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	Television Act 1954 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1640
		Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1699
		Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1706
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Television_Act_1954 (357 words)

	1954 in television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also: 1953 in television, other events of 1954, 1955 in television and the list of 'years in television'.
		Television Act 1954 authorises setting up the infrastructure for British commercial television.
		The British Academy Television Awards, the most prestigious awards in the British television industry, are first awarded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1954_in_television (434 words)

	Television commercial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The radio industry was well-established when television made its in the 1940s and in the United television was intentionally developed as a commercial based upon radio's successful format by the television broadcasting networks (especially RCA the founder and owner of the NBC Red and NBC Blue networks).
		However the vast majority of television commercials of brief advertising spots ranging in length a few seconds to several minutes (as as program-length infomercials).
		The effect of television commercials upon viewing public has been so successful and pervasive that it is considered impossible for politician to wage a successful election campaign without airing a good television
	www.freeglossary.com /Television_commercial (1267 words)

	Chronomedia: 1954
		UK television audience is estimated at 9.1m; 27.1m adults are in homes with radio but no television.
		UK television receiving licence fee is increased from £2 to £3—the first increase since its introduction, making BBC Television financially stable for the first time.
		Eurovision (or 'Television Continental Exchange' in BBC parlance) is inaugurated by a series of link-ups of Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and West Germany.
	www.terramedia.co.uk /Chronomedia/years/1954.htm (1717 words)

	ITV
		Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original commercial British television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC.
		ITV was initially set up and regulated by the Independent Television Authority (ITA) which was created by the Television Act of 1954.
		Although still the major force in British commercial television, ITV's share of the TV viewing audience has been falling for years, particularly since the start of competition by satellite television, and more recently digital terrestrial television[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/it/ITV_franchise.html (553 words)

	ITV - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The resulting company, Thames Television, was 51% controlled by ABC and took the London weekdays contract.
		Southern lost their licence to Television South (TVS), and the South of England region was converted to a dual region.
		Ulster Television plc own a number of local radio stations in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, as well as the UK national station talkSPORT, under the UTV Radio brand.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/ITV (1759 words)

	British Television
		Third, all advertising-financed television is under the jurisdiction of the Independent Television Commission (known in previous incarnations as the Independent Broadcasting Authority and the Independent Television Authority).
		The act posits a "quality threshold", which all applying companies must cross before being admitted to the auction itself, at which the highest bidder would normally be the winner.
		This was strengthened by the Broadcasting Act of 1990, which obliged all terrestrial broadcasters to commission at least 25% of their output from such sources, and will be further boosted by many commissions from Channel 5.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/B/htmlB/britishtelev/britishtelev.htm (4173 words)

	The American Experience/Technology/Big Dream Small Screen/TV Milestones
		Television's first drama,The Queen's Messenger, is broadcast from Schenectady, New York station WGY on September 11, 1928.
		The Communications Act of 1934 ushers in an era of government regulation of television airwaves.
		The act stipulates that commercial television stations "operate in the public interest, convenience, and necessity." The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the act.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/technology/bigdream/milestones.html (749 words)

	Television Heaven
		BBC television closed down for the duration of the war for fear that signals from the large transmitter at Crystal Palace would act as a guide to enemy aircraft.
		However, when it was announced that this historic occasion was indeed to be televised, the weeks leading up to the coronation saw the sales of televisions rocket, with an estimated 20 million TV viewers tuning in on the day to watch the young Queen crowned.
		By the end of 1953, with so many televisions in so many homes across the country, it was difficult for the government to deny the need for a second channel any more, and so it was that a year later the Television Act of 1954 was passed, and Mr.
	www.televisionheaven.co.uk /history2.htm (1686 words)

	Political Television 1955-59
		He brought in some techniques from American television such as named newscasters and filmed reports with sound; ‘vox pop’ interviews with the public were invented by ITN news editor Arthur Clifford.
		The Television Act 1954 had made it a legal duty (the broadcasters already considered it an ethical duty) to be fair and unbiased.
		Television politics was well-established by the 1959 election and covered it well.
	www.election.demon.co.uk /pt2.html (2711 words)

	Trevor Pateman: Television and the 1974 General Election
		Again, much of the Television Election is presented as reflective: certainly in the case of newsfilm, which is presented as a mirror of real events in the real world (and not a construct using real events in the real world to a greater or lesser degree).
		Television becomes a straightforward vehicle for the political parties in the case of these party political broadcasts, and it is these which I wish to discuss in this section.
		This is led and chaired by the television middleman and gives a politician who appears just as much freedom to present his/her case as his/her opponents in the programme will allow, subject to the rules of debate upheld by the chairman.
	www.selectedworks.co.uk /television1974.html (12811 words)

	Birth of a Television Station: KCTS
		Channel 9's first broadcast that day in December of 1954 was almost delayed, due to a fire that had damaged the station's studios at N.E. 41st and University Way about three weeks before.
		KCTS participated in one of the most significant developments in the history of public television by presenting a special live telecast of President Johnson's State of the Union Address in 1966.
		In addition to being the first such broadcast on educational television, it ushered in the era of interconnected television--using telephone lines to transmit educational programs.
	www.washington.edu /research/showcase/1954a.html (1111 words)

	Activity Connection.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Red told the audience giving him a standing ovation, “I want to thank you for sitting down, I thought you were pulling a CBS and walking out on me.” He returned to NBC in 1970 but was unable to achieve his previous success.
		The only other television performer with a longer run was Ed Sullivan with his 24 years of host of The Ed Sullivan Show.
		The basics of Red’s vaudeville act were comprised of pantomimes, prat falls, funny voices, crossed eyes and sight gags.
	www.activityconnection.com /MembersOnly/July2004/reeltoreal.htm (1333 words)

	40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
		The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is organized by broad provisions or "Titles." The major points include Title I, which abolished unequal application of voter registration requirements.
		Title VI extended the act's provisions to "any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance" and authorized the federal government to withhold federal funds from any such program that practiced discrimination.
		The majority consensus and strong political coalitions that passed the "'64 Act" would also give us the 1965 Voting Rights Act [PDF], the numerous public and private lawsuits that struck at the legacies of segregation, and the many initiatives that mark our continuing progress toward and determination to achieve a truly just society.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/civilrights/cract40anniv.htm (1181 words)

	ITV - Free net encyclopedia
		In England and Wales, the channel that it broadcasts was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions.
		In the three main areas – London, North of England and the Midlands – ITV was launched in September 1955, February 1956 and Mar 1956.
		Image:Itv1989.jpg The Broadcasting Act 1990 brought several changes to the ITV network, which was officially renamed Channel 3.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/ITV (1702 words)

	ITV: itv news, itv sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		ITV (Independent Television) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC.
		Southern lost their licence to Television South (TVS), and the South of England was converted to a dual region, South and South East England.
		TWW (Television Wales and the West): Wales and West of England franchise (1958–1968).
	winelib.com /wiki/ITV (2084 words)

	SBF Glossary: .ac. to AC-3
		ACT also successfully pushed for a ban (implemented by FCC regulatory action) on vitamin-pill ads, when it was found that children were poisoning themselves with overdoses.
		ACT was supported over the years by a series of grants -- the first for $165,000 from the John Markle Foundation in 1970, later grants from the Ford and Carnegie foundations.
		ACT opposed the boycotts and what Peggy Charren saw as censorship advocated by conservative groups like the Moral Majority, and indicated that their declining influence also allowed her to disband ACT.
	www.plexoft.com /SBF/A02.html (11490 words)

	The Moral Dimensions of Poverty, Entitlements, and Theft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Nor can it be objected that in the case of the United States–unlike the democratic robbers–we had all agreed beforehand to be bound by the results of elections because of the Constitution.
		Second, if the reparations are for an act that took place many years ago, a direct link between the historical victims and the present recipients must be forged.
		For example, although virtually all slaves in the United States were fl, and many present welfare recipients are of the same race, not all of the latter can trace their roots to the former.
	www.acton.org /publicat/m_and_m/2001_spring/block.html (4715 words)

	UFO Skeptics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He was also the chairman of Harvard College Observatory from 1954 to 1966.
		It is an unreasonable demand, believers say, because aliens are intelligent and cunning, and one cannot expect them to leave physical evidence of their presence on Earth.
		Well, such an argument may make sense to somebody who is prepared to believe in alien visitations as an act of faith, in the same way that some people believe in angels.
	www.etcontact.net /Skeptics.htm (1348 words)

	ITV - find information about ITV at BigServing.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		ITV (or iTV) can also mean interactive television, whilst Independent Television may also be used in reference to the i television network in the United States.
		In the three main areas - London, North of England and the Midlands - ITV was launched in September 1955, February 1956 and Mar 1956.
		Ulster Television plc owns a number of radio stations in the UK and Republic of Ireland (UTV Radio).
	www.bigserving.com /ITV.htm (3408 words)

	1954-1972: Massive Resistance
		The National Defense Education Act passes US Congress as the first major federal investment in education since the end of Reconstruction.
		On national television, President John F. Kennedy praises Atlantans and expresses the hope that school desegregation is entering a new, nonviolent stage.
		Thirteen years after Brown (1954), only 16 percent of African American students are attending schools with White students in the 11 Southern states of the old Confederacy.
	www.southerneducation.org /1954.asp (1457 words)

	StateofPlay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		And so, due to encroaching censorship, artists sitting on their hands as if their livelihood would be forever protected by the government, the infringement of television, and the coming of better overseas material, Australian comic books fell away.
		Though technically an alien rather than a superhero, The Doctor nevertheless pushed as he continues to push such British traits as good sportsmanship, respect for one’s fellow creatures and the tongue-in-cheek dry wit the British are known for along with, of course, their absolute joy in the weird and the bizarre.
		Please note, efforts were made in the presentation not to blame all Muslims for the acts of terrorism and to make it known that there were Muslims also who perished in the catastrophe.
	www.refractory.unimelb.edu.au /stateofplay/articles/Marsden.html (6190 words)

	GMHTV - Television Nostalgia - 1960-1969
		In the world of advertising, in the days before cigarette advertising were banned on television because of the early signs of the dangers of smoking, we were told that you're never alone with a Strand.
		And these were the days when not everyone had a television set; depending on the level of their local community spirit they would sit in a neighbour's house and watch it there.
		Ideally Westward Television wanted the Channel Islands to be covered as part of their region, but besides this, the 1954 television act didn't cover the Channel Islands and so in later years this problem became quite marginal.
	www.webspawner.com /users/asperger/1960s.html (5582 words)

	ACT Office of Fair Trading - Liquor
		The choice of compliance action will depend on the trader's history, the severity of the breach and the level of consumer detriment.
		The Fair Trading Advisory Committee is responsible for advising the government and the Commissioner for Fair Trading on issues affecting the interest of consumers and unfair commercial practices affecting traders.
		ensuring licensed premises, licensees and the sale of liquor in the ACT are of the highest standard which reflect the desires of the community and ACT Government
	www.fairtrading.act.gov.au /sectors/liquor.htm (252 words)

	History of Television
		A 1941 FCC ruling required RCA to divest itself of one of its two networks; NBC Blue was sold in 1943 to Edward Noble for $8 million, and becomes ABC in 1945.
		For the first time, television is the leading medium for national advertising.
		More than 40 million U.S. households watch the two-day televised hearings; the networks lose an estimated $15 million to $20 million in ad revenue after pulling most commercials in favor of continuous coverage.
	www.high-techproductions.com /historyoftelevision.htm (4982 words)

	Amazon.com: The Barefoot Contessa: DVD: Joseph L. Mankiewicz,Humphrey Bogart,Ava Gardner,Edmond O'Brien,Marius ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hounded by the press probably more than any other actress of her generation, she was forced to live in an emotional goldfish bowl as she married a succession of famous men and pursued an acting career that included many highs and lows.
		Anyone who only thinks of Ava Gardner as a beautiful mannequin walking through her acting assignments needs to view her perfomance here to see just what she was capable of when given a good story and challenging character to play.
		Nearing the end of his amazingly successful career in 1954 Bogart attempted in his later years many different types of roles outside of his tough guy persona with often very pleasing results as is seen here.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005AUK7?v=glance (2690 words)

	41-1954 - Powers and duties
		The program shall include educational, rehabilitation, treatment and training services and other related functions in furtherance of programs under the developmental disabilities services and facilities construction act, Public Law 91-517, and other related federal acts and titles.
		M. The department also has access to certain records held by private entities with respect to child support obligors or obligees, or individuals against whom such an obligation is sought.
		In response to a child support subpoena issued by the department pursuant to section 25-520, the names and addresses of these persons and the names and addresses of the employers of these persons, as appearing in customer records of public utilities and cable television companies.
	www.azleg.state.az.us /ars/41/01954.htm (2315 words)

	Magic Television - The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson: Lance Burton
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	Movie Timeline
		To counteract the threat of television, Hollywood thinks big and develops wide-screen processes such as CinemaScope, first seen in
		A potential strike by the Writers Guild of America threatens to cripple Hollywood as the WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers grapple over several sticking points in their contract, including payments to writers when films and TV shows go to video or are broadcast as reruns.
		Both go on to gross more than $300 million at the box office.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0150210.html (1227 words)

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