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Television Under The Swastika Posted: 1 year ago by cactushair
Legend has it that the triumphal march of television began in the United States in the 'fifties. But in reality its origins hark back much further. As early as the 'thirties, a bitter rivalry raged for the world's first television broadcast. Nazi Germany wanted to beat the competition from Great Britain and the U.S. - at all costs.
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Create the Next Television Hit! Posted: 1 year ago by zebrahdh
Trend Hunter and John de Mol (creator of Big Brother, Fear Factor and Deal or No Deal) want your ideas for the next non-scripted television hit! You could win $4,000 PLUS if Talpa options your show, an initial fee and percentage ownership of the format!
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Britain's Oldest Working Television Found Posted: 4 months ago by suebe
The black-and-white Marconiphone 702 belongs to an avid TV collector in North Finchley, and was made in 1936, just in time to catch the BBC's first television broadcasts out of Alexandra Palace. Imagine what they watched back then!
Video here
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That Pesky Television Test Pattern Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
What came first, television or the television test pattern?
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Television dinners linked to evolution Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
An archeology professor at Britain's Cambridge University has a theory that eating in front of the television is a natural development of human evolution.
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Star Wars Coming To A Television Near You Posted: 3 years ago by musicgirldani
Although plans for more movies have been sacked, Star Wars fans can rest assured there will be plenty of television shows in their future. George Lucas will be producing 100 of them.
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Paper thin "wearable" television screens Posted: 3 years ago by BrownTrout
About as thick as a greeting card and nearly as flexible. These new video screens are pretty amazing. Imagine having a 12 foot television screen installed like wallpaper! After reading the article, check out this video demonstration
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This Is For All you Television Lovers Posted: 3 years ago by musicgirldani
100-inch television!
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How well do you know your baby boomer era television? Posted: 3 years ago by tomphoolry
Newsweek trivia test on past television shows. Sorry, it's about American TV only.
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3D TV revolution: Sky promises images that leap out of the screen Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
Sky is promising to 'blow away' viewers by introducing 3D television to millions of living rooms within the next year.
The satellite broadcaster demonstrated the technology this week - showing images shot at rugby and football matches which made the action appear to leap out of the screen.
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How many yummies can YOU stack on your ani-pal?? Posted: 2 years ago by RowanGrey
Clip of a Japanese television show where the object is to stack as many nummy treats on your pet as possible without the stack falling OR being eaten.
Cute, funny, AND Japanese... the trifecta!
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TVLinks Shut Down - Owner Arrested Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
TVLinks, a popular site that linked to pirated television programs was shut down and its owner arrested. Despite his defense that all he did was point to others who were hosting the illegal content, he was still charged for facilitating criminal activity.
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Latest Television Remake? The Partridge Family Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
Details surrounding the scripted remake are thin, but insiders said the show will take a tongue-in-cheek, modern-day approach to the original series. Given all the changes in the music industry, Fair said the new "Partridge Family" won’t look much like the original.
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Spoiled Brat Gets 98" TV In Ceiling Above Bed Posted: 4 months ago by suebe
Patti Deni, undoubtedly trying to make up for her lack of parenting (or child droppage), had a 98-inch StarGlas60 television installed in the ceiling above her teenage son's bed.
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TV gameshow looks to convert atheists Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists?
Turkish television hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow which seeks to convert a group of non-believers.
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Mr. Rude is French and Flatulent for British TV Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Zut alors! The popular British cartoon and television series "Mr. Men" has come up with a malodorous Mr. Rude who speaks with a bad French accent. "Pardon me," says Mr. Rude in comedy Franglais as he breaks wind when his finger is pulled on a game played on the television show's website www.mrmen.com.
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America Demand Your MTV! Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Kids, back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and we old Plimers were young and rebelious, there was something new to television. It was a network that ran music videos and was called MTV. Of course now there is no M in mtv. Take a look at these 2 videos showing a compilation of videos and commercials from 1983.
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Kill Your Television Posted: 2 years ago by Moe
Good advice.
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Suddenly Last Supper Posted: 2 years ago by muppetmaker
A look into film, television, comics, and art and see how we have taken DaVinci's masterpiece, and turned it into something....
...more entertaining.
(Theme pick is House M.D. Last Super, cause you all know how much I love House M.D.)
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Color-Shifting Cuttlefish Inspire TV Screens Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
Cuttlefish are masters of disguise, able to change their skin color in less than a second to hide from predators or draw in prey for the kill. Now, scientists from MIT and elsewhere are developing cuttlefish-inspired electronic ink and screens that use less than one-hundredth the power of traditional television screens.
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