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  Letter Re: JW Broadcasting

  by pixel in

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  re: jw broadcasting.

  dear brothers:.

  we are writing to inform you of an exciting initiative that was announced on october 4,.

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  j dubb

  The US letter definitely mentions Roku by name.

  I wonder how much Roku has paid the WTS for the publicity? Talk about "product placement"!

  Please. Anybody can get a Roku channel. Just announcing another method of consuming the narrowcast. Roku is the most popular streaming box and is also the easiest way for non-tech, non-computer type people to consume online video as it most closely resembles TV. Right at the bottom of the screen I saw it also says 'you might be interested in...The Mormon Channel!' LOL
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  Looking back to what happened since sept 2012... i must say its brilliant !

  by insidetheKH in

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  who thought in the early months of 2012 that such a rebranding would take place in only a matter of 24 months?.

  they managed to go from an antique looking and boring website (watchtower.org) with hardly any attractive content to go to a fresh looking new website with stuff for everyone, families, children, teenagers.. movies, and short videos about almost everything and new ones added every month.

  cartoons, animation video's , interviews, picture activities all kind of projects, many audio files like dramatic bible readings, dramas and music, online research tools, new brochures for kids (off and online) etc.

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  j dubb

  Yes, silent, I remember elders in the mid 90s saying the society would never have a website. Some speakers at assemblies even said regular people had no need to be online.

  Then it was 'don't read scriptures from printouts' at meetings...the Bible has more authority when read from directly!

  How far we've come!
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  grazy link on JW.ORG

  by fastJehu in

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  j dubb

  They're not expensive; I can see more people affording those at $39 than an ipad.
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  TV.JW.Org - Streamed to KHs via the New Projectors

  by passwordprotected in

  1. jw
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  i read here recently that the khs are being instructed to buy and install projector systems.. now that we've seen the launch of of tv.jw.org we can fully expect public talks to - on a monthly basis at least - be replaced by content streamed from the site to the screens in khs.. .

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  I thought all halls had projectors as of last years AGM?
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  TV.JW.ORG is HERE!

  by Splash in

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  http://tv.jw.org/ is up and running.. see bro lett stumble his way through the introduction.

  he really does have a good face for radio.. http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodmonthlyprogramming/pub-jwb_e_201410_1_video.

  nice sweaty top lip at 15 mins onwards - the pressure is showing!!.

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  j dubb

  I noticed one of the rotating pictures on the landing page features a couple with a Roku remote
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  tv.jw.org Female Presenters?

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  j dubb

  They have undoubtedly been told this by whatever PR firm has directed the events of the last year or so.
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  tv.jw.org Female Presenters?

  by jw07 in

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  j dubb

  Yes, nothing would surprise me at this point.

  Almost every news type broadcast, even religious ones are done with at least two people and preferably ones of opposite sex.

  This is how 700 Club does it. The only shows where it is just one person talking to the audience are shows where the anchor has a personality that can hold the audience i.e. John Oliver, Bill O'Reilly, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart.
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  TV.JW.org - Purpose?

  by passwordprotected in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there's an interest point raised by stephen letts at around the 7 minute mark of the intro video;.

  much of the equipment used to build the studio was made available by donation.

  he twice mentions (once at the start of the video) the need for "support", which we can assume means donations.

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  j dubb

  Theres a lot more to it than that, pixel. Visit one of the other threads regarding equipment lists and implementation.

  But yeah, I think a 1.5 years is a huge stretch. Twit did a whole house in 7 months complete with offices, multiple sets, public reception/lobby with 1.2 million.

  http://wiki.twit.tv/wiki/TWiT_Brick_House
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  TV.JW.Org - Expense?

  by passwordprotected in

  1. jw
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  there's no doubt that the wtbts isn't sparing the hard-earned donations from the r&f on its latest trial of jw broadcasting.. this screenshot i took from the "behind-the-scenes" is just one of many examples of top-end tech gear being used in this endeavour.. .

  why does this guy need harmankardon speakers when he's using cad software...and note the iphone.

  this guy's a bethelite?.

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  and bandwidth. Anyone know who they are getting bandwidth through?
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  TV.JW.org - Purpose?

  by passwordprotected in

  1. jw
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  there's an interest point raised by stephen letts at around the 7 minute mark of the intro video;.

  much of the equipment used to build the studio was made available by donation.

  he twice mentions (once at the start of the video) the need for "support", which we can assume means donations.

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  j dubb

  Yes, I'd really like to hear from somebody in the industry how long it would take to set up a TV news studio from scratch with unlimited free labor around the clock.