I find the period where television was transitioning from 4:3 to 16:9 an interesting one. When broadcasting began in 16:9, but people were still actively using 4:3 televisions, broadcasters would commonly either letterbox the content or expect the left and right edges to be cropped. This led to a period where television series direction avoided putting anything too important at the horizontal edges of the frame. Cinema faced similar challenges, and either embraced pan-and-scan, letterboxing, or careful reframing from a wider image.
View transitions: Handling aspect ratio changes
Tips and tricks to get the transition you want
RatioBuddy - Aspect ratio calculator
RatioBuddy is a fast, simple aspect ratio calculator. Designed & built by Damn Fine.
Television
Television is a visual interface for personal agents, a space for creating, arranging, and reusing artifacts.
Aspects of Reality - The Dooyeweerd Pages
(Designed to be readable on phones; for widescreens, reduce window width.)
TV Tropes
TV Tropes, the all-devouring pop-culture wiki, catalogs and cross-references recurrent plot devices, archetypes, and tropes in all forms of media.
Sony Revolution
Why did BBC Breakfast give Reform UK a special graphic?
A small detail in a brief report sparks some big questions about what the national broadcaster is doing during the run up to local and national elections.
Too Much TV: Substack Is Going To Give Me A Stroke
And I take a look at the new Paramount, circa 2029.
TV on the internet before YouTube
Just a little note to get this all in one place. This was prompted by my comment here: On-demand was a thing before, but it was mediated through slow, glitchy cable and satellite boxes. There was also a thriving scene of RSS-delivered web TV shows. * The technology (RSS)
The Unbearable Brightness of Seeing
Is “frame architecture” our escape route from the dogma trap of endless culture wars?
How Streamplace Works: Syndication - How Streamplace Works
It's like everyone is their own little TV station!
How Streamplace Works: Syndication - How Streamplace Works
It's like everyone is their own little TV station!
The Internet Was Designed With a Narrow Waist
When you hear the term, you should picture an hourglass with M things on one side, N on the other, and an important concept in the middle.
US media: CBS
Search terms: CBS News, 60 Minutes, Paramount Skydance, David Ellison, Bari Weiss
US airman recounts Iran rescue in 60 Minutes segment branded propaganda
My open letter to David Ellison
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social)
Trump v. Colbert: A Discussion on the Administration’s Censorship of CBS and its Affiliates
CBS ‘Censorship’ of Stephen Colbert Slammed by Democratic FCC Commissioner as Latest ‘Corporate Capitulation’ to Trump Administration
Colbert accuses Trump administration of censorship after CBS pulls interview