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Norman Lear, Pioneering Television Producer, Dies at 101
Archie Bunker was a racist, sexist antisemite, but his creator, Norman Lear, reminds us he was all talk. “There was nothing violent about his attitudes about anything,” Lear says. “He was more fearful than anything else. I mean, he wouldn’t light a cross on a lawn or be any part of that. But his invective…
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What happened to AJ Styles? Update on absence from television and WWE return
AJ Styles hasn’t appeared on WWE television in nearly three months. The Phenomenal One was last seen on the September 22, 2023, episode of Friday Night SmackDown. The Bloodline ambushed him to set up an injury angle ahead of Fastlane. According to a recent report from Dave Meltzer, Styles is expected to return on WWE…
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Ellen Holly, ‘One Life to Live’ Star and First Black Actor to Lead a Daytime Television Show, Dies at 92
Ellen Holly, a stage and screen actor who became the first Black star of a daytime television series with her role as Carla Gray in ABC’s soap opera “One Life to Live,” died Wednesday at Cavalry Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y. She was 92. Holly’s death was confirmed by a representative for the actor. Cast…
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Live blog: Capitals return home to play Stars on national television
After a week-and-a-half away from Capital One Arena, the Washington Capitals are back home to face the Dallas Stars. Evgeny Kuznetsov will play his 700th career game while Alex Ovechkin will look to tally point number 1,500 in his career. Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery will turn back to goaltender Charlie Lindgren after Darcy Kuemper…
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Agile TV seeks European expansion
Agile Content, the technology provider for TV content that operates pay-TV service Agile TV, is breaking into other European countries such as Italy, Germany, Portugal and Sweden, as well as Brazil in Latin America. “We will replicate our Spanish model in Italy”, said Alfredo Redondo, CEO of Agile Content, to Crónica Vasca, adding that “80…
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T announces live TV tech breakthrough
BT has unveiled what it describes as a pioneering new technology, designed to be a more reliable, quality-focused and sustainable way of delivering live content over the Internet. Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery (MAUD) technology is aimed at improving viewer experiences and increasing the efficiency of the complex journey that content takes to reach them. Major broadcasters,…
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Altoona communications students to appear on morning television program
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Rai Italia expands reach in Europe
Rai Italia, the international TV channel of Italian public broadcaster Rai, is expanding to more European countries, including the UK and Spain, where there are large Italian expat communities. This expansion marks a significant step forward for the channel, which already broadcasts to over 40 million homes across 174 countries via satellite, cable, IPTV and…
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Data: Nearly all Portuguese homes subscribe to pay-TV
A huge 97.8 per cent of families in Portugal had a pay-TV subscriptiom in the third quarter of 2023, with subscriptions rising to 4.6 million, up 107,000 from the same period in 2022. According to the National Communications Authority (Anacom), this growth is primarily due to the growing popularity of fibre-optic (FTTH/B) technology, which now…
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Research: 20% US households own TV antenna
Findings from technology research firm Parks Associates’ report, ATSC 3.0: Impact and Opportunity for Video Services, reveal that 20 per cent of US Internet households own a television antenna and 12 per cent don’t have an antenna but plan to purchase one in the next six months. “The percentage of antenna owners has remained steady…