“The wisdom of crowds” has apparently seeped a bit into popular culture, or at least the geekier end of it. On the heels of British illusionist Derren Brown’s invoking of “the wisdom of crowds” as a (false) part of his … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Fiction | Tagged Collective Intelligence, fox, House, television, TV, wisdom of crowds | 3 Comments

James K. Galbraith on Max Keiser’s The Oracle

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- – - – - James K. Galbraith -

Posted in Entertainment, Finance, Humor, The Global Economy | Tagged BBC, BBC World, BBC World News, Entertainment, Finance, Humor, James K. Galbraith, Max Keiser, The Oracle, TV | 1 Comment

95 million TV viewers for the Super Bowl 2009

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

WSJ: Only the Super Bowl, presidential debates, the Oscars and a few other broadcasts attract the tens of millions of viewers that major advertisers, including movie studios and big consumer-product makers like PepsiCo Inc., long to reach. – UPDATE: There … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Sports | Tagged Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2009, TV | 3 Comments

Strange Bedfellows

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

FOX TV + HubDub Click on the VIDEO tab, and then click on PLAY. -

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged FOX TV, HubDub, prediction markets, television, TV | Leave a comment

Would InTrade or BetFair have done a better job predicting how many people would see the Barack Obama infomercial?

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

As I disclose on the other blog (Midas Oracle .COM), the HubDub traders wrongly thought that the (Socialist) Barack Obama informercial would have be seen by “more than 50 million”. No, no, no, no. It was 33.5 million, according to … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Leading & Lagging Indicators, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged 2008 US presidential elections, Barack Obama, BetFair, HubDub, infomercials, InTrade, prediction markets, ratings, Ross Perot, TV, viewers | 4 Comments

Yet another indispensable set of prediction markets that HubDub is the only exchange to run

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

To discover it, click here before 8 p.m. tonite, this Wednesday, October 29, 2008. – UPDATE: -

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics | Tagged 2008 US presidential elections, Barack Obama, HubDub, informercial, prediction markets, TV, TV ratings, US politics, viewers | 1 Comment

Max Keiser is going to practice (an entertaining form of) prediction market analysis for BBC World News.

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Max Keiser: CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY GLOBAL FINANCIAL MELTDOWN? NOT IF YOU HAD WATCHED THE ORACLE! Max Keiser looks into the future every Friday on BBC World . . . coming soon BBC World News is working with Max Keiser, … Continue reading →

Posted in Prediction Journalism | Tagged BBC World, BBC World News, InTrade, Max Keiser, prediction markets, television, The Oracle, TV | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: TV

TV documentary on WikiLeaks – [VIDEO]

Oprah incites the chicks to go buying an iPad 1 —and in February 2011, they’ll realize that what they really wanted is the iPad 2. – [VIDEO]

Aljazeera TV promotes the lie that prediction markets are “eerily accurate”, sucking up to InTrade’s PR and Hanson’s spinning. – [VIDEO]

“Wisdom of crowds” in popular culture, again