Topic: TV - on April 10, 2003 at 6:39:03 PM CEST
From Seattle to Staines, Murdoch rules the world
DirecTV deal confims Rupert Murdoch as the most powerful man in television, reaching more than 110 million viewers across four continents. With the purchase of America's DirecTV network, Rupert Murdoch has been confirmed as TV's most powerful man in the world with the capacity to reach more than 110 million viewers across four continents.
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Topic: TV - on April 9, 2003 at 10:34:38 AM CEST
Zwei Millionen Haushalte werden "über Nacht" MHP-tauglich
- MHP für d-box 2 soll Ende Mai fertig sein
Die Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) als einheitliche neue Norm für Multimediaanwendungen im Digital-TV könnte demnächst in Deutschland einen massiven Reichweitenschub erhalten. Denn durch ein automatisch ausgespieltes Softwareupdate werden an die zwei Millionen Haushalte quasi "über Nacht" MHP-tauglich.
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Topic: TV - on April 9, 2003 at 10:00:30 AM CEST
«Sex and the City» geht in die letzte Runde
In New York haben die Dreharbeiten zur letzten «Sex and the City»-Staffel begonen. Die wichtigsten Fragen bleiben die gleichen: Was zieht Carrie Bradshaw an, und was ist mit Mr. Big?
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Topic: TV - on April 9, 2003 at 9:06:33 AM CEST
War Costs TV Networks $77 Million in 1st Week
elevision networks lost $77 million in advertising revenue in the first week of the U.S.-led war on Iraq, research firm CMR said on Tuesday. The major broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, lost $22.4 million in commercial revenue on March 20, which was the first full day of military action. Cable news channels lost $3.6 million that day, when many networks preempted their regular programming for war coverage, media research firm CMR said.
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Topic: TV - on April 8, 2003 at 7:33:30 PM CEST
Der Geist von Ally McBeal
Kunst gibt es noch. Und unvermutet trieb sie ihr Unwesen in einer amerikanischen Fernsehserie über eine Anwältin in einer Kanzlei aus Boston. Heute Abend sendet Vox die letzte Folge der fünften Staffel der Serie Ally McBeal
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Topic: TV - on April 3, 2003 at 11:01:06 AM CEST
Al-Jazeera halts Iraq broadcasts
The Arabic news channel al-Jazeera says it is suspending its reports from Iraq in protest after Baghdad banned two of its correspondents from working there.
The station said the Iraqi Information Ministry had barred Diyar al-Omari - an Iraqi - from reporting, and ordered correspondent Tayseer Alouni to leave the country.
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Topic: TV - on April 3, 2003 at 10:42:37 AM CEST
The Mother of all War Websites - MOAWW
Live TV/Radio/Scanners on your PC Every Baghdad webcam IRAQI Satellite Channel Do you want to watch and listen to more Television, Radio and Live Scanners from all over the world?
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Topic: TV - on April 3, 2003 at 10:13:55 AM CEST
Iraq acts against Arabic satellite network
The Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera announced Thursday that Iraqi officials are expelling one of its reporters from Baghdad and barring another from reporting.
The station interrupted a regular newscast to announce that Iraq’s Information Ministry had informed it that correspondent Diar al-Omari, an Iraqi, could no longer report for the network and that visiting correspondent Tayseer Allouni must leave the country.
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Topic: TV - on April 1, 2003 at 8:33:07 PM CEST
EU to Seal Murdoch's Italian TV Deal on Wednesday
Rupert Murdoch's five month wait for the European Commission to allow News Corp. to buy Italian pay-TV firm Telepiu from Vivendi Universal is expected to end on Wednesday.
The Commission is expected to allow the 900 million euro ($981 million) acquisition, in which Telecom Italia also has a 20 percent stake, but in a limited form of the original proposal, according to EU diplomatic sources.
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Topic: TV - on March 31, 2003 at 6:27:25 PM CEST
Peter Arnett ist seinen Job in Bagdad los
Der Fernsehsender NBC, für den der gebürtige Neuseeländer berichtete, hat Arnett wegen eines Auftritts im irakischen Staatsfernsehen gefeuert. Der ehemalige CNN-Frontmann im Golfkrieg 1991 hatte dort gemeint, die US-Strategie für den nunmehrigen Militärschlag gegen das Regime von Saddam Hussein sei wegen der überraschend starken Gegenwehr der Iraker fehlgeschlagen. Der Interviewer trug irakische Uniform.
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Topic: TV - on March 31, 2003 at 6:26:34 PM CEST
NBC fired journalist Peter Arnett
on Monday, saying it was wrong for him to give an interview with state-run Iraqi TV in which he said the American-led coalition's initial plan for the war had failed because of Iraq's resistance. Arnett called the interview a "misjudgment" and apologized.
Arnett, on NBC's "Today" show on Monday, said he was sorry for his statement but added "I said over the weekend what we all know about the war."
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Topic: TV - on March 31, 2003 at 6:15:47 PM CEST
Peter Arnett: U.S. war plan has 'failed'
The U.S. war plan has "failed," veteran war correspondent Peter Arnett told Iraqi TV in an interview that aired Sunday.
"The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan," Arnett said. "Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces."
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