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Abolish the BBCAnd make the country happier. Academics found happy people socialise more, read more newspapers and have more sex - but watch less television. Those who are unhappy watch up to 30 per cent more television than happy people, John Robinson and Steven Martin of the University of Maryland discovere... |
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Blue Shirts to solve digital TV transitionGeeks and nerds need not apply, but if you're still one of those facing your 10-year-old analog TV every night, I have some news. Come February 17, 2009, we will be making the official transition to digital television broadcasting. This means your rabbit-eared television will no longer work. If .... |
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Paper Cuts: Classic Plimpton TV AdsPlaying on his patrician authority while sending up the same, George Plimpton hawked beer, banks and cars in hilariously earnest print and television commercials. Many of these spots are lost to time, or at least trapped in television archives, but YouTube offers up a few gems, such as the ad for... |
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CSI: NY: One Hundred Episodes and Counting...One hundred episodes. That's no mean feat for a television show, especially nowadays. People have other sources of entertainment outside of television. As for television itself, there are many other sources—hundreds of cable channels, whatever's recorded on your DVR, whate... |
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A four-letter word on teatime televisionThe head of Channel 4 has defended swearing on television, saying he will not allow a "culture of conservatism" to stop presenters such as Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay from using offensive language. Sir Peregrine Worsthorne unleashed a furore when he swore on tellySwearing on televis... |
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The Types of MeteorologistsWhen most people think of a meteorologist, images of a television forecaster often come to mind. Meteorology, although a specialized science, is more than broadcasting on television, radio, and in... ... |
