized the scholarship of American #cinema, #theater, and #television.

We provide in-person and remote access to our collections. Learn more here: https://wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/access-materials/

We use social media to share news about new collections, upcoming events, interesting materials we've found, and projects that we're working on -- as well as learning about what you're working on!

BBCRD, (edited ) to sustainability
@BBCRD@social.bbc avatar

Modern TVs have dimming features that can adjust backlight power in specific parts of the screen, sometimes even at the individual pixel level.

We wanted to see whether adapting BBC content could make use of these features and reduce energy consumption.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-08-sustainability-energy-saving-radio-tv-led-graphics

davidaugust, to tv
@davidaugust@mastodon.online avatar

Are shareholders really ok with this foolishness?

Is the audience?

mhdl, to movies
@mhdl@hcommons.social avatar

Hello, Fediverse! Here's our post:

The Media History Digital Library (MHDL) is a free online resource, featuring millions of pages from the histories of , , and . We provide access to industry trade papers, magazines, Hollywood pressbooks, technical journals, and more.

Lantern, the MHDL's full-text search platform, enables researchers to query specific words or phrases within scanned pages.

We hope the MHDL has had a transformative impact on the study of film & broadcasting history. The sources we have digitized for open access, and the large-scale queries that our platforms allow, have enabled ambitious research projects and the production of new knowledge.

We look forward to sharing interesting content from our collection and learning about projects that use the MHDL.

Learn more about our history and our work here: https://mediahist.org/about/history.php

mostaurelius, to news
@mostaurelius@mas.to avatar

Rest in peace, Richard Roundtree 😔

Richard Roundtree, an icon of Blaxploitation film who starred as detective John Shaft in Gordon Parks’ 1971 action thriller, died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81 years old.

https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/richard-roundtree-dead-shaft-1235767495/?fbclid=IwAR0K6SBY8N8H0CS7ZBbcz3cCjBjihwd2mePsznF6bkmYIwjc34SAsvqLw3k

ajsadauskas, (edited ) to politics
@ajsadauskas@aus.social avatar

From now on, anyone who's not from New Zealand is banned from making a government ad about cybersecurity.

I'm sorry, but the Kiwis have nailed it:

https://youtu.be/6c3Edm8NdGs

@technology

todayonscreen, to tv
@todayonscreen@xoxo.zone avatar

Today, February 24, in 1989, FBI agent Dale Cooper enters the town of Twin Peaks for the first time (Twin Peaks, "Northwest Passage" s01e01, 1990)

tuckerteague, to random
@tuckerteague@mastodon.social avatar

A little bit of :

’ 1973 Saturday night lineup, crafted by iconic programmer Fred Silverman, is still remembered as one of the greatest lineups ever assembled.

8:00: All in the Family

8:30: MASH

9:00: The Mary Tyler Moore Show

9:30: The Bob Newhart Show

10:00: The Carol Burnett Show

Keep in mind that there was no streaming, no recording & watching later, no extra airings. You had to be there at your tv on the night to watch it... and people did, in big numbers.

todayonscreen, to tv
@todayonscreen@xoxo.zone avatar

Today, April 1, or March 32nd, the Greendale Community College officially bans April Fools' Day (Community, s01e20, 2010)

The bald man looks to the side as he raises his fingers to emphasize a point. Behind him, the board reads "1 Abril". He's saying, "April 1st is officially—"
The bald man continues, still pointing emphatically in front of a chalkboard. He says, "March 32nd forever."

CultureDesk, to television
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social avatar

A new documentary on Netflix, "The Dads," sends six men — five dads of trans kids, and Dennis Shepard, father of the late Matthew Shepard — on a fishing trip in rural Oklahoma. There, they have conversations about fatherhood and fighting to make the world safe for their kids. LGBTQ Nation's John Russell talked to director Luchina Fisher about the project.

https://flip.it/gSI7RH

CultureDesk, (edited ) to DoctorWho
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social avatar

As "Doctor Who" turns 60, it's time to pose that perennial question: Who is the best Doctor of them all? The BBC asked five fans to make their arguments. But which of this quintet do you think is the greatest? Tell us in the comments if your pick isn't on the list (we're fans of Christopher Eccleston).

https://flip.it/gPP_PW

#DoctorWho #Television #SciFi #TheDoctor #BBC

TheConversationUS, to history
@TheConversationUS@newsie.social avatar

Did you watch the show “Good Times”?

50 years ago, Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974. It continues to garner appreciation for the way the show featured strong female characters, and gave Black women agency – on and off the set.

https://theconversation.com/good-times-50-years-ago-norman-lear-changed-tv-with-a-show-about-a-working-class-black-familys-struggles-and-joys-219567
@histodons @blackmastodon

paul_denton, to television French
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Touchante confession de l’ancien journaliste Jean-Marc Sylvestre qui galère avec ses 9000 euros de retraite mensuelle: « Ce n’est pas assez », se lamente ce nécessiteux sur C8. Alors qu’il suffirait de résilier son abonnement VOD…

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