[B5JMS] B5 part of WB/AOL online TV deal

[b5jms at mail.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu]

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From: Patty Winter <patty at wintertime.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:54:18 +0000 (UTC)
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Because I don't have AOL, I wasn't paying much attention to the 
postings in rec.arts.tv about the new Warner Bros./AOL agreement to 
provide old TV shows over AOL until I saw these examples of shows 
that will air on the "Heroes and Horrors" channel: "Wonder Woman, 
Lois & Clark: The Adventures of Superman and Babylon 5."

More details at:

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6283279.html


Patty



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:18:57 +0000 (UTC)
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Patty Winter wrote:
> Because I don't have AOL, I wasn't paying much attention to the
> postings in rec.arts.tv about the new Warner Bros./AOL agreement to
> provide old TV shows over AOL until I saw these examples of shows
> that will air on the "Heroes and Horrors" channel: "Wonder Woman,
> Lois & Clark: The Adventures of Superman and Babylon 5."
>
> More details at:
>
> http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6283279.html
>
>

Also at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14warner.html

Yes, this is going ahead.  I've been quietly working with WB on this
for a while now, both for the AOL material and the wireless phone
component...editing down various parts into differenty-sized bites for
when you're standing around in line at the bank.  So there's "make me
laugh" and "thrill me" segments (the elevator scene in "Convictions"
being one, and a big Narn/Shadow fight for the latter) of 3-4 minutes,
"Tell me a story" which is 12 minutes long on average, being an a- or
b-story pulled out on its own, and of course "show me an episode."

This combined approach will help to put B5 out there in front of a huge
audience of both regular viewers, computer folks, and people just
curious to sample the show in brief bites.

jms

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