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New ITVX Channel Streams Absolutely Spellbinding Footage of Earth... Forever

New ITVX Channel Streams Absolutely Spellbinding Footage of Earth... Forever

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: I realize that, at this point, there are already far too many shows. Every channel, every streaming service is teeming with content demanding your attention, and there are simply too few hours in the day to watch them all. However, with that in mind, may I recommend a new show called Space Live? There's only one episode. The only potential downside is that the episode literally lasts for ever. Actually, that's inaccurate. Space Live isn't a show, it's a channel. It launched on Wednesday morning, tucked away on ITVX, and consists only of live footage of Earth broadcast from the International Space Station. It's beguiling to watch, especially for anyone who didn't realize that a person can be awestruck and bored simultaneously. It's billed as a world first. ITV has partnered with British space media company Sen to use live 4K footage from its proprietary SpaceTV-1 video camera system, mounted on the International Space Station, giving us three camera views: one of the station's docking ports, a horizon view able to show sunrises and storms, and a camera pointing straight down as the ISS passes across the planet. A tracker in the corner of the screen shows the live location of the ISS, while a real-time AI information feed provides facts about our geography and weather systems. Of course, if you wanted to be picky, you could argue it isn't exactly new. Nasa's YouTube channel has been streaming live footage from the ISS for years, and uniformly draws an audience of a few thousand. But Space Live is, if nothing else, slightly snazzier. The footage is certainly nicer: at 8.30am on Wednesday, Space Live showed gorgeous images of the sun's glare bouncing off the sea around the Bay of Biscay, while all Nasa could offer was a piece of cloth with the word "Flap" written on it. There's even a soundtrack, a constant, soothing kind of hold music that loops and loops without ever becoming fully annoying. It's an improvement, in other words. And, at least for the first orbit, it is absolutely spellbinding. Read more of this story at Slashdot.Slashdot.org
‘Ragtime’ Broadway Review: Lincoln Center Reclaims A Gem

‘Ragtime’ Broadway Review: Lincoln Center Reclaims A Gem

Director Lear deBessonet has chosen wisely in the first production of her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater, resurrecting the grand, however imperfect musical Ragtime, first staged on Broadway in a bloated 1998 production. Here, as she did with the recent Encores! production, she gives the musical a second chance to realize […]Deadline
Why talking about sweat stopped being a taboo (long before Alan Carr was on Traitors)

Why talking about sweat stopped being a taboo (long before Alan Carr was on Traitors)

Let's talk about sweat... From Alan Carr and scores of celebrities openly discussing it, to the trend of professionals using saunas for business meetingsBBC News
Reese Witherspoon on writing a thriller: 'What do girls in bikinis have to do with solving crime?'

Reese Witherspoon on writing a thriller: 'What do girls in bikinis have to do with solving crime?'

The actress talks about co-writing her debut thriller, about a female surgeon, with Harlan Coben.BBC News
Finn Wolfhard Was Worried ‘Stranger Things’ Would Biff Its Finale Like ‘Game of Thrones’

Finn Wolfhard Was Worried ‘Stranger Things’ Would Biff Its Finale Like ‘Game of Thrones’

The star of Netflix's long-running series got over it after seeing the script—and assures fans the ending won't disappoint.Gizmodo.com