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Television
Remember life before the Video Revolution, when a night at home watching the tube was something you did only when there was nothing to do?
Sept. 13, 1992
Free at last. Free from three guys at ABC, CBS and NBC deciding what you see on TV.
Dec. 27, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
Advertisers should be salivating over the emergence of digital television--and the anticipated explosion of new channels.
Nov. 16, 1998
There’s no mistaking the worry over high-definition television (HDTV), the new big-screen, clear-picture kind of TV that’s supposed to be coming to market in the 1990s from Japan.
Jan. 18, 1989
While viewers in cable-TV households have merrily punched the appropriate buttons and tuned in independent stations’ offerings of old and new shows, movies and early news, they’ve inadvertently fueled a war between two competing factions.
Jan. 9, 1987
Archives
Plasma or punt? Go widescreen or up the middle? Super Bowl TV upgraders face a formidable array.
Feb. 3, 2005
Entertainment: The three-year deal gives the studio first choice of new cable TV series and access to talent.
May 9, 2002
Company Town
Top NBCUniversal executives Mark Lazarus, Cesar Conde and Mark Woodbury received bigger portfolios. Susan Rovner, who oversaw television programming, is leaving the company.
July 6, 2023
Television: Reality shows are still hot on the world market; the influence of U.S. product is slipping.
Oct. 27, 2000
Media: Firms as diverse as CBS, RealNetworks and Microsoft have found common ground in providing new levels of content for consumers.
Sept. 24, 2001