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Massachusetts court opens up to social media and live video, Ice-T expected to cameo
This story ripped from today's headlines: the Quincy District Court, just south of Boston, Massachusetts, will now stream live video online. Dubbed OpenCourt, the experiment will also offer WiFi and encourage liveblogging and social media reporting -- all in an attempt to help the judiciary understand and accommodate new digital reporting tools. Funded with a $250,000 grant from the Knight News Challenge, it proposes a more transparent philosophy for the legal system, which has often banned cameras and restricted access. But the court won't become an open free-for-all. There will be no video for restraining order cases and those involving minors, among others, and judges can disable the video feed at any time. Said executive producer John Davidow,"The idea is to bring the courts and what goes on in the courts closer to the people so they understand how the law and the justice system work in this country." With such high-minded goals, expect viewing that's closer to C-SPAN than Law & Order.
MyNetworkTV changing programming, again
After abandoning its launch "all telenovelas, all the time" model MyNetworkTV made a turn for reality TV and a few new dramas, but you can kiss that plan goodbye as its switched up styles yet again. The new strategy focuses on syndicated content and less original programming, including a two hour Law & Order: CI block. Since WWE SmackDown is the only thing people really watch you can be sure it will stick around but really, who wants to bet we're just one more cycle from the first(?) "all Law & Order, all the time" network?[Via TV Squad]
