| Met Opera Abandons Plan for On-Demand Telecasts
Gelb the Met has become a media juggernaut, providing live and repeat transmissions of operas around the country in movie theaters, on satellite radio and online. The pay-per-view showings were an element in Mr. Gelb's effort to spread Met performances electronically, and thus more widely. The broadcasts will still be repeated on PBS as planned, the Met said. The Met announced the pay-per-view program in November, together with In Demand Networks, which provides programming to cable operators. The company is better known for sporting events, Howard Stern and movies. Officials from In Demand did not return telephone calls on Wednesday. The broadcasts were to have begun on Jan. 16, with Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette." In an e-mail message to The New York Times this week, Mark Abramowitz, a software engineer in Pittsburgh, called attention to the abandonment of the in-demand broadcasts.
syndicate this blog:
Issue 459, found in a Great Barrington neighborhood, reminds readers that it was a black garbage man who murdered a white fashion writer on Cape Cod in 2002, and he was convicted only after the only black juror was removed from the jury for misconduct ... Berkshire Eagle. __________________ First "Megaclicks" from feeding Humpback Whales made in Stellwagen Bank by NOAA Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary encompasses 842 square miles of ocean, stretching between Cape Ann and Cape Cod offshore of Massachusetts. Renowned for its scenic beauty and remarkable productivity, the sanctuary is renowned as a whale watching destination and supports a rich assortment of marine life, including marine mammals, seabirds, fishes, and marine invertebrates.
Gazans flood through hole into Egypt
Israel has progressively tightened restrictions on movement in and out of Gaza since June 2006, after militants from the territory seized an Israeli soldier in a deadly cross-border raid. Since then the Rafah border crossing - Gaza's only one that bypasses Israel - has been closed almost continuously. After Hamas seized control of the territory a year later, routing forces loyal to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in a week of deadly clashes, Israel sealed Gaza to all but humanitarian aid and basic supplies. Last week, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak ordered Gaza completely locked down in response to persistent rocket and mortar fire. Amid mounting international fears of a humanitarian crisis in a territory whose 1.5 million inhabitants are largely dependent on foreign aid, Israel eased the blockade on Tuesday, allowing in limited fuel and aid supplies.
|
