Christmas Movie Wars | It's a Wonderful Strife | 3
After years of being content to play second fiddle to Hallmark, Lifetime decides to make a big move in 2018. They produce more Christmas movies than ever before and go after Hallmark’s biggest weaknes...
8 Dec 202121min
Christmas Movie Wars | Once Upon A Christmas Ratings Hit | 2
In 1951, the founder of Hallmark Cards, the successful greeting card company, decides to get into television by sponsoring a live opera airing on Christmas Eve. It’s a success, and Hallmark becomes a ...
6 Dec 202122min
Christmas Movie Wars | A Very Merry Rivalry | 1
In 2009 the Hallmark Channel launched "Countdown to Christmas," which included four original movies made on a modest budget that follow a predictable formula. It was an immediate ratings hit, catapult...
1 Dec 202124min
Blackberry vs iPhone | The Smartphone Generation | 5
It’s a GPS! It’s a camera! It’s a computer! It’s...your smartphone. And in 2021, it feels like you can’t live without it. But when Blackberry and iPhone got into the game in the mid-2000s, that wasn’t...
29 Nov 202126min
Blackberry vs iPhone | A Requiem in Slow Motion | 4
It’s January 2011 and Research in Motion’s Jim Balsillie is in Davos, Switzerland when he discovers that his company is being threatened by the Egyptian government. BlackBerry’s BBM messaging system i...
24 Nov 202124min
Blackberry vs iPhone | App Attack | 3
It’s summer 2008, and Research In Motion’s Mike Lazaridis is at the product testing site for BlackBerry’s new device: a touchscreen designed to compete with the iPhone. This model, however, is going t...
22 Nov 202124min
Blackberry vs iPhone | The Jesus Phone | 2
It’s late 2005, and Steve Jobs is deciding between two prototypes for an Apple phone. His choice will go on to become perhaps the best-selling product ever. Now his team just has to make the touchscre...
17 Nov 202125min
Blackberry vs iPhone | CrackBerry | 1
It’s September 11, 2001, and the only network running in downtown NYC is the one owned and operated by BlackBerry’s manufacturer, Reserach in Motion. On one of the most devastating days in American hi...
15 Nov 202125min
