Can I just say how much of a bad idea it was for CBS and some other major broadcasting companies by not getting into Aereo? They are missing out on an ingenious idea.

Before I get into this little rant of mine, let me explain some stuff for anyone who knows nothing of this. Aereo is an online television feed that can broadcast full television channels in HD quality from their computers. Aereo will be broadcasting several major broadcasting channels, including CBS, ABC, and FOX. Those are already pretty much the main channels that everyone in the nation watches. Aereo will broadcast everything on those channels, online. Including commercials. However, these broadcasting companies refuse to let Aereo do this and threatened their station. How did Aereo respond? By suing the crud out of CBS!

Aereo is almost ready for fulltime airing in 21 major cities in the US, including New York, Boston and of course, Chicago! This means I can catch How I Met Your Mother without having to worry about being away from home or having to try to pirate the show or watch it in a super poor quality from Hulu. And I don’t have to pay an outrageous amount of money for a cable plan! I can just whip out my computer click a button. Plus it records your shows! Brilliant. Just take my money already, Aereo. They’re only charging 8-12$ a month depending on the plan you order. Why these companies don’t want in makes no sense to me.

“Watching the TV from the Internet on my TV. Technology!”

This is a major opportunity for these companies to make some serious money. One thing I say is the most brilliant move modern radio stations have done is an online stream. You never have to worry about owning a radio; you can just go online and stream it! It’s great! Of course Radio is free, which makes it already better than television in my own opinion, so it’s already a very friendly form of broadcasting.

Television needs to step up their online game because they either tease you with tiny little segments of their shows online or rely on you being glued to your television all day and have to pay an outrageous amount of money for a cable box. Television is dying now thanks to the Internet and streaming sites like Hulu and Netflix. That’s why Aereo will make so much money. I already stream almost everything online now. I have a Netflix account and watch pretty much all my favorite shows from there, commercial free. Aereo will be broadcasting the channel’s commercials, which means all that all that sponsorship money will go to Aereo as well. This is a cash cow and CBS is insane for not wanting in!

If I was a major head at CBS or FOX, when I heard about this, I would immediately want to make a deal. Then I’d be rolling in the money… well if I was already a major head of one of those companies, I’d already be rolling in the money but in a bigger pile of it!

“Dolla Dolla Bills, Y’all”

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Sources:

Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323826804578466982119594300.html

Aereo Main Website: https://aereo.com/home

Many schools have already held their graduation ceremonies and Columbia College’s graduation is coming up this weekend so I looked back at the last four years to supply you with tips to make it to your college graduation. The road is not easy and college can be an exhilarating but unnerving experience. Here are my five tips to help get you to your big day.

•  YOU MUST PARTY -  I know this sounds so wrong, but you must party. Partying is essential to the college experience. You’re grown, you’re free, have fun. Although we go to school to be educated and not to drink ourselves stupid, it is important to take it easy sometimes. So, please TURN IT UP. You’ll never be this young again.

• HAVE NO SQUARES IN YOUR CIRCLE – College is about communication often times and the last thing you need is a negative influence ruining what you came here for. A lot of people will drop out. A lot of people will leave. A lot of people will go down paths that you don’t want to go down. So stay focused and if they’re not with you for your growth, they’re not necessary.  Remember-BIRDS OF A FEATHER, TEND TO FLOCK TOGETHER.

• DEADLINES – When something is “due”, it’s something you must “do”. Procrastination has hit us all, but in college you must fight this. There will be teachers and professors that will look out and give you time but you must not take them for granted. When you get into life after school, there will be much opportunity to “wait until tomorrow.” You don’t want to lose an opportunity because you didn’t do something you could have.

• HAVE A PLAN – Debt is real, problems are real, which means that life can get real. But go into college with a strategy. Plan your budget. Be on top of your financial aid, know how long you’re going to be here. Don’t just wing it! It will catch up to you in the long run. Trust me. Remember the 5 P’s: PROPER PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE.

• IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU – Who’s going to celebrate when it’s all over? You. Who’s going to get that job because they have a COLLEGE DEGREE? You! So who should put all the work into getting this degree and receiving these benefits? You. You’re an adult now so no one is going to hold your hand. You have to stand on your own two feet and put work into what you want. Remember that this is your experience so the only thing that can truly hold you back or push you forward is yourself.

With these pointers in mind, let me be the first to congratulate the Class of 2013.  

by Eduardo Saldana

Last week the NHL announced the finalists for the Hart Trophy, which is given to the league’s MVP.  Among those players who made the cut:  Sidney Crosby (Penguins), Alex Ovechkin (Capitals), and John Tavares (Islanders), and Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews. Wait, what’s that? No Jonathan Toews? Am I reading this correctly? How could this be? 

The media had it right to nominate Crosby and Tavares. Crosby had 56 points in 36 games, which is ridiculous, even if he’s the best offensive player in the game today. John Tavares led the Islanders into the playoffs. Yes, the Islanders. That in itself is an achievement, since that team relies on Tavares so much.

The Ovechkin nomination, however, is a joke. I didn’t know that you could take half the season off and still be eligible to win an MVP trophy? I wish I could take half a month off and win Employee of the Month at my job. Now, Ovechkin had the points (56), and goals (32), but Charlie Roumliotis of 88.7 WRSE said it best.

Toews is widely considered as one of the most complete forwards in the game today. He had a plus/minus rating of +28, which was good for the top 5 in the NHL. He consistently went up against the top lines of every team in the league and shut them down. Toews does it all, and how he still hasn’t gotten any recognition is beyond me.

Not only does Toews deserve to be a Hart finalists, but he deserves to win the damn thing.

Do you agree or disagree?  Let me know at http://www.facebook.com/Wcrxfm or on Twitter at http://www.Twitter.com/eduardogsr1990.