City of LA to waive TV pilot fees to encourage more production
Hi Everyone, Whether this will be difinitly helpful or not we testified today in support the move by the City below. The City is looking for anyway they can encourage TV network drama production to remain here in LA. As you know when the State incentives were passed in 2009 the focus was on cable […]
Motor home industry rolls back
After bankruptcies and consolidation, the motor home business is bouncing back with innovations and new technology. (Photo: Courtesy of Bill and Jill Phipps) STORY HIGHLIGHTS The motor home industry is clawing its way back from the recession Deliveries to dealers rose 13.6% last year and expected to rise by about the same amount this year […]
Target unveils year-round online price match
NEW YORK (AP) — Target said Tuesday that its pledge to match prices of select online rivals this past holiday season is now a year-round promise. The nation’s second largest discounter behind Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) said it will match prices that customers find on identical products at top online retailers, all the time. The online list includes […]
Home Solar Systems to Be an Option for Honda Customers
Home Solar Systems to Be an Option for Honda Customers By DIANE CARDWEL Automakers have long resorted to incentives like zero-percent financing, rewards points and rebates to inspire customer loyalty. Now Honda is offering a different deal: inexpensive home solar power systems for customers. Through a partnership with SolarCity, a residential and commercial installer, Honda and Acura will offer their […]
Sexy Super Bowl ads to have less sizzle
Sexy Super Bowl ads may emit a tad less sizzle this go-round — but two will feature knock-out supermodels. Go Daddy, historically the Super Bowl’s raciest advertiser, on Friday will name supermodel Bar Refaeli as its newest Super Bowl-bound Go Daddy girl. She was ranked No. 1 on Maxim‘s Hot 100 for 2012. The move comes […]
The new external dish is a bit overkill
Coke ad calls on everyone to fight fat
A new Coca-Cola ad, which encourages people to come together to fight obesity, is drawing fire from consumer advocates and obesity experts. The two-minute video, appearing Monday night on several national cable networks, talks about the company’s range of beverages and how the industry voluntarily changed its offerings in schools to primarily waters, juices, and low- […]
Prime-time losing to whenever-viewing
From DVRs to Netflix and Hulu, fewer viewers than ever watch on TV’s schedule — threatening a $70 billion business. (Photo: Brownie Harris, NBC) STORY HIGHLIGHTS Technology is hastening the fall of real-time prime-time viewing In a survey of 2,000 viewers, only 42% watched a new show in its scheduled slot Netflix and Hulu […]
Lytro camera adds new features
NEW YORK — Precious few tech products are groundbreaking, no matter what the folks paid to hype them claim. But the Lytro digital camera that I reviewed when it started shipping earlier this year is indeed that rare breed, technology that epitomizes radical innovation. Lytro is the shoot first/focus later digital camera based on”light field […]
Luxury automakers woo buyers with perks
BEVERLY HILLS — Most people hear about a new car through a television or newspaper ad, then maybe muster the courage to troop into a dealership to marvel at a model as it were a gleaming sheet-metal sculpture on the showroom floor. Then there is Land Rover, which snagged a French-inspired chateau on a socialite’s […]