HBO offered 'bounty' to hackers: report
HBO offered a reward of $250,000 in response to a data breach at the television group that produces "Game of Thrones," according to a report from a leaked memo.
Security
Aug 11, 2017
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Facebook to produce own TV series, games
Facebook is starting production on high-quality television series and gaming shows to be broadcast on its platform, one of the social media giant's executives said on Monday.
Internet
Jun 26, 2017
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How AI helped auction off $19 billion worth of radio spectrum
Mobile phone carriers scooped up airwaves no longer needed by television broadcasters last March in a $19-billion auction designed by UBC and Stanford University researchers.
Telecom
Jun 26, 2017
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The deaf-blind can now 'watch' television without intermediaries
Today Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Telefónica and the Federation of Deaf-Blind Persons Associations has developed PervasiveSUB, groundbreaking software that allows deaf-blind persons to receive and enjoy television ...
Software
May 22, 2017
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New model for predicting presidential election results based on television viewership
A comparative study on predicting presidential election outcomes using models built on watch data for thousands of television shows has found that simple "single-show models" can have high predictive accuracy. Given the recent ...
Social Sciences
May 1, 2017
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Speak up! Why some TV dialogue is so hard to understand
Within 24 hours of the first episode of wartime drama SS-GB being broadcast the BBC received 100 complaints. Viewers took to Twitter to vent their frustrations with the sound. Many highlighted their annoyance that SS-GB was ...
Other
Apr 27, 2017
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Of Star Trek, Mark Twain and helmets: 15 new species of wasps with curious names
A total of fifteen new species of parasitic wasps have been described from across the Neotropical region. Apart from belonging to a peculiar group of wasps distinct with large and elongated bodies, the new insects also draw ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2017
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New Zealand judge upholds Kim Dotcom extradition ruling
A New Zealand judge has upheld an earlier ruling that flamboyant internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be extradited to the U.S. to face criminal charges.
Business
Feb 20, 2017
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3-D television is dead... so what next?
Back in 2010 Sony Australia's Paul Colley forecasted that a large percentage of Australian viewers would have 3-D televisions by 2014.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 8, 2017
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'Ghost skier' leads Winter Olympic Games data revolution
A "ghost skier" hurtling down the slope, an athlete's glucose levels flashing across the screen along with his heart rate—it is all part of an Olympic data revolution awaiting television viewers.
Other
Feb 8, 2017
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