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Television equipment stolen after raid on Santiago 2023 stadium
Television equipment has been stolen from Chile’s Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos – the focal venue of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games which are due to begin on Friday (October 20). Cameras, lenses, a radio frequency system and memory cards were taken in the raid that saw a container broken into close to gate…
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‘Unprecedented’ television audiences revealed for cycling Super Worlds
The 2023 Cycling World Championships, commonly referred to as the Super Worlds, witnessed a 75 per cent increase in hours watched on television, according to the UCI. The event, anchored in Glasgow, brought together 8,000 athletes from across 13 different disciplines. It marked the first time ever the UCI has combined the various World Championships,…
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The television fights back: Sky Live brings a new level of interaction to the medium
There’s an oft cited myth that humans only use a small fraction of their brain capacity. What is not in doubt, however, is that we only use a small fraction of our devices’ capabilities. Television is no different. For a good proportion of the twentieth century, TV featured prominently in future domestic concepts, an information…
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CBS Sports, Summit League release national basketball television schedule – University of South Dakota Athletics
By: Mercede Odegaard, USD Sports Information Story Links SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Summit League and CBS Sports announced Wednesday a 13-game lineup of men’s and women’s basketball games that will be televised nationally during the first year of the new media rights agreement between the two entities. All 13 games will appear linearly on CBS…
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What to know about the Xumo Stream Box, Spectrum’s new television device
Spectrum and its parent company Charter Communications, along with Comcast, are actually doing something consumer friendly. Call it seeing the writing on the wall when it comes to viewers and live television. It’s really no secret that cable and satellite companies have been losing eyes in droves because of cord cutting. According to a study…
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50 years later, a look back at the best primetime lineup in the history of television
Due to last summer’s twin labor strikes, the broadcast television season opened last month with the kind of scripted-content shortage unseen since 1980, when a summerlong actors’ walkout led to a piecemeal unveiling that stretched to mid-December. At best (assuming the ongoing actors’ strike is settled soon), viewers can look for new episodes of some…
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Television: The Way We Were
In television, as in all things, you can’t fully appreciate where you are, and where you’re headed, without knowing where you’ve been. When I moved to the wilds of north Florida eight+ years ago I brought my two plasmas with me (a Pioneer Kuro and one of the last and best plasma sets that Panasonic…
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Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood exhibit brings PBS Kids television series to Reading
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: A Grr-ific Exhibit is now open at the Reading Public Museum. This new exhibit brings to life the themes presented in the award-winning PBS Kids television series created by The Fred Rogers Productions that follows the adventures of 4-year-old Daniel Tiger and his friends. This exhibit is on display until January 14,…
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Media 3.0: Media3.Know: Evan Shapiro And The Rapid Evolution Of The New ‘Television’ Bundle
Question: If 40% of U.S. consumer time is now spent streaming, why do so many media buyers still allocate traditional TV and streaming CTV into separate buckets? Answer: Because many are still buying and selling TV advertising like it’s 2018. When former TV industry insider turned analyst Evan Shapiro presents poses that …
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‘The Wombles’ Remake In The Works With Altitude Television
EXCLUSIVE: A modern TV series remake of The Wombles is in the works with Ipcress File producer Altitude Television. The TV arm of Altitude Media Group is forging a fresh version of the beloved animated British family series about a secretive group of furry creatures who live beneath Wimbledon Common, which is being co-produced with…