The Two Solitudes Journal

 

 

Please note: The Two Solitudes Journal has suspended publication.
Selected past issues are available below.

 

 

The Two Solitudes Journal discusses trends in the media industry and examines the simultaneous ‘convergence and collision, co-existence and conflict’ that exists within and between the traditional and new media worlds across a variety of media including publishing, radio, cinema and television. The Journal, from time to time, features interviews and guest columnists.

 

The Two Solitudes Journal is published on a periodic basis by Alan Sawyer, media strategist, consultant and occasional journalist.  In addition to The Two Solitudes Journal, Alan has written for Playback Magazine, Broadcast Engineering Magazine and The Toronto Star.  Read more about Alan at www.twosolitudes.com

 

 

  July 2007 cover

 

July 2007   (FTP link)

ICE 2007, nextMEDIA, Banff World Television Festival, targeted advertising, catch-up TV, my vision of what the CBC should be, a look at Statistics Canada's 2006 TV numbers and more...

  November 2006 cover

 

November 2006  (FTP link)

IBC 2006 coverage; will new media mean the end of physical media?; NBC makes deep cuts, restructures for a new era of a television; Video On Demand (VOD) -- the end of television as we know it?; Really Simple Syndication (RSS) for video content (by guest columnist Sean Crawford); ICE 2007 preview

  July 2006 cover

 

July 2006  (FTP link)

The many meanings of "TV"; Bite TV; content redistribution issues; PC TV tuners

 

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