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  Television - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A semi-mechanical analogue television system was first demonstrated in London in February 1924 by John Logie Baird with an image of Felix the Cat and a moving picture by Baird on October 30, 1925.
The earliest television sets were radios with the addition of a television device consisting of a neon tube with a mechanically spinning disk (the Nipkow disk, invented by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow) that produced a red postage-stamp size image.
Television in its original and still most popular form involves sending images and sound over radio waves in the VHF and UHF bands, which are received by a receiver (a television set).
open-encyclopedia.com /Television   (4285 words)

  
 CONK! Encyclopedia: Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mechanically scanned color television was demonstrated by Bell Laboratories in June 1929 using three complete systems of photoelectric cells, amplifiers, glow-tubes, and color filters, with a series of mirrors to superimpose the red, green, and blue images into one full color image.
Television's first prime time network color series was The Marriage, a situation comedy broadcast live by NBC in the summer of 1954.
Television usage in the United States skyrocketed after World War II with the lifting of the manufacturing freeze, war-related technological advances, the gradual expansion of the television networks westward, the drop in set prices caused by mass production, increased leisure time, and additional disposable income.
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 Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rosing dissapeared during the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, but Zworykin later went to work for RCA to build a purely electronic television, the design of which was eventually found to violate patents by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
European colour television was developed somewhat later, in the 1960s, and was hindered by a continuing division on technical standards.
Nigeria was one of the first countries in Africa to introduce television, in 1959, followed by Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1961, while Zanzibar was the first in Africa to introduce colour television, in 1973.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/t/te/television.html   (3478 words)

  
 List of television programs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a listing of topics pertaining to television programs.
List of television shows set in New York City
List of television shows set in San Francisco
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_television_programs   (114 words)

  
 Women Lawyers in Television Series
This series was cancelled at the end of the 2003 season.
Australian series about a corporate lawyer who moves with her children to a small town and becomes the local judge.
Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) is an attorney on this groundbreaking series.
faculty.law.lsu.edu /ccorcos/lawhum/womenlawyerstvseries.htm   (2241 words)

  
 Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A mechanically-scanned analogue television system was first demonstrated in London in February 1924 by John Logie Baird with an image of Felix the Cat and a moving picture by Baird on October 30, 1925.
Some early television sets, especially British ones, contained valves and other pre-solid state electronic components which generated a considerable amount of heat even when the set was switched off.
As a result, up until at least the mid-1970s, television stations would air announcements reminding viewers to unplug their sets before going to bed for the night, since the heat build-up in the back of the set was a considerable fire hazard.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Television.htm   (5342 words)

  
 GuruNet — Content Map
List of Canadian Presidents of the Privy Council
List of Canadian provinces and territories by population
List of Canadian senators who resigned and were elected to the House of Commons
www.gurunet.com /cm-dsid-2222-letter-1L-first-17001   (161 words)

  
 Canadian Television Resources
Canadian Film and TV Books on the Canadian film and television industry.
Canadian television guide featuring comprehensive TV stations, actors and program listings.
A complete listing of television programs produced in Canada and broadcast by the CBC between 1952 and 1982, listed alphabetically.
www.dvshop.ca /dvcafe/canada/cantv.html   (161 words)

  
 List of Canadian television series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of TV shows from the English-speaking provinces of Canada.
For French-language shows, please see List of Quebec television series.
List of US television series - Several US television series are filmed in Canada.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Canadian_television_series   (229 words)

  
 Site Contents at the free Online Encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
List of British TV shows remade for the American market
List of British place names and their meanings
In a household, clothes hangers are the single one item that you own the most of, yet no one can name even one brand?
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 List of canadian television series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Television Characters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For several years now I have been trying to compile a list of television programs that have included gay/lesbian/bisexual characters as a part of their regular (or semi-regular) casts.
To be listed a character should have appeared in at least three episodes and be explicitly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.
For the purposes of this list, a character is described as `recurring' if he or she has appeared in at least three (3) episodes.
home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~wyatt/tv-characters.html   (1894 words)

  
 Sheridan: Canadian Millennium Television Series
The Canadian Millennium Television Series will enable Sheridan alumni and students to create a series of independently produced television programs related to the official themes of the Canada Millennium Partnership Program.
The Canadian Millennium Television Series will feature six, one-hour episodes produced by Sheridan graduates and students.
A short list of proposals will be drawn up, and Producers/Directors will be invited to attend a workshop at Sheridan College on Friday, January 14, 2000 to "pitch" their proposal.
www.sheridanc.on.ca /news/millenniumtv   (239 words)

  
 Bacon and Eh's: Canadian Television
Over the years, Canada has produced some real good television shows and we all know they have produced some real bad ones.
There is a new show coming to Global called Falcon Beach; the two-hour pilot episode airs this Saturday at 8:00 pm.
List of Canadian Television Series {Past and Present} - wow I forgot about a lot of these
baconandehs.blogspot.com /2005/01/canadian-television.html   (230 words)

  
 CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian
In November 2004, Canadians voted Tommy Douglas the Greatest Canadian of all time following a nationwide contest.
Over 1.2 million votes were cast in a frenzy of voting that took place over six weeks as each of 10 advocates made their case for the Top 10 nominees in special feature programs on CBC Television.
And after the nominations were counted, the final round of the Greatest Canadian debate raged on for the Top Ten.
www.cbc.ca /greatest   (173 words)

  
 CHANNEL CANADA :: Canada's Entertainment and Broadcasting Information
Home renovation and decorating shows are pushing some Canadians to opt for the "reno" of their dreams instead of a project more in line with their financial reality.
The Canadian Media Guild said 3,514 ballots were cast and 88.4 per cent voted in favour of ratification.
Canadian stage and screen actor Albert Shultz and Hollywood actress Lara Flynn Boyle have been tapped to play Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel Black in the upcoming CTV Original Movie Shades of Black.
channelcanada.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&...   (1849 words)

  
 Patty Winter's Canadian Dramas Page
Here's information about a number of Canadian television one-hour dramas from the 1990s (and now the 2000s!) that are either currently in production or at least still being aired in the U.S. or Canada.
A richly textured Canadian series about life in a small native village in the Northwest Territories, "North of 60" originally aired on CBC in Canada.
This CBC series about a mismatched duo of crimefighters (an RCMP corporal sent to Calgary after making enemies in Toronto, and a local ex-cop whom she gets out of jail in return for his help) ran for two seasons.
www.wintertime.com /OH/candrama.html   (2207 words)

  
 CBC: The Fifth Estate - Sticks and Stones
This was soon followed by the New York Times bestseller Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News and later in November 2003 he wrote Arrogance: Rescuing America From the Media Elite.
Al Franken is a television writer and producer.
In 1999, the Washington Post published a series of feature articles on Richard Mellon Scaife and the causes he funds.
www.cbc.ca /fifth/sticksandstones.html   (599 words)

  
 Canadian Content Part XIV -- "The Top Ten Greatest Moments in Canadian Television"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With a shrug, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau dismissed the military's occupation of Montreal during the FLQ crisis as a harbinger of the creation of a police state.
When the artificially pumped-up Ben Johnson was declared the fastest man on Earth, he was a true Canadian champion.
The gender-challenged character in question was the adopted child puppet of Mr.
www.theshrubbery.com /0999/canada0999.html   (752 words)

  
 CANOE - Classic - Canada's news, sports, entertainment, finance and lifestyle site - Canadian Online Explorer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It took 44 seasons, two name changes and three stadiums but the Houston Astros are headed to their first World Series in franchise history.
Canadian Curling Association reaches three-year deal with CBC and TSN
David Dingwall, the former head of the Canadian mint, says he's "ethically entitled" to severance pay after quitting his job; even worse, he seems to believe it.
www.canoe.ca   (585 words)

  
 Bambooweb: Television
Television is a telecommunication tool for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance.
TV1EU, starting in October 16, 2004 will be the first EU-wide broadcaster.
Australia has 3 commercial networks (Seven, Nine and Ten) as well as the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), a government owned, commercial free network; and SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) a multi-lingual government owned station.
www.bambooweb.com /articles/t/e/Television.html   (3762 words)

  
 Whatever: The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time
If this was a real list they'd have to put that 1978 Star Wars X-Mas special with the Ewoks at the top of the list.
While checking out the list of the 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time (of which a couple are quite humorous), one in particular jumped out at me: A Canadian Christmas with David Cronenberg (1986).
But seriously, "never getting the hang of it" overstates the case, no? There are tons of "normal" anglophone names in her books.
www.scalzi.com /whatever/003030.html   (6428 words)

  
 Television Resources
Resources and information about the Canadian television industry.
Favorite series from Dawson's Creek to The West Wing.
For the study of television with multi-lingual links.
www.dvshop.ca /dvcafe/tv.htm   (81 words)

  
 Cable Television Dish TV IPTV Satellite - First Canadian Gay and Lesbian Television Dating Series Begins Second Season   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the guise of other dating series, Fairy Tale achieves what has never before been done in Canadian television history.
Individuals who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered, are invited to find their perfect match while the world watches.
Hosted by Nelson Tomè, the second season of this groundbreaking, hit series is destined to be as much of a success as the first.
press.xtvworld.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2492   (378 words)

  
 Ask an Expert Sources
Teacher volunteers help students with questions from their homework, often by directing them to web sites with the information.
wNetStation, a public television station in New York, has three experts who are willing to answer questions on the use of the Internet for education.
Questions about careers in a certain field may also be addressed by experts in the specific fields listed elsewhere on this page.
www.cln.org /int_expert.html   (309 words)

  
 Television Details, Meaning Television Article and Explanation Guide
Television Details, Meaning Television Article and Explanation Guide
Both systems broadcast on UHF frequencies, the VHF being used for legacy fl & white, 405 lines in UK or 819 lines in France, till the beginning of the eighties.
Main article: Television in the United States In the US, the three original commercial television networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) provide prime-time programs for their affiliate stations to air from 8pm-11pm Monday-Saturday and 7pm-11pm on Sunday.
www.e-paranoids.com /t/te/television.html   (3957 words)

  
 List of U.S. television series
Television shows made for audiences in the fifty states and D.C. of the United States and the U.S. in general are listed in the Fifty States and D.C. section.
Shows made for audiences in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico are listed in the Puerto Rico section.
Walt Disney anthology series (aired under multiple titles)
www.1bx.com /en/List_of_Puerto_Rican_television_programs.htm   (258 words)

  
 LIST OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION SERIES FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
LIST OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION SERIES facts and information
This is a list of Australian television_series and television programs.
''Name_That_Tune'' (TCN9 - 1956-1957, 1975) (The first game show on Australian television.
www.19gmarketinggroup.com /List_of_Australian_television_series   (367 words)

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