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Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry Expands to Three-Part Television Event Coming This November
Among the best movies to kick off the summer movie season this past May, Matt Johnson’s Berlinale and SXSW selection BlackBerry stars Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, and Johnson in the story of the men that charted the course of the spectacular rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone. Backed by CBC (Canadian Broadcasting…
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Dell O’Dell’s Trailblazing Magic Show Cast a Spell on Early Television Audiences
Dell O’Dell loved the stage as much as she dominated it—no small feat for any magician, much less a “funsational femagician,” as she called herself. The Michael Claxton Collection When Dell O’Dell, the self-proclaimed “queen of magic,” set out to make a name for herself in the 1930s, she often received the same response: “A…
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LG Signature OLED M 97-Inch Television: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023
These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. “When it comes to new televisions in the home, today’s consumers are more design-conscious—they don’t want to see wires,” says David Park, director of customer value enablement at…
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TV tonight: inside the Metropolitan police
The Met 9pm, BBC One While the Metropolitan police’s recent difficulties are acknowledged in the introduction, allegations of institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia aren’t foregrounded in this series opener. Instead it feels, initially at least, like smart reputation management. The detectives we meet are responding to the stabbing of a teenager, investigating a sex trafficking…
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TELEVISION: 54th season of ‘Sesame Street’ debuting on Max
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Ovzon-3 on track for December launch
The Swedish owners of Ovzon-3 must be breathing a strong sigh of relief at the news that their much-delayed Ovzon-3 satellite will launch in December. The problem for Ovzon is that if the satellite doesn’t launch by December 31st it could find its frequency rights to occupy 59.7 degrees East slot cancelled for failing to…
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Surge in FAST channels changing television landscape worldwide
Subscribe to NewscastStudio for the latest news, project case studies and product announcements in broadcast technology, creative design and engineering delivered to your inbox. The meteoric rise of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels marks a shift in how viewers access and consume content. According to Amagi’s ninth Quarterly Global FAST Report, 2023 has been…
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Sony Pictures Television Hires Tania Missad as Executive VP of Research, Strategy and Analysis
Sony Pictures Television has brought in Tania Missad as executive vice president of research, strategy, and analysis. She will begin her new role today at the studio’s Culver City lot and will report to Sony Pictures Television Studios president Katherine Pope. “A deeply respected leader, Tania brings curiosity, rigor, and passion to her work,” Pope…
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Sony Pictures Television Taps Tania Missad As Head Of Research, Strategy & Analysis
Sony Pictures Television has hired Tania Missad as EVP of Research, Strategy and Analysis. Missad, who will be based on the Culver City lot, will report to SPT Studios President Katherine Pope. In her new role which she begins today, Missad will lead the research and analytics teams and oversee analysis of IP for SPT’s U.S.-based…
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Darren McGavin had to accept being a tough guy on television
Darren McGavin was one of television’s tough guys as Carl Kolchak on Kolchak: The Night Stalker from 1974 to 1975. He could be seen chasing down vampires, creepy crawlers and zombies onscreen, but offscreen, McGavin insisted on not being tough at all. While McGavin willingly accepted his blood-and-guts image as Kolchak on TV, he said…