Global Television Network - Global Television Network The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada. It first signed on in 1974 as an Ontario-only independent channel, but was soon purchased by Izzy Asper, a Manitoba politician-turned-broadcaster who already owned a station in Winnipeg through his company CanWest. Asper went on to acquire additional regional broadcast networks in Saskatchewan, British Columbia and the Maritimes. Although Asper's regional networks always purchased programming rights as a collective, they did not have common branding until 1997, when the Global name was extended across the country. In this same year, Global broadcast in Quebec for the first time, when it acquired the assets of a former CBC affiliate in Quebec City, CKMI-TV, after the CBC took over CKMI's.
Independent Television Authority - Independent Television Authority The Independent Television Authority (ITA) was a body created by the Television Act of 1954 to supervise the creation of "Independent Television" (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. The ITA was responsible for determining the location, constructing, building, and operating the transmission stations used by the ITV network, as well as determining the franchise areas and awarding the franchises for each regional commercial broadcaster. The physics of VHF broadcasting meant that a comparatively small number of transmitters could cover the majority of the population of Britain, if not the bulk of the area of the country. The ITA determined that the first three franchise areas would cover the London area, the Midlands, and the North of England (basically the Lancashire/Yorkshire.
Independent Television News (ITN) - Independent Television News (ITN) ITN logo, 1970s-90s Independent Television News (ITN) the main supplier of news broadcasts to three British broadcasting networks, ITV, Channel 4 and Five. ITN was founded in 1955 as part of the British commercial TV network ITV. It has provided the main national news bulletins for the ITV network since that date, though it has no role in the regional coverage provided for each individual station within ITV, which comes from each station's own newsroom. With the expansion of TV channels in the United Kingdom, it also now provides national bulletins for Channel 4 and Five. In August 2000, the organisation launched its own 24 hour news channel which is broadcast on satellite, cable and digital terrestrial. It also began its own 'World.
Independent Television Commission - Independent Television Commission The Independent Television Commission (ITC) licensed and regulated commercial television services in the United Kingdom except S4C in Wales between 1st January 1991 and 28th December 2003. It was set up under the terms of the Broadcasting Act 1990, which reorganised British commercial broadcasting. Between 1st January 1991 and 31st December 1992, the ITC operated under the powers of the former Independent Broadcasting Authority (under the Broadcasting Acts 1954-1981), and regulated the ITV network, and operated Channel 4. It used this time to auction the Channel 3 licences for the fifteen ITV regions and breakfast time. Most of the Channel 3 licences were awarded to the incumbent ITV companies, however there were some controversial decisions: Carlton Television outbid Thames Television for the London Weekday.
Interactive television - Interactive television Interactive television describes any number of efforts to allow viewers to interact with living room television content from the comfort of the couch. It is sometimes called interactive TV, iTV, or ITV. Interactive TV is often described as "lean back" interaction, as users are typically relaxing in the living room environment with a remote control in one hand. This is in contrast to the personal computer-oriented "lean forward" experience of a keyboard, mouse and monitor. Some interactive television projects are consumer electronics boxes which provide set-top interactivity, while other projects are supplied by the cable television companies (or multiple system operator, or MSO) as a system-wide solution. Some examples of interactive television include: MSO systems Time Warner (US) Comcast (US) Cablevision (US) MSO trials or.
International Radio and Television Organisation - International Radio and Television Organisation International Radio and Television Organisation (official name in French: Organisation internationale de radiodiffusion et de télévision, OIRT) more often called Intervision (Russian Интервидение, Polish Interwizja) was an East European network of radio and television broadcasters established in 1946. Since 1950 its headquarters was located in Prague. The main purpose of this organisation was the exchange of productions. The members of OIRT were: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the USSR. The prefix inter- refers to the internationalism, that was to be one of the trace of the communism. In 1993 it merged with the European Broadcasting Union. OIRT was trying to organise an equivalent of the Eurovision Song Contest. Between 1977 and 1980 it organised 4 contests of the Intervision.
Iowa Public Television - Iowa Public Television Iowa Public Television (IPTV) is a statewide public broadcasting network of television stations in the state of Iowa. Nine full-power TV stations make up the network: KDIN, channel 11, Des Moines KIIN, channel 12, Iowa City KTIN, channel 21, Fort Dodge KYIN, channel 24, Mason City KSIN, channel 27, Sioux City KBIN, channel 32, Council Bluffs KRIN, channel 32, Waterloo KHIN, channel 36, Red Oak KQIN, channel 36, Davenport The network also has eight low-power repeater signals, located in Decorah (channel 14), Rock Rapids (channel 25), Ottumwa (channel 33), Sibley (channel 33), Fort Madison (channel 38), Lansing (channel 41), Keokuk (channel 44), and Keosauqua (channel 54). Although IPTV provides PBS programming, it also produces original programs such as Iowa Press, a panel discussion show; Market.
High definition television - High definition television High Definition Television, or HDTV, is one of the formats used in digital television (DTV) broadcasting. The HDTV screen uses a 16:9 aspect ratio (the 4:3 aspect ratio is sometimes used). The high resolution images (1920 pixels × 1080 lines or 1280 pixels × 720 lines) allow much more detail to be shown. The images are expected to be at least 6 times as sharp as standard definition television or NTSC or PAL standard analog television. Like NTSC and PAL, most 1920x1080 broadcasts are to use interlacing to reduce bandwidth demands (giving the format the alternate name 1080i), a progressive-scan format is available, but reduces the number of frames per second to 24 (1080p24), in the future, MPEG-2 Or MPEG-? could create a 1080p with.
U.S. television news - U.S. television news Television news originally ran for 15 minutes a night. Today, 24 hour news cable channels include 2 channels of CNN, 1 channel of FOX News, and NBC's CNBC (business reporting) and MSNBC (general reporting). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early History 2 Television News and Cable Television 3 Modern trends Early History Television news, regardless of the origin of transmission, began with Edward R. Murrow. Murrow was a radio news veteran at CBS, having reported live and on location at various locales during World War II. Murrow also pioneered the celebrity interview and the "face off" style interview (often with political figures), in which two or more interviewees respond to one another with the newsanchor(s) acting as moderator. The half-hour network news segment.
Game Show Network - Game Show Network Game Show Network (GSN) is a cable television channel dedicated to game shows. Game Show Network airs a combination of classic game shows like Match Game, Press Your Luck and Family Feud. Game Show Network also produces original programming like Whammy!, The All-New Press Your Luck, Friend or Foe, Russian Roulette, WinTuition, Lingo, National Lampoon's Funny Money, and Cram. Game Show Network is received by about 53 million viewers. External Link Game Show Network.
Global Business Network - Global Business Network The Global Business Network is a consultancy firm that advises businesses on possible future scenarios. The GBN has an amazing lineup. Some Members Are John Barlow Grateful Dead lyricist; cofounder, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Wyoming rancher Mary Catherine Bateson Anthropologist; visiting professor, Harvard University; professor emerita, George Mason University; author, Composing a Life and Full Circles, Overlapping Lives Stewart Brand Founder: The Whole Earth Catalog, CoEvolution Quarterly, The Point Foundation, Global Business Network (co-founder), The Well (co-founder), The Hacker's Conference, The Long Now Foundation; author, The Whole Earth Catalog, The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at MIT, How Buildings Learn, The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility Douglas Coupland Novelist, Generation X, Microserfs, All Families Are Psychotic. K. Eric Drexler (advisory) Director, The Foresight.
United Paramount Network - United Paramount Network The United Paramount Network (UPN) is a television network in the United States, which attracts a relatively small audience. UPN's parent Viacom Inc. also owns the more widespread CBS network. It formerly broadcast the Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager. Recently, as Voyager's 7-season run came to an end, UPN began broadcasting the newest Star Trek spin-off, Enterprise. UPN also bought the rights to broadcast the television show Buffy, The Vampire Slayer from the Warner Brothers network. The network also produced some special programs. For example, they presented the Iron Chef USA program during Christmas 2001. Paramount had earlier attempted their own television network with the Paramount Television Service. Set to launch in Spring 1978, its programming would have only consisted of one night a.
You Can't Do That on Television - You Can't Do That on Television You Can't Do That on Television was a long running Canadian children's television programme that ran from 1979 until 1990. The program debuted on February 3, 1979 on CJOH-TV (a CTV affiliate in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada). At the time it was a low-budget comedy show similar to Saturday Night Live, complete with a live studio audience and musical guests. After the show's first successful season, a spin off was created called Whatever Turns You On, but this show had terrible ratings, and was canceled after one season. It did inspire the opposite skits that would later appear on YCDTOTV, and also led to it being taped, instead of being broadcast live. By 1981, the musical guests and call-in segments were gone, and the.
Fox Network - Fox Network The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. It was launched in 1986, a year after News Corporation purchased TFC holdings, the parent company of the 20th Century Fox movie studio. The seed FOX stations were a chain of television stations purchased by News Corp. from John Kluge and his Metromedia Inc. in mid-1986. Metromedia's television stations in turn derived from the stations owned by the long-defunct DuMont television network. The network did not have a signifigant market share until the 1990s when News Corp. bought more TV station groups, including New World Communications, Chris-Craft Industries, BHC Communications and United Television, making it the largest owner of television stations in the country. The.
Fox Networks - owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. They include the Fox Network, Fox News Channel and Fox Sports Net. The name derives from the Twentieth Century Fox film studio, which Murdoch had previously acquired and which is lumped with the television operations under Fox Inc within News Corporation..
Frontline (Australian television series) - Frontline (Australian television series) While Frontline is the name of a serious news program on American public television, in Australia, Frontline is a satire of Australian television current affairs. This show ran for three 13-episode series of half-hour shows on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994, 1995, and 1997. The show was written, directed, and produced by the tight-knit team of Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch, and Santo Cilauro, also behind several popular Australian films, sketch comedy, and panel discussion shows during the 1990s. Kennedy, Sitch, and Cilauro also acted on the show, as well as Tiriel Mora, Alison Whyte, and several other notable Australian actors. The show followed the machinations of the fictional current affairs show Frontline. Ruthless producers, an airhead host, and ambitious journalists resorted.
Frontline (American television series) - Frontline (American television series) Frontline is an hour-long public affairs television program produced at WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, and distributed through the Public Broadcasting Service network in the United States. The program has been on the air since 1983. Frontline is highly respected for producing in-depth documentaries about various subjects and has won numerous awards. Frontline is also the name of a satirical Australian current affairs television program..
Fuji Television - Fuji Television Fuji Television (フジ テレビジョン) is a television and radio network operating in Japan. The network started to broadcast in March 1959 and has a network of exchaning news with local stations with the name of FNN (Fuji News Network). See also: Television station.
Full Service Network - Full Service Network Full Service Network was a digital video trial performed by Time Warner in Orlando, Florida which launched on December 14, 1994 and lasted for 18 months. During that time, 4,000 customers had free access to the interactive digital system, which included a selection of custom services for video-on-demand, shopping, games, program guide and US Postal Service functions. Technology partners in the venture included some high profile vendors. Silicon Graphics AT&T Scientific-Atlanta Andersen Consulting Investors in the system at the time included Time-Warner Inc., US West, Toshiba and ITOCHU (the world's largest trading group). It was deemed an expensive failure because of the high cost of set-top boxes, which were SGI Indy workstations with turnkey software, connected using ATM networking. The rise of the Internet also.
E! Entertainment Television - E! Entertainment Television E! Entertainment Television is a cable and DBS television network based in Los Angeles, California. Its official name is E! Networks, with its branches including E! Entertainment Television, Style (a separate cable TV channel dedicated to the fashion industry) and E! Online. Its ownership is a joint venture between Comcast Communications Corporation and The Walt Disney Company, with AT&T also having a smaller stake in the cable channel. Founded in 1987 as the Movietime channel, E! emphasizes coverage of the celebrity-industrial complex; contemporary film, television and music; entertainment awards shows; daily Hollywood news and gossip; and fashion. E! is available to 80 million subscribers in the U.S and 400 million homes internationally. E!'s sister channel is the Style Network. Shows are the E! True.
