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OTT can never replace television, says Mishkat Varma
In television, you get to know the gist of the character when you audition for a role, and by that time at least 50 episodes are written. So, one knows how the character might shape up going ahead, but for me, I have never given my character as much importance as I give to other…
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Spectrum lost 320k subs in Q3
Charter Communications has revealed that its Spectrum brand has lost 320,000 TV subs in the 3rd quarter of 2023. It also reported that it paid out $68m in customer credits due to its carriage dispute with Disney that led to a blackout. “We continue to make significant progress against the multi-year strategic initiatives we outlined…
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AMC Networks enables programmatic ad buying on linear
AMC Networks has enabled programmatic ad buying on three of its linear networks after a successful pilot last month. AMC Networks says this technological advancement is noteworthy as “it marked the first time live linear inventory was able to be purchased programmatically – in a real-time, biddable ad environment”. The company created and executed this…
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Common sense doesn’t exist for television-wrecking sports broadcasters
Bitter? Over the continued needless destruction of sports as per the shortsighted plan? The greed-based dissolution of the World Series? You bet I’m bitter. You? Now that we’ve identified the indisputable — TV spends 10 times more to make telecasts 10 times worse — what do we do about it? Well, how much can you…
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Reporter Who Lost Entire Family to Israeli Airstrike Returns to Television: ‘My Duty’
A Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist returned to reporting from Gaza on Thursday, just days after much of his family was killed by an Israeli airstrike. Wael al-Dahdouh, who serves as Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, lost his wife, son, daughter and infant grandson on Wednesday after an Israeli airstrike hit the Nuseirat refugee camp in…
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Man arrested for stealing television from elderly woman’s Rantoul home
URBANA — A man was charged on Thursday with allegedly stealing a flat-screen television from the home of an elderly woman in Rantoul he had helped hang up curtains for. Cedric Sampson, 33, for whom no address is listed, was arraigned on the residential burglary charge before Champaign County Judge Brett Olmstead. Assistant State’s Attorney…
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AIPT Television podcast episode 39: An immigrant journey and ‘Darna’ with Andrew Drilon
The AIPT Television podcast continues its celebration of Filipino American History month with our latest guest. Andrew Drilon has made a name for himself in his native country of the Philippines. He’s received the Neil Gaiman Graphic/Fiction award for his comic Lines and Spaces. He also won the Manila Critics Circle National Book Award for…
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Civic Center Foundation brings back ‘Movie Groupie’ Nights for family fun.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) – Round up your kids and grab the popcorn for family movie nights in the downtown area. The Lima Civic Center Foundation has announced the return of its “Movie Groupie” series for the 2023 and 2024 season. The series will take place in the Crouse Performance Hall at the Veterans Memorial Civic…
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Paramount Plus cancels two television shows after one season
Lizzy Caplan as Alex Forrest and Joshua Jackson as Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction streaming on Paramount+ 2022. Photo credit: Monty Brinton/Paramount+ Fear the Walking Dead Preview: Non-spoiler thoughts for “Iron Tiger” by Shay McBryde Two more television shows will be added to the season 1 lifespan pile. Paramount Plus Fatal Attraction and Rabbit Hole…
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The Return of “Frasier”
Cultural Comment The Return of “Frasier” The revival finds Frasier teaching at Harvard but otherwise unchanged.Photograph by Chris Haston / Paramount+ Save this storySave this story Save this storySave this story A new “Frasier” has débuted nearly two decades after the conclusion of the original series, and it moves Kelsey Grammer’s eponymous psychotherapist back to…