Even With Sequestration the Pentagon Spends $5 Million Annually on its Own TV...
It's become common knowledge that the defense budget is the largest in the federal government. It has also become common knowledge that every agency, including the Department of Defense, has had to...
View ArticleDick Cheney's Heart Could've Been Targeted by Terrorists Like on Homeland
Remember that episode of Homeland in which Bin Laden-like terror leader Abu Nazir manipulates Sgt. Nick Brody into giving him the serial number to the vice president's pacemaker to then induce cardiac...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Appears on BET, While George W. Bush Chats it Up With Jay Leno
The new school and the old guard of the White House are taking to America's television sets this evening. Both First Lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush will be appearing on two...
View ArticleReston-Based Vubiquity Adds Former Warner Bros. President and Emmy Winner as CEO
Vubiquity, the Reston-based company that assists multiplatform video providers with content management solutions, announced Tuesday that it would be adding Darcy Antonellis as the company's CEO and a...
View ArticlePopular Politician Heads to MSNBC For His Own Talk Show on Veteran Life
When Patrick Murphy first came to Washington in January of 2007, he made headlines. The young Democrat, who was elected to represent Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District on Capitol Hill, was the...
View ArticleHoward County Fires Back at Julia Louis Dreyfus For Insulting the Place...
Despite Washington D.C. being home to some of the hottest political shows on television today, most of these stories aren't actually filmed in the District. Rather, Maryland gets the honor of hosting...
View ArticleWhich Politicians Won the Sunday News Shows This Year?
A major struggle for any politician with powerful ambitions is getting enough airtime. The whole goal of becoming a political household name is largely dependent on how many appearances you can clock...
View ArticleFinally! Netflix Releases the Most Revealing 'House of Cards' Season 2...
You know the date. Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2014, Frank Underwood returns to D.C. ready to take on the White House. Washingtonians are practically giddy with excitement for the second season of...
View ArticleThe Dream vs. the Nightmare: Comparing 'The West Wing' to 'House of Cards'...
It's hard to find a person in this town who isn't either a die-hard "West Wing" or "House of Cards" fan. For me, it's both: "The West Wing" is what started my love affair with Washington and the...
View Article'House of Cards' Season 2 Review: Shocking and Messy, But Just as Addictive...
Editor's Note: This review encompasses the entire second season of House of Cards. If you had the personal strength to avoid the temptation of watching the entire season in one go over the weekend,...
View ArticleWashington's Weekly Winners and Losers: Breaking Ups, Broken Promise, and...
Anyone who has lived in this city for at least a season — or even just watched an episode of “House of Cards” — knows that D.C. moves pretty quickly in its passage of judgment. If you’re not first,...
View ArticleHow to Watch March Madness Games Online
If you want a full dose of March Madness, you first have to figure out how to watch as many games of the tournament as possible. Even if you're not near a TV at work or don't have access to a bar...
View ArticleCould Apple Take Over TV with Comcast's Help?
Streaming television is all the rage these days, whether it’s special Netflix television or the slightly more shady version offered by Popcorn Time. Now Comcast is apparently in talks with Apple to...
View ArticleSee How DC-Based TV Shows Improve Over Time [Charts]
There have been a lot of great shows set in Washington D.C. Scandal and House of Cards are fairly new to the scene but The West Wing ran for seven critically acclaimed seasons. Now, thanks to a fun...
View ArticleWhy Does Cable Programming Do So Well At The Emmys?
Last week the 67th Primetime Emmy nominations were announced and cable shows are running away with the majority of nominations. What’s behind this dominance, and why does it seem so consistent that...
View ArticleDrone Technology Is Changing the Way We Watch Sports
It’s been a notable year for drones in professional sports as TV networks continue to expand the use of the technology. From golf tournaments to motorcycle races, these unmanned aircrafts are...
View ArticleWi-Fi and Mobile TV: A RomCom With a Happy Ending?
It’s predicted that in less than two years, the average person will own five Wi-Fi enabled devices and that 86 percent of all in-home broadband usage will be via a Wi-Fi connection. Many of us already...
View ArticleThe Big One: Can Apple TV Convince Us to Change the Channel?
Get the Big One in your inbox daily. Sign up here for the DC Inno Beat. Apple (AAPL) has been hinting about launching a new Apple TV device for months now, and it looks like the announcement of the...
View ArticleAdobe Offers a Peek into the Future of TV Everywhere
I recently talked with Horia Galatanu, senior product manager for Adobe, to learn more about Adobe’s role in TV Everywhere, how the TV Everywhere model is evolving, and where the future of the...
View ArticleHow to Launch and Grow a New Cable Network
New cable networks don’t pop into existence at random. There’s a process. Cable gives birth to new networks in a variety of interesting ways. There’s the buyout technique, in which one network...
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