How does a guy get a hot date with 21st century technology?

Filmmaker, actor, and comedian Jamie Hall partnered with Pete the Wonder Dog to come up with the perfect plan. The result is an enjoyable, fun video about the power of Twitter.

Spreety recently took Pete the Wonder Dog and Jamie out to lunch, at a park, to learn more about these rising stars.

Due to a birth defect, Pete was a pure bred reject. Unfit for competition, Pete’s future changed when Jamie came along. Through luck or a twist of fate, Jamie took heart in the underdog, and the two have made films ever since.

As for Jamie, his uncle was the original Predator, Kevin Peter Hall, and his father played professional basketball. In 2007, Jamie was honored with an Emmy Nomination in the category of Outstanding Cinematography For Reality Programming for his work on the A&E reality-documentary series “Intervention.”

Jamie is also an experienced On-Camera Host, having hosted the Los Angeles Film Festival highlight series “FesTV.” Jamie’s zany comedic antics have been featured on BET’s “Hell Date”, Comedy Central’s “The Chocolate News” as well as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. Jamie also hosts the LIVE Improvised Music and Comedy Show known as BLOUZEFEST…in 3D!

Looking forward, Jamie predicts in the year 2020 that entertainment technology will advance to the point of dynamic substitution for in place ads. Translated, if a character is drinking a soda, the brand on the can could change to the highest bidder that day.

As for today, Jamie and Pete the Wonder Dog continue to find clever and original ways to entertain. The enjoyable Follow Me on Twitta is located at http://www.followmeontwitta.com/ .

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The following entertainment article was written for Spreety TV Online by professional journalist Carolyn Giardina.

CubicVue Takes 3D to Mobile Phones and Portable Media Players

By Carolyn Giardina

Randal Kleiser — the director behind films such as the musical Grease — believes that consumers will be soon be watching content on portable devices including mobile phones, tablets, gaming consoles and netbooks in stereoscopic 3D.

In addition to working as a director, Kleiser is a partner in startup CubicVue, which has developed a color filter that allows a viewer to see 3D without glasses. The filter could be installed in a consumer device or layered over a portable screen.

“The tremendous advantage of the CubicVue filter is that is extremely inexpensive and requires no new software or hardware,” said Kleiser, who got his start in 3D when he directed Disney’s 70 mm 3D theme park film Honey I Shrunk the Audience. “Any flat screen with 3D content that has simply been encoded into this magenta/green format will work. It can be used on existing devices, instead of having to go buy costly new equipment.”

The CubicVue technology uses magenta and green as the two colors in the system, though CubicVue partner and chief technology officer Michael Mehrle said the technology could be developed to support other colors. Mehrle, who invented the technology, added that the currently-supported format is available in a range of existing content on the Internet, meaning that it could be viewed in 3D using the CubicVue system. Additionally, Mehrle said that a free open source code would be available for companies or consumers who wish to encode their own 3D content. This could include short films, video games, or even 3D content from new consumer 3D camcorders that are coming to market.

“Available 3D content is growing by the day,” Mehrle said.

Suggested CublicVue partner and chief development officer Robert Auten, who is a video game industry veteran: “Movies will likely be first to the party. It’s easier to provide a better passive experience, but the level of excitement people will have from stereo gaming will in a sense mean the killer app for mobile 3D will be games.”

CubicVue aims to identify partners to bring the technology to market before the end of the year.

The following entertainment article was written for Spreety TV Online by professional journalist Carolyn Giardina.

Consumer Electronics Association Offers “Mid Year” Report

By Carolyn Giardina

During a “Mid-Year Reality Check,” the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) suggested that televisions, computing and gaming are positively impacting consumer electronics growth.

Still while speaking at a recent CEA Line Shows in New York, Shawn DuBravac, chief economist and director of research at CEA, warned: “We’re at this very delicate handoff as we move into Q3 and Q4 from a stimulus economy to one that needs to be driven by the private sector.”

CEA–which hosts the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas–also identified some key areas for the industry. This included green technologies, digital publishing and eReaders, IPTV, tablets and smartphones, online retailing, social networks and 3D HDTV.

3D is actually entering homes through streaming over the Internet, as well as via cable television. “From the creation and production of 3D content to distribution via satellite, cable, Blu-ray Disc and streaming to playback on specially equipped 3DTVs, there are many pieces and moving parts that need to work together seamlessly,” said Rick Dean, THX senior vice president and chairman of the 3D@Home Consortium. “Hollywood studios, content production firms and companies from all corners of the electronics industry are working to make that happen.

“The success of Avatar and, more recently, Toy Story 3, has greatly raised the public’s awareness of 3D,” he added. “Now the challenge is to translate that theatrical success into a wonderful home entertainment experience.”

Also during the CEA event in New York: ThinkEco’s modlet, a device that allows consumers to plug a consumer electronics technology into an existing electric outlet and use a web browser to wirelessly manage their power consumption, won the CEA Line Shows Best in Show award via attendees’ text vote.

StickyBits, a new mobile app that lets consumers scan any barcode and attach a message to that physical object, won the NY Tech Start-Up Classic, produced by NY Tech Meet Up.

The 2011 CES will be held January 6-9 in Las Vegas.

Spreety TV Online is pleased to announce the latest in the video series of how to watch TV online. The new video focuses on where to watch live news online. Among the featured places to watch news online are ABC News Now, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, CNN Live, MSNBC, and FOX News.

ABC News Now is a live ABC news feed with a library of original news programming, including brand name shows, like 20/20, World News, Nightline, This Week, Primetime, and Good Morning America. In addition, featured segments are online, such as Good Money, Job Club, Top Line, What”s the Buzz, Now You Know, Popcorn, Moms Get Real, Nature”s Edge, Chef”s Table, and more.

For financial news, Bloomberg has live, free news feeds online for U.S., Europe, and Asia / Pacific. CNBC also has the same type of feeds online, but for a subscription.

CNN Live has multiple streams of their news feeds online. The multiple stream approach is particularly useful when the main CNN channel switches to something else, the online CNN continues to provide in depth coverage of the topic of interest.

MSNBC has brand shows online, such as TODAY, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and more. In addition, categories of current news stories are available, such as Politics, Business, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Travel, and Weather.

For FOX News, segments are added 24×7, categorized by latest, hot topics, business, entertainment, health, sports, and opinion.

Local new stations are also available. A search on Spreety for “local” will lead to clickable maps to find local news sites.

Possibly most compelling about online news is direct news from the source. A perfect example is the White House website which streams the live press events.

“There is an amazing amount of free TV online. The challenge in enjoying is simply knowing where to look”, according to Spreety co-founder Ron Laughton. “We created Spreety to help people discover the right places to watch TV online.”

The Spreety video is on YouTube titled “News Online”. Spreety TV Online : Watch TV Shows Online Free is a free television guide for the Internet, located at http://Spreety.com .

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Written by Spreety co-founder, Ron Laughton. Spreety TV Online is a fun and free television guide for the Internet.