News tagged with television program
Mexico's Slim invests in online TV network
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is teaming up with former CNN talk show host Larry King to launch an online television venture called Ora.TV.
Mar 12, 2012 |
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TV executives crave viewers who watch 2 screens
Forget the small screen and the big screen. The hottest new thing in television is the "second screen" - the one on the tablet computer or cell phone that an increasing number of viewers keep an eye on while they're watching ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Televisions getting Siri-style personal assistants
Startup Vlingo on Tuesday said that it is giving televisions the kind of voice-controlled "virtual assistants" that have been a hit with the latest version of Apple's hot-selling iPhone.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Review: Everybody's streaming Netflix, but what?
Netflix's streaming-video audience of more than 20 million subscribers has led many to label it a kind of digital TV network, and one that may grow into an HBO rival - if it's not already.
Jan 06, 2012 |
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The future of gaming technology
Microsoft, creator of the Xbox Live -- an online multiplayer video gaming and digital media delivery service -- has announced it would offer mainstream television programming to its subscribers, creating direct ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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New research demonstrates damaging influence of media on public perceptions of chimpanzees
How influential are mass media portrayals of chimpanzees in television, movies, advertisements and greeting cards on public perceptions of this endangered species? That is what researchers based at Chicago's Lincoln Park ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Broadcasters failed to prepare audiences for the Arab spring, says research
Broadcasters failed to prepare audiences for events in North Africa and the Middle East, according to new research from the International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) and the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2011 |
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US marks 50 years since second human spaceflight
Three weeks after the world marked 50 years since Russia's Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel in space, the United States is honoring the American who followed him, Alan Shepard.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 05, 2011 |
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Government appeals ruling on FCC indecency rule
(AP) -- Federal regulators are appealing a recent court decision that struck down a 2004 government policy that says broadcasters can be fined for allowing even a single curse word on live television.
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Drifting satellite threatens US cable programming
(AP) -- A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control thousands of miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Multimedia search without detours
Finding a particular song or video is often no easy matter. Manually assigned metadata may be incorrect, and the unpacking of compressed data can slow up the search. DIVAS, a multimedia search engine, uses digital fingerprints ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 02, 2010 |
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Google, Intel, Sony team up on Google TV platform
Google and Intel have teamed up with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Internet to a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes, The New York Times said Wednesday.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character
(PhysOrg.com) -- If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a social void in your life.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2009 |
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New research by law professor analyzes efficacy of the FCC's current rules
University of Miami Law Professor Lili Levi has recently authored a research paper titled "A 'Pay or Play' Experiment to Improve Children's Educational Television."
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Research shows advertisers new ways to hunt for TV bargains
(PhysOrg.com) -- The scene is played out in living rooms across America daily: A favorite television show builds to its riveting conclusion, and a commercial for fast food, automobiles or laundry detergent fills the screen.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2009 |
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