News tagged with television shows


Machine Learning by Watching and Listening

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- To expand the boundaries of machine intelligence, Ben Taskar is using television shows with large fan bases like CSI, Alias, and Lost to teach computers how to be smarter about what they see, hear and read.


Disney joins NBC and News Corp. with Hulu stake

Technology / Business

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. is taking a stake in Hulu.com. This means titles from The Walt Disney Studios library of films and full-length episodes of ABC television shows will join the online video site.





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Amazon launches HD movie rental, TV show sales

Technology / Internet

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday it is adding high-definition video to its on-demand service, offering consumers the ability to rent movies and purchase television episodes shown in HD.


Probing Question: Why do we love reality television?

Probing Question: Why do we love reality television?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

At this time of year, one can’t help but notice those perennial signs of the changing seasons: the leaves begin to turn, the kids return to school, and the summer reality television shows -- "Jon & Kate Plus ...


Popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Researchers at Mayo Clinic compared two popular television shows, CSI and CSI: Miami, to actual U.S. homicide data, and discovered clear differences between media portrayals of violent deaths versus actual murders. This study ...


US media and entertainment giant Time Warner and YouTube announced an agreement Wednesday to show clips

YouTube to show clips from Time Warner TV shows, movies

Technology / Internet

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US media and entertainment giant Time Warner and YouTube announced an agreement Wednesday to show clips from news reports, television shows and movies on the popular video-sharing site.


Television shows can affect racial judgments

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 20, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new study published in the journal Human Communication Research reveals that viewers can be influenced by exposure to racial bias in the media, even without realizing it.


Hulu.com lets you legally watch premium video content

Technology / Internet

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Most of us don't watch television the way we did just a few short years ago. Back then, we had to watch TV shows when they were aired, a slave to the broadcasting schedule whim of the networks.


Google bought YouTube in 2006 for 1.65 billion dollars

YouTube 'gets 20 hours of video' added per minute

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

YouTube just keeps getting bigger.


TV shows convey mixed messages about alcohol

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Efforts to dissuade youth consumption through negative alcohol consumption depictions can be thwarted by portrayals of positive consumption in prime-time television programming. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Affairs re ...


LG to Launch 15-inch OLED TV

LG to Launch 15-inch OLED TV

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Korean company, LG Electronics, the second largest television manufacturer in the world, has announced it will launch a 15-inch organic display TV set in early September. The announcement, ...


Internet giant Google is testing a new service that would expand its television-ad brokering business to YouTube

Google to expand TV ad service to online video

Technology / Internet

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet giant Google is testing a new service that would expand its television-ad brokering business to YouTube and video on other websites, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.



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