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  News Network
Both networks began broadcast news by focusing on events, matters of public concern such as political conventions, election results and presidential inaugurations, and from this earliest period, broadcast journalism was rooted in various forms of competition.
Television was ready for its full-scale launch, but the demands of the war kept the new medium at parade rest until 1945.
In this developmental period the growth of network television news was hindered by the decision of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to "freeze" new TV licenses between 1948 and 1952, until it could sort out channel allocations and decide on a standard for color TV.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/N/htmlN/newsnetwork/newsnetwork.htm   (3211 words)

  
 The History of Television: 1950s
A half-hour situation comedy program, it is the first television show to be filmed in front of multiple motion picture cameras using a system developed by executive producer Desi Arnez and cinematographer Karl Freund.
Patrick Troughton becomes television's first Robin Hood, playing the eponymous folk hero in the first of six half-hour episodes of Robin Hood, shown weekly until April 21 on the BBC Television Service.
A color television broadcasting standard developed by RCA is officially approved for use in the U.S. by the FCC on Dec. 17.
www.the-best-of-television.com /thehistoryoftelevision1950s.html   (2154 words)

  
 artists television network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
While video art is most often confined to the exhibition arena, the Artists Television Network was committed to the development of "television" as an artistic medium and to the distribution of contemporary arts programming to a broad-based television viewing audience.
Through SoHo Television and the Live Show, ATN presented regular weekly telecasts of programs composed of original, innovative works by visual and performing artists on Manhattan Cable from 1978-1983.
In 1984 regular programming produced by ATN came to an end and the activities of ATN were discontinued.
www.lib.uiowa.edu /spec-coll/ltfs/atn.htm   (699 words)

  
 Associated TeleVision - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Associated TeleVision Limited, later ATV Network and best known simply as ATV, was a British ITV company from 1955 until 1981.
The company was formed from the merger of the Associated Broadcasting Development Company (known as ABDC and under the control of Norman Collins) and the Incorporated Television Programme Company (known as ITC and under the control of Prince Littler and Lew Grade).
ATV Network Limited was 'dissolved' as a company in 1992; however, just like Rediffusion, it made a strange comeback many years later.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Associated_Television_Network_Limited   (1908 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Comcast, Radio One plan network aimed at black viewers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The network, which would carry entertainment, news, opinion and sports programming, would compete with Black Entertainment Television, founded in 1980 by billionaire Robert Johnson and bought by Viacom in 2000.
Comcast and Radio One said the network would be designed to appeal to what they said was the underserved fl demographic group, which comprised 13% of the population and had $572 billion in buying power in 2001.
The network will be a joint venture between Comcast and Radio One, which aims mainly at a fl audience with 66 radio stations in 22 urban markets.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/2003-01-13-black-network_x.htm   (400 words)

  
 Iraqi Media Network - SourceWatch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Iraqi Media Network (IMN) is a U.S. funded news and entertainment network that consists of the Al Iraqiya television network, the Al-Sabah newspaper, and a radio network.
The original network contract -- which encompassed eight contracts totaling $108.2 million -- was given to San Diego-based Science Applications International Corporation in March 2003 by the Defense Contracting Command.
The network was to be constructed out of the infrastructure of Saddam Hussein's state-run news network to become a "world-class" media operation, including a 24-7 satellite channel, two land-based TV channels, two radio channels, a national newspaper, and TV and film studios in every major region of Iraq.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Iraqi_Media_Network   (934 words)

  
 ITV2 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
ITV2 is an entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc.
It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on the Digital television satellite (Sky Digital as an encrypted non-subscription package), cable and terrestrial (Freeview) platforms.
This article related to broadcasting in the United Kingdom is a stub.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/ITV2   (278 words)

  
 Network Services - Boston College
ITS Network Services is a multifaceted "communications utility." Comprised of 23 full-time professionals, Network Services provides Operational and Professional services, as well as Administrative services, to the entire university community.
This group is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Cable Television system and the entire Boston College computer networking plant.
The Infrastructure Group is primarily responsible for all of the network rooms, cable plant and conduit/manhole systems on campus.
www.bc.edu /offices/its/network.html   (231 words)

  
 CNN.com - When TV network changes name, look close - Mar. 3, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
When a television network sets aside its name in favor of an acronym, there's usually an interesting marketing tale behind it, or a conscious effort to distance itself from the name's connotations.
Some networks have gone by initials for so long that their original titles are lost to the mists of time.
Even though it was changed to a general interest network targeting young men, it was named The National Network to preserve the TNN initials.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/03/networkacronyms.ap   (953 words)

  
 The DuMont Television Network: Channel Seven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
DuMont might have survived as the third national television network, were it not for a sudden change of fortune at the other struggling network, ABC.
One wonders if the combined ABC-DuMont network would have been a bigger player in television than ABC by itself proved to be over the next decade, and if so, what this might have meant for both DuMont and ABC; but the deal was never consummated, and DuMont was headed for oblivion.
The death of the DuMont network, and the concurrent rise of ABC, would establish the pattern of network television in the United States for the next thirty years.
members.aol.com /cingram/television/dumont7.htm   (1586 words)

  
 Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News : Ancier to take charge of WB Network from CEO Kellner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It claims to be the fastest-growing network this season among total viewers and in the 18-34 and 18-49 demographics.
In addition to his duties at The WB Ancier will continue to be available to sister company Turner Broadcasting System to consult on programming issues associated with their news and entertainment networks.
And although we might be the youngest of the broadcast networks, our senior management team is the most experienced in the television business.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k3/oct/oct6.htm   (443 words)

  
 APTN - Associated Press Television News
Video captured by AP Television News can be seen by over half of the world's population on any given day.
AP Television News is the obvious choice for a News content delivery partner - serving as your eyes, ears, and enquiring mind - in whichever part of the world you need to access.
AP Television News can offer access to a LIVE position in Gaza overlooking the city.
www.aptn.com   (383 words)

  
 Television Revenue Update 2004- TurnOffYourTV.com
In 2003 and 2004, TV networks and their associated conglomerates made billions of dollars.
For example, profits from the AandE Television Networks are shared by The Hearst Corporation, The Walt Disney Company and General Electric.
AandE Television Networks (joint ownership by The Hearst Corporation (37.5%), Walt Disney's Disney ABC Cable (37.5%) and General Electric's NBC (25%).
www.turnoffyourtv.com /networks/revenueupdate04/revenue.html   (673 words)

  
 NJN - New Jersey Public Television and Radio
Prior to joining NJN in 1979, Selinger was on the staff of WCBS-TV in New York where she was associate producer for the Emmy Award-winning consumer affairs show, On Your Side with John Stossel, and the documentary series, Channel 2-Eye On.
Selinger is the national secretary of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
She serves on National Scholarship Committee of the National Television Academy and serves as the trustee for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter.
www.njn.net /television/specials/hiddenchild/selingerbio.html   (381 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: NORTH KOREA: APTN opens full-time bureau in North Korea
Associated Press Television News opened a full-time office in North Korea on Monday, becoming the first Western news organization able to provide regular coverage of that nation.
On April 21 The Korea Herald reported that the news organization was close clinching a deal to open a bureau in the North, and that the office would "be up and running within a month." At that time APTN executives in London and Beijing refused to either confirm or deny the report.
"Once again, the Associated Press opens a window with authoritative and impartial coverage from all parts of the world," said Tom Curley, president and CEO of the Associated Press.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article-eastasia.asp?parentid=46414   (421 words)

  
 Entertainment : Television -- ContraCostaTimes.com
Times television writer Chuck Barney's eyes spend hours glazing over so yours don't have to.
Bob Barker is heading toward his last showcase, his final "Come on down." The silver-haired daytime-TV icon is retiring in June, he told the Associated Press on Tuesday.
Things apparently have gotten so bad around the Peacock network that Conan O'Brien is having to resort to "bare bones" programming.
www.contracostatimes.com /mld/cctimes/entertainment/television   (664 words)

  
 1955 in television
March 5 - Elvis Presley appears on television for the first time, on the program Louisiana Hayride
September 22 - Commercial television starts in the UK (London area) - Associated-Rediffusion on weekdays, Associated Television Network Limited (ATV) at weekends.
December 10 - The first Saturday morning cartoon show debuts on American television, The Mighty Mouse Playhouse.
teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/1/19/1955_in_television.html   (217 words)

  
 ATI About Us
However, its owners and affiliated companies have been successfully producing and distributing television series, specials, feature films, radio programs, books and music since 1967.
ATI’s corporate mission is to produce and distribute quality movies, television, radio, interactive media, literature, and music that is both educational and entertaining for audiences world-wide.
ATI’s vaults are filled with original television programming produced entirely by ATI including over 1000 hours of documentary and special interest programming, (nature documentary, biography, travel shows, wildlife documentary, music specials, investigative journalism documentary and more).
www.associatedtelevision.com /aboutus.html   (263 words)

  
 Telecommunications And Network Services : University of Vermont
UVM Telecomm & Network Services has the responsibility to design, develop, approve, install, maintain and manage the telecommunications wiring and infrastructure in all UVM owned and leased buildings and properties.
UVM Telecomm & Network Services will work with design professionals, departments and electrical engineers and ensure they have ready access to this standard for reference when questions or conflicts should arise in any construction or renovation process.
Through close interaction during the design of new projects, the review of renovation projects and future campus planning the entire design team assures that uniform, cost effective and high quality telecommunications infrastructure systems are installed.
www.uvm.edu /telcom/?Page=network/standardintro.html   (396 words)

  
 Television News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Television news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., a provider of satellite radio, and Cingular Wireless LLC, a wireless carrier with more than 58 million customers, announced a partnership Thursday to stream 25 XM music...
Now that we've had full blog network saturation, it's time to kick into gear with video log networks.
www.topix.net /business/television   (642 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts:Television:News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Television news is often a major undertaking involving hundreds of people.
For most television networks, their own in-house news division handles the production of the network's news programs.
This category lists the English-speaking news divisions of national-level television networks around the world.
dmoz.org /Arts/Television/News/desc.html   (141 words)

  
 AP Online Video network
The AP Online Video Network is an ad-supported news video service that draws on the global newsgathering resources of The Associated Press and its network of members and customers in the United States to provide video summaries of breaking news stories for Web sites.
The Online Video Network offers video clips covering national, international, entertainment, technology and business news to an audience of more than 45 million unique visitors.
The AP Online Video Network is designed to make AP members more competitive in the rapidly growing online video business.
www.ap.org /ovn/#Network   (319 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Television network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Access to the Republic's stations (but in particular RTÉ) in Northern Ireland was a requirement of the Good Friday Agreement peace deal in 1998.
National Educational Television (NET) defunct in 1969 - merged into PBS
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Television_network   (235 words)

  
 U.S. House Staffers End Iraq Tour - Associated Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- A delegation of U.S. congressional staffers shook hands with emaciated Iraqi children during a tour of Basra, Iraq's second largest city, as the delegates wrapped up their tour of the nation's battered south.
it has to change," she told Associated Press Television Network during the tour Thursday.
Other staff members include: Peter Hickey, with the office of Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga.; Jack Zylman, from the staff of Rep. Earl Hilliard, D-Ala.; Brian Sims, who works for Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill.; and Danielle LeClair, from the office of Rep. Bernard Sanders, an Independent from Vermont.
nucnews.net /2000/du/99du/990903wp.htm   (457 words)

  
 Coming to a TV near you? PGA Tour may start own network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Commissioner Tim Finchem hinted Sunday that the Tour might follow the NFL and NBA by launching its own television network, with the revamped schedule in 2007 providing the likely jumping-off point for such a venture.
The PGA Tour's current television package expires after the 2006 season, and Finchem already has announced plans for a major shakeup to the schedule the following year.
The terms "Handicap Index" and "USGA" are trademarks and service marks of the United States Golf Association.
www.golf.com /gdc/news/article.asp?id=36595   (475 words)

  
 AP Opens Television Bureau In N. Korea - Public Eye
AP Opens Television Bureau In N. Korea - Public Eye
That’s a real headline, which would make Associated Press Television Network the first Western news organization to open a permanent outlet in the country.
You might recall that it was pretty big news last June when ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff became the first journalist to report from North Korea since 2000.
www.cbsnews.com /blogs/2006/05/23/publiceye/entry1645371.shtml   (571 words)

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