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Pub. Date
[2005], c1997
Language
English
Description
This program details the history of this dynamic medium from its modest beginnings. In 1949, cable meant television for locations that had very poor reception or were inaccessible to broadcast signals. By the mid-1970s, cable service began to expand rapidly due to the easing of government restrictions and the use of satellite transmissions. Fiber optics, new cable-ready TVs, and an explosion of programming by an ever-growing number of networks helped...
Series
Language
English
Description
A single issue of The New York Times is said to contain more information than could be learned in a lifetime by a person living in the 15th century. This program traces the development of books, newspapers, and magazines in the Western world, from the invention of the printing press, metal type, paper, and oil-based ink to the present day. Experts from the Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University Press, MIT, and The New York Times discuss the effect...
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
This program chronicles the golden years of network news and the birth of the satellite age, as "going live" became the order of the day and anchormen and anchorwomen became mega-stars. We watch as television news becomes a force in foreign policy in Tiananmen Square and at the Berlin Wall, as images are used to affect the tide of public opinion. Shortsighted competitors predict little success for television mogul Ted Turner's new international news...
Pub. Date
[2007], c2006
Language
English
Description
It's newspapers, magazines, and books versus blogs, webzines, and e-books in this program as host Jian Ghomeshi addresses issues ranging from the popularity of citizen journalism, to the growing shift in advertiser dollars from print to the Web, to the whole Google Book Search controversy. Multiple points of view are represented by blogosphere luminaries Cory Doctorow and David Pescovitz (Boing Boing), Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (Daily Kos), and Heather...
Language
English
Description
Technological advances are rapidly redefining the news industry-and raising critical ethical concerns. Is the Internet's ability to deliver instant news and to track audience behavior resulting in lower news standards? And is TV news blurring the line between hard news and infotainment? In this two-part NewsHour program, syndicated columnist Richard Reeves; former broadcaster Marvin Kalb, of the Shorenstein Center; Ann McDaniel, Washington bureau...
Pub. Date
[2006], c1994
Language
English
Description
This program takes us on a tour of what has become one of the most popular and prolific beats in television, on both the network and local levels. The depth and range of medical reporting have grown considerably in the last decade, but, with few exceptions, we were tragically late in reporting the scope and severity of the AIDS story. Controversial cures and dubious wonder drugs have always gotten lots of air-time, but television has dallied in addressing...
Pub. Date
[2013], c1996
Language
English
Description
When John Logie Baird's invention finally came to fruition in 1936, today's multichannel satellite era was light years away. This program recaptures the spirit of the early days of television with previously unseen footage. It also charts the technical history of TV, provides a probing look at its future, and asks who, among modern communication innovators, will guide the medium into the 21st century?
10) Homecoming
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Abandoned by their mentally ill mother, the Tillerman children set off in search of a place to stay. Alone, scared and with nowhere to turn, they travel cross country to find the reclusive grandmother they've never known.
Series
Pub. Date
[2013], c1998
Language
English
Description
The father of television journalism and an exemplar of integrity, Fred Friendly was a war correspondent in World War II, the producer of Edward R. Murrow's popular documentary show "See It Now," and the maverick president of CBS News. In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel examines the contributions of a man who helped radio news make its quantum leap to the TV screen in the early 1950s and who challenged decision-makers of all types to think-and...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
For 20 years one of the largest radio networks has been broadcasting news, information, music, sports, and dramatic programs to an estimated audience of 20 million, yet it has never been heard in the United States. This entertaining and informative episode of The Big Picture series gives viewers an inside look at The American Forces Network (AFN), which has served the military community in Europe since it began broadcasting from a basement studio...
Pub. Date
[2005], c2002
Language
English
Description
With operations in Australia, Britain, and the U.S., the Murdoch media conglomerate occupies leading positions in the world of print and broadcast news. This program traces the story of the three-generation Murdoch media dynasty through interviews with a rich cast of family members and their associates, including Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City, and Andrew Neil, former editor for The Sunday Times (London) News clips and home video footage of...
14) Network
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A satirical behind-the-scenes look at the fights for power among television network officials and stars.
Pub. Date
[2014], c2000
Language
English
Description
This film pays tribute to the oldest and most ambitious independent, community-based media in the world, KPFA radio. Novelist Alice Walker narrates the vibrant and stormy history of the first listener-sponsored station. The film recounts how KPFA transformed itself into a voice for the radical movements of the 1960s. It surveys the station's spirited coverage of such events as the Civil Rights Movement, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the campus...
Series
How to Build volume Series 2
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Language
English
Description
In the world of aeronautics, it's said that no matter what other innovations are introduced, the wing defines the aircraft. Focusing on the A380 wing - at 17.7 meters from front to back and 36.3 meters from fuselage to wingtip, it is the largest ever produced for a civil airliner - this program explores the frontiers of aircraft design and manufacturing, visiting two major Airbus factories in the United Kingdom. Near Bristol, a center of aircraft...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1985, during the height of the music video craze, a free music video UHF-TV channel appeared in the Boston market, only to disappear from the airwaves after 18 months. Thirty years later the fans remain, and memories of this channel have formed an important place in '80s nostalgia. Life On The V: The Story Of V66 is the story of that channel, V66.
19) AM Radio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In recent years, podcasts and streaming internet content have been challenging AM radio for listeners. Now, there’s another threat: electric automakers are installing radios without the AM band in new vehicles, citing interference from EV motors. But critics say limiting AM radio’s reach will have repercussions for politics and public safety. Journalist Katie Thornton joins John Yang to discuss in this NewsHour program.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Public radio emerged in the 1920s to give Americans access to news, commentary, cultural affairs, and other items that commercial radio often ignored. Funded by the government, contributors, and other entities, public radio has long provided listeners with a broad range of programs. But with the rise of satellite radio, on-demand streaming, and millions of podcasts in the 21st century, some critics argue that public radio is no longer essential in...
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