Buzz Lightyear, Bono and Jonny Wilkinson are unlikely bedfellows, but together they are helping to push back the boundaries of TV and film production. Meanwhile, back on the sofa, viewers may soon need to buy yet another new telly. Forty years after the inaugural colour TV broadcast was shown at the Riverside Studios, in west London, the same venue hosted another first this month: a live 3D test transmission beamed in by satellite. The event was England's RBS Six Nations rugby match against Scotland, shown to a select group of 200 people from across the sport, music and media industries. The...
TV matters: The Bafta Television Awards
The Guardian
The Guardian
Sunday's ceremony had some fine points to make, with voters rewarding the ethical, the engaged and the just plain excellent Eyes on the prize ... A row of Bafta awards. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images Voting was individual and private, but...
Hearst-Argyle Television's WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, Earns Peabody, Other Awards, for Investigative Series
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Verizon Makes Digital Television Upgrade Easy for FiOS TV Customers in Massachusetts
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Only Verizon Delivers All-Digital TV Over the Nation's Most Advanced Fiber-Optic Network, Straight to Customers' Doors BOSTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- With the federal mandate to phase out analog television broadcasts approaching in early 2009, many...
Verizon Makes Digital Television Upgrade Easy for FiOS TV Customers in New Jersey
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Only Verizon Delivers All-Digital TV Over the Nation's Most Advanced Fiber-Optic Network, Straight to Customers' Doors NEWARK, N.J., May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- With the federal mandate to phase out analog television broadcasts approaching in early 2009,...
Hat Trick hit by television squeeze
The Times
The Times
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Three hundred jobs are to be lost with the closure of a television factory where ...
Skynews
Skynews
'Fewer TVs being sold in UK' Workers are the JVC plant at East Kilbride, in South...
Golf club up to par with renovations Updates include a kitchen overhaul, bar area, televisions ...
Dayton Daily News
Dayton Daily News
Beware of the television cons
Independent online (SA)
Independent online (SA)
By Deon de Lange South Africans should beware of the influx of cheap television sets that will likely flood the local market as the country prepares to switch to digital broadcasting later this year, the government has warned. Deputy Minister...
First lady Laura Bush makes television history
MSNBC
MSNBC
“Welcome back to another hour of TODAY,” the female television news anchor said as the clock pushed past 9 a.m. ET. But there was something different about that lady’s voice. Certainly, the Texan burr indicated it wasn’t Meredith Vieira or Ann Curry....
North Carolina TV market to make early switch to digital TV
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON - Any glitches in the nationwide switch to digital television will be felt first in Wilmington, N.C. The Federal...
BBC and ITV launch free-to-view HD television service
The Times
The Times
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } A free-to-view satellite television and radio service from the BBC and ITV is being launched across the UK today. Freesat will be available to 98 per cent of UK...
Boxing: Lincoln's Thompson ready for another televised match
Omaha World-Herald
Omaha World-Herald
BY TONY BOONE WORLD-HERALD CORRESPONDENT Now an experienced professional with 27 bouts under his belt, Patrick Thompson doesn't let much in boxing rattle him. Facing an up-and-coming prospect on his home turf is no big deal. Fighting on national...
BBC and ITV launch free satellite Television service
The Times
The Times
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } BBC and ITV united to announce a free, 80-channel satellite televison service yesterday in an attempt to create more effective competition to pay TV rivals. Freesat...


