Archive for November, 2007
Lottie's video blog
by Molly on November 28th 2007 at 6:07 pm
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A woman, looking tired and cold, talking about LocateTV in a field: magic. There's so much going on with the site we thought you needed a snappy summary of our development updates, so I've decided to record a short weekly video blog. This week I focus on the Retro TV Classics theme page and the easier embedding facility. I'm happy to answer any questions or tackle any topics you like in the weekly vblog, and you can contact me via blog comments, email or my LocateTV MySpace page. Don't just listen to us about how the site is progressing, however. Bloggers… read more »
Get your retro TV fix here
by Molly on November 26th 2007 at 12:26 pm
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When life seems a little hard to bear (as is so often the case in late November), there's much comfort to be had from regressing to the past and indulging in a little nostalgia.Thus LocateTV introduce this week's theme page: Retro TV Classics. Each of our theme pages acts as an example of how you can use LocateTV to watch a range of TV shows or films on a particular topical theme or genre by using our free embeddable widgets - previous ones include The World's Sexiest Actors and Thanksgiving. This week our page includes such old TV favourites The… read more »
Embedding just got easier
by Molly on November 22nd 2007 at 5:03 pm
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It's that time of the week when we update you on the improvements made to LocateTV - some obvious and cosmetic, some behind-the-scenes tweaks which make it run more smoothly. First up, we have the improved embedding pages. As always, you can search for any TV series, episode, film, actor or crew member and click on the embed button to the right of the result: On the next screen you are taken through a simple two-step process which allows you to select the size of the embed and then the format - whether it is for a blog, webpage or… read more »
LocateTV presents the Thanksgiving Special: TV treats and turkeys
by Lottie on November 21st 2007 at 1:33 pm
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With Thanksgiving tomorrow, households across America will be merrily bustling with preparations for the big day: turkey to be roasted, cornbread to be baked, families to be endured - sorry, enjoyed. TV is a big part of the celebrations for most people, with dinner being digested throughout a long afternoon of NFL football, not to mention those classic movies and TV shows set on and around Thanksgiving that are perfect to get you in the mood or provide a bit of an escape from the over-fed family claustrophobia. And so the next addition to LocateTV's stable of theme pages is… read more »
LocateTV and the Caine/Hackman Theory
by Sid on November 19th 2007 at 2:37 pm
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After a certain article was posted on the ever-popular directory of wonderful things that is Boing Boing, buzz about LocateTV has exploded across the blogosphere. Here are a few examples of what people are saying… ResearchBuzz marvels at the depth of the search results, whilst Media Morgue cites LocateTV as one to bookmark. ‘Cool tools’ directory, MakeUseOf.com, also dedicated some time to the web’s most effective way to find out when your favourite shows and actors are next of TV – posting a quick feature overview, as well as our two video guides. Many thanks to everybody who has written… read more »
