5 posts tagged “citytv”
It may seem a little like Big Brother, but these kiosks were a very early attempt to break down the barriers between TV news and its viewers. This was before the web. There's still a kiosk outside the CHUMCity building at 299 Queen St West in Toronto, but this is the original inside the building. Amber took Merlin, Steve Gibson, and me on a tour and I really felt like we were seeing TV history.
I'll be a guest on the Ronn Owens show on KGO 810 AM in San Francisco today from 11a-Noon Pacific. You can listen to the stream live (there are buttons for MP3, AAC Plus, Real, WMV, and Quicktime streams buried in there amongst all the ads - wish KFI offered that kind of variety). If I can get my Radio Your Way recorder charged up by then I'll post the interview on the TLR netcast later today.
Speaking of online viewing, you can watch Amber's excellent debut on Citytv's City News International yesterday on the CNI site. Looks like they'll be posting her segments there every day and previous segments are available in the archives (her segment is called World Wide Web).
It's been a great week in Toronto, but all too brief. The meetup on Tuesday, a talk with the seminarians at UofT's Wycliffe College on Wednesday, TWiM on Thursday, then home on Friday. Oh and 15 Call for Help eposides in there somewhere, too. I'm breathless.
We miss Amber so much on Call for Help, but I did get to catch up with her, and record three(!) Inside the Net episodes, at the meetup. The first of those, a look at Nakama, a new moblogging site, will go up October 10.
We're still searching for a Canadian replacement for Amber on Call for Help, but while we do we're very fortunate indeed to have the poised and talented (and lovely) Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.tv filling in for her. Amber's last episode and Cali's first should be airing soon on G4techTV Canada and the HOW-TO Network in Australia. No truth to the rumor that we're changing the show name to "Cali for Help."
Meanwhile Amber's new show, City News International debuts Tuesday, October 10 on Citytv Canada-wide. She'll be on every night. She tells me her US and Aussie fans can catch her pieces on the net every day - I'll post a link as soon as I get one. Her live daily net culture segments on CP24 are also available on the live stream every weekday between 3:30 and 4p Eastern. Internet Exploder is required to watch that.
Check out her new blog/vlog Popnology. That's also going to be the name of her new show on CP24. Great name! You'll be able to subscribe to Popnology on iTunes soon, too.
I think flowers are in order, if not a Gemini award!
I'm sad to say that after two years, and nearly 400 shows, my wonderful co-host, Amber MacArthur, is leaving Call for Help. -snif-
We'll tape one more round of shows this week (enough to get us through September) then she's off to CityTV where she'll be a tech reporter and host of her own show.
You can read more on her blog. Please visit and wish her the best.
Amber plans to keep producing Command-N, her video podcast, and Inside the Net, the podcast we do together for TWiT.tv and we're going to continue to work on the podcasting book together, but we'll really miss her on Call for Help. Her insight into the web has added tremendously to the show, and her unfailing energy and enthusiasm for tech inspires us all. I don't know how we can ever replace that. In so many ways she has been our Muse.
On the other hand, this is a unique opportunity for her, and we're all terrifically proud of her success. And CityTV posts almost everything online, so you'll be able to see plenty of Amber at CityTV.com
I remember telling management when we hired her that it was only a matter of time before some big network snatched her up. This is just the beginning of a wonderful career for a very smart and talented person. Bye Amber... and good luck in the big city!
