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Monday, July 7, 2008
Portable analog TV sets may be lost in transition
Business |
July 7, 2008
Barry Spadoni first bought a battery-powered TV after the Northridge earthquake in 1994, when his Chatsworth home was without electricity for 10 days. Read more
Thursday, May 8, 2008
N.C. city gets jump on all-digital TV
Business |
May 8, 2008
With continued concerns that federal officials aren’t doing enough to prepare the public for the upcoming switch to all-digital broadcast television next year, Wilmington, N.C., has volunteered to be the government’s guinea pig. Read more
Monday, April 21, 2008
They’re still glued to the TV
Health |
April 21, 2008
Getting kids to exercise more and cut down on television watching can dramatically reduce their risk of being overweight. Read more
Monday, December 31, 2007
Feds aid viewers’ move to digital
Business |
December 31, 2007
The federal government doesn’t usually give things away, but
starting Tuesday broadcast TV watchers can apply for a gift that
could keep their sets from going dark in 2009. Read more
Sunday, December 9, 2007
CONSUMER WATCH - Getting the big picture, sound
Business |
December 9, 2007
If your holiday wish list includes re-creating the movie theater
experience in your own home, there’s a lot more to buy than just the
big-screen TV. For the full surround-sound-experience, you need a
home theater audio system, which usually consists of at least five
speakers and a subwoofer. Read more
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Writers convene to finalize strike plan
California | Local |
November 4, 2007
The headquarters of the Writers Guild of America West became the
command center for strike preparations Saturday as guild members met
there to finalize plans for the walkout set to begin at midnight tonight. Read more
Saturday, November 3, 2007
CBS News faces its own writers strike
Business |
November 3, 2007
As Hollywood braces for its television and film writers to go on
strike as soon as Monday, more than 500 CBS News employees
represented by the Writers Guild of America under a separate
agreement with that network are contemplating their own job action. Read more
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Media vote may be delayed
Business |
November 1, 2007
A plan by the head of the Federal Communications Commission to
consider major changes to media ownership rules by year’s end could
be derailed by growing calls for the agency to first complete a
long-running study of how broadcasters serve their local communities. Read more
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Google strikes deal for Nielsen TV data
Business |
October 24, 2007
Determined to sell more television ads, Internet search leader
Google Inc. Read more
Thursday, October 18, 2007
In Brief | RETAIL - Best Buy stops selling analog TVs
Business |
October 18, 2007
Best Buy Co., the largest U.S. consumer-electronics retailer,
stopped selling analog televisions this month in advance of the
transition to digital broadcasts in 2009. Read more
Viewers in the dark on digital switch
Business |
October 18, 2007
Digital television offers crystal-clear pictures, but the federal
government’s efforts to educate the public about the industry’s
switch in early 2009 is drawing heavy static from some lawmakers and broadcasters. Read more
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Broadway in your living room
Entertainment |
October 13, 2007
On the far side of the continent, on an island covered in
concrete, there runs a street of dreams familiarly called the Great
White Way. Read more
Saturday, October 6, 2007
FCC cleared by own inquiry - It says the agency didn’t suppress studies that contradicted its former leader’s philosophy. Sen. Boxer is skeptical.
Business |
October 6, 2007
washington – Results of a Federal Communications Commission
investigation released Friday dismissed allegations made last fall
that agency officials had suppressed two media ownership studies
because they disliked the results. Read more
Friday, July 27, 2007
Dark times feared for TV digital switch - Lawmakers say more must be done to alert viewers that analog signals will end in 2009.
Business |
July 27, 2007
Millions of TV sets that rely on antennas may go dark in a little
more than 18 months, and the government needs to do much more to help
people who own them see the light, senators said Thursday. Read more
Saturday, July 7, 2007
TV’s new living color is green
Entertainment |
July 7, 2007
If government scientists haven’t come through with solutions to the
planet’s environmental ills, not to worry. Read more
Monday, June 25, 2007
Media giants drawn to India
Business |
June 25, 2007
Media companies are stepping up their battle for the Indian
children’s entertainment market, with Time Warner Inc. Read more
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Now showing very near you
Business |
May 27, 2007
The ad industry is redefining “public” television. Read more
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
City settles censorship lawsuit by ACLU
California | Local |
May 23, 2007
A lawsuit that contended that Los Alamitos officials censored
political programs on the city’s public-access cable TV channel has
been settled out of court. Read more
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Entertainment |
March 25, 2007
THE images in “Blades of Glory” are provocative: Will Ferrell, as a
rough-and-tumble macho, and Jon Heder, as the pastel-wearing girlie
man, feign romance on the ice as a figure skating pair. Read more
Making a case for known faces
Entertainment |
March 25, 2007
THE voice came from the middle of Row F in the orchestra section at
Sacramento’s Community Center Theater during a recent matinee
performance of “Twelve Angry Men” – rather loudly, in fact: “Can you look at him and not think of ‘Cheers’ “? Read more
