television

Nielsen to provide ratings for videogames

News Nielsen Media Research, famed for its influential US television ratings, has announced that it will begin providing ratings for videogames. The system also is intended to offer insight into what television and Internet trends they follow.

19 October 2006, 9:20

UK battles Net TV regulation

News The UK government is fighting an attempt by the European Commission to change the way television is regulated in Europe amid fears that this could lead to the regulation of Internet content. James Purnell, the broadcasting minister, plans to lobby...

31 January 2006, 9:01

HP unveils high-definition TV line

News Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced a slew of new television models in its Pavilion line that boost visual fidelity by incorporating the company's 'wobulation' technology. The current chip supports an HD television's 720p resolution, which has...

29 April 2005, 8:46

Apple launches iTunes Latino

News The iTunes Latino section lists the top-selling songs and albums from Latino artists, as well as links to Spanish-language television programmes, videos, audiobooks and podcasts. Telemundo television network shows Pasion de Gavilanes, El Cuerpo del...

2 November 2006, 10:45

Which is better: plasma or LCD?

News Your next television will probably be big and flat. Potential customers who are thinking about purchasing a large television will note the quality of moving images on a plasma screen as well as the wider viewing angle, said Yoshi Yamada, chief...

23 March 2006, 9:41

Old TV spectrum creating wireless world

News Mobile and other operators will be able to take advantage of radio spectrum freed up when the shift to digital television takes place between 2008 and 2012, according to Ofcom. Possible uses for the digital dividend could include additional...

20 December 2006, 8:52

Nokia touts mobile-TV standard

News Mobile phone giant Nokia has revealed details of its television technology to help jump start the young mobile TV industry. Sectors harbouring high hopes for the mobile-TV market do so because of television's dominance as an entertainment form and...

11 May 2005, 8:36

Games set for high-profile UK awards

News The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced two major sponsors for the 2006 British Academy Video Games Awards. Speaking at the launch event, the chairman of BAFTA, Hilary Bevan-Jones, said that the expansion of the videogame...

5 September 2006, 9:49

Sharp unveils 108-inch LCD TV

News Sharp took the wraps off a 108-inch LCD television, what it called the world's largest, during a press conference on Sunday on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. More importantly, the television is a shot across the bow to the...

8 January 2007, 9:05

TV catches the Web video bug

News Dirty secret or not, the Web has long been a platform for downloading and watching pirated clips of television shows like Lost and The Simpsons, much to the chagrin of the TV networks. And ABC News Digital plans to enhance its television news...

23 February 2006, 9:09

Google expands video ad programme

News Google is expanding the pool of companies that will showcase video ads on its AdSense publisher network to include The Wall Street Journal, two Conde Nast Web sites and Life/Style Television, a Google spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.

25 January 2007, 7:50

Mobile TV strategy backed by EU states

News Mobile TV may yet come of age in Europe -- the technology's prospects have been given a boost by EU member states which have given their backing to the European Commission's strategy for tiny television.

Tags: european, strategy, europe, standards

3 December 2007, 9:36

Disney happy with free 'Lost' on Web

News Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, said the free, ad-supported shows are attracting a younger audience that's more comfortable watching programmes on a computer screen than their parents might have been.

22 August 2006, 9:34

New gadget cuts kids' tech time

News The average child now spends almost as much time watching television as they do in school. Bob is a new time-monitoring technology from start-up company Hopscotch that allows parents to control how much time their children spend watching television...

23 February 2006, 9:31

UK still divided in the digital world

News Crucial to driving an awareness of digital communications among these groups is television and, although the message is starting to get through that digital television will soon be a necessity for those who want to watch once the analogue signal...

2 June 2006, 9:17