Frank Beacham
Frank Beacham is an independent writer based in New York.
Latest articles by Frank Beacham
2005: The Year of HDTV
By Frank Beacham published
If you're not an HD program provider, you're not going to be a successful survivor in the digital era.
Infoganda: The Real Indecency in Broadcast
By Frank Beacham published
In a publicist-driven culture where it's an art form to blur the line between truth and fiction, local TV news is becoming a powerful enabler.
Mobile Videophones Meet TV News
By Frank Beacham published
A new generation of digital imaging - both still photographs and motion video - coupled with wireless access to the Internet, is already making its mark on history.
'Leaky Documents': A Dangerous Internet Trap
By Frank Beacham published
Did you know that when you exchange common Microsoft Word files over the Internet that you may be revealing hidden information from your computer?
Making TV News Relevant To a New Generation
By Frank Beacham published
Television stations - with their aging Ken and Barbie news formats - are under intense pressure to reinvent themselves for a media-savvy generation unencumbered by nostalgia or loyalty.
EFF Launches Patent Busting Project
By Frank Beacham published
There's a trend, the group found, of patent holders threatening and filing lawsuits against small businesses, individuals and nonprofits over claimed patent violations in their use of the Internet.
Does Better Technology Mean Better Programs?
By Frank Beacham published
Introducing Beacham's Law: As TV technology improves, there is a corresponding decline in the artistic excellence of television programming.
Privacy is Lost in the Age of Social Media
By Frank Beacham published
People are giving away their privacy online more than ever before. Sadly, they don’t seem to know or care about it.
Reporters Take Control Of Their Future
By Frank Beacham published
The need for well-told, accurate news stories has never been greater.
A National Strategy to Save the News
By Frank Beacham published
The report has some of the best new thinking I've heard yet about what's needed to reinvent the news media in the United States.
NBC Shifts New York O&O to All News
By Frank Beacham published
This is a move to hyperlocalism—one designed to re-invent the major NBC stations before they are absorbed into the 500-channel abyss of pay television channels.
Ah, Back to Antennas Again!
By Frank Beacham published
Does anyone actually believe that hordes of Americans will climb onto their rooftops—just as in the 1950s—to install an antenna in order to receive their local DTV stations?
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