World news about “Television” published by euronews.
Syria state television: ‘Homs back to normal’ Calm streets, busy markets and pictures of people going about their normal everyday activities. That is the image of Homs being portrayed through stories on… 09/02/2012
Let’s Move with Michelle Obama!America’s first lady Michelle Obama participates in a tug of war with Jimmy Fallon in the Blue Room of the White House during a “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”… 09/02/2012
Britain’s regulator turns off Iran’s Press TV Britain’s independent media regulator has pulled the plug on Iran’s state-funded Press TV, claiming its editorial policies are controlled by Tehran. The… 20/01/2012
Tablets at CES The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is, say the organisers, gadget heaven. They expect around 150,000 people to visit the show for a first look… 12/01/2012
Danish court fines RojTV 400,000 euros A court in Copenhagen has fined a Kurdish-language TV based there 400,000 euros for making propaganda for a terrorist organisation. The Danes say the… 10/01/2012
Wallace & Gromit creators say industry in ‘crisis’ Creators of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, the Oscar-winning studio Aardman has said Britain’s television animation industry is in “crisis”. As a… 14/11/2011
3D TV without glasses stars at IFA fair It is a playground for lovers of electronics and home appliances. With over 1,500 exhibitors, the IFA in Berlin is one of the world’s largest trade… 06/09/2011
LG cuts spending as tablet boom hits LCD TVs Booming sales of mobile devices, such as tablet computers and smartphones, are hitting makers of liquid crystal display flat-screens for TVs and… 29/08/2011
Big Five tune up for Eurovision Love it or loathe it; despite or more likely because of its outrageous costumes and cheesy tunes, Eurovision is one of the world’s biggest television events… 12/05/2011
Back in the Day: Kermit the Frog’s TV debutMay 9, 1955. A puppet television show named Sam and Friends, created by Jim Henson and his partner (and later wife) Jane gets its first airing on local… 09/05/2011
New British music sensation launches first single The singing career of British university student Mary-Jess Leaverland started off in China, where she became the surprise winner of a tv talent contest. On… 05/05/2011
Buckingham Palace stands firm over wedding night lightsThe lights illuminating the front of Buckingham Palace will go out on the night of Friday’s royal wedding despite foreign efforts to have them stay on all… 25/04/2011
Back in the Day: meet the SimpsonsApril 19, 1987: The Simpsons is broadcast for the first time as a one-minute short animation on The Tracey Ullman Show. Creator Matt Groening named the… 19/04/2011
Philips in Chinese TV joint venture Philips will hand over the majority of its European television manufacturing operation to a Chinese company. The deal sees the creation of a new company for… 18/04/2011
Blurring the sci-fi boundaries at MIPTV The boundaries between reality and science fiction were more blurred than ever at this year’s MIPTV in Cannes, Europe’s biggest television programme trade… 13/04/2011
‘Beach bum’ Robert Redford Robert Redford has come a long, long way since the days he slept rough on the French Riviera, as a young man struggling to make it as a painter. The… 08/10/2010
Mediterranean TV channel soon to be reality The 17th gathering of COPEAM The Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators convened in Paris to discuss broadcast opportunities in… 13/04/2010
China curbs racy entertainmentChina’s president has warned that Western culture is out to attack China and urged a campaign to curb racy entertainment. Dating and talent shows have now… 05/01/2012
German opposition keeps up pressure on presidentGerman opposition parties say they are not satisfied with attempts by the country’s president to answer questions in a media scandal. In a TV interview… 05/01/2012
Back in the Day: who shot J.R.?November 21, 1980 a worldwide television audience of an estimated 350 million people tune in to find out who shot J.R. Ewing in the US television series… 21/11/2011
Back in the Day: and now for something completely different…October 5, 1969. The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus is aired on BBC television in the United Kingdom. The sketch-writing team was made up of… 04/10/2011
Russian media tycoon lashes out in TV debateA television talk show in Moscow ended with fists flying, as guests debated economic issues. Comments from a fellow Russian businessman irritated media… 18/09/2011
Webmachine: 9/11 as seen on the NewsCalifornian non-profit group The Internet Archive is providing a library of news footage from 20 US and international TV channels that charts how those media… 07/09/2011
3D TV without glasses stars at IFA fairIt is a playground for lovers of electronics and home appliances. With over 1,500 exhibitors, the IFA in Berlin is one of the world’s largest trade… 06/09/2011
Shock Dutch TV show has first winnerIf you are a failed asylum seeker in the Netherlands you may be nervously awaiting the knock at the door that means time is up and you are on your way home… 03/09/2011
Solving Singapore’s water problemWater is at the heart of who we are, and everything we do. We live through water. On one level it is very simple – around two thirds of your body is water… 26/07/2011
Colombo actor Peter Falk diesThe actor Peter Falk has died aged 83. He was born in New York to a Polish father and Russian mother, and by the time he found the role that would define… 25/06/2011
TV marks the end of the Oprah eraAfter 25 years Oprah Winfrey, America’s most famous day-time talk show host, has taped the final episode of her show. Broadcast in around 150 countries… 25/05/2011
Eurovision timeIt’s that time of year again. When elements of traditional national costume form an uneasy alliance with pop music resulting in the extravaganza that is the… 14/05/2011
Bomb blast at Russian “Big Brother” houseThis is Russian TV’s equivalent of Big Brother. Dom-2, or House-2, was the scene of a bomb blast on Sunday, resulting in multiple injuries to a security guard… 25/04/2011
New TV channel “voice of Libyan revolution”A new satellite channel based in Qatar, Libya Free People TV, has described itself as the voice of the Libyan revolution. It was set up with donations from… 07/04/2011
“Correct!” Computerised quiz contestant takes on humansOne long-running American quiz show has never seen anything like it. In Jeopardy, two human contestants are up against a computer called Watson. The… 15/02/2011
Lower TV sales hit Philips profitPhilips said weak sales of flat screen TVs were behind its disappointing fourth-quarter profit. Shares in the Dutch consumer appliances, healthcare and… 24/01/2011
‘Tablet wars’ break out at Las Vegas gadget showIt is hi-tech heaven with gadgets galore! At the Consumer Electronics Show, all manner of gismos are competing to catch the eye at the sprawling Las Vegas… 08/01/2011
Hon Hai to invest €1 bln in HitachiTaiwanese electronics giant Hon Hai reportedly intends to buy a majority stake in the Japanese company, Hitachi Displays for around one billion euros. The… 27/12/2010
Sony warns on LCD TV salesSony says its sales of LCD TVs will likely come in slightly below its target this financial year through to April – which was for a 60 percent rise. Sony… 20/12/2010
Blue Velvet to blue whalesAfter the success of comic animal reproduction series Green Porno, actress Isabella Rossellini returns to the Sundance Channel with Seduce Me. 15/12/2010
German TV stuntman faces potential paralysisA young German who was seriously injured while performing a live stunt on prime-time television will live with his injuries for the rest of his life. Samuel… 13/12/2010
ZDF under fire after bungled live TV stuntGermany’s public broadcaster ZDF is under attack after a stunt on its flagship entertainment programme went wrong leaving a young man in a critical… 06/12/2010
Brits win big at EmmysBritish talent dominated this year’s Emmys in New York. Simon Cowell picked up the Founders Award for his work on various TV talent shows and his charity… 24/11/2010
Chilean mine ordeal turned into TV filmSpanish director Antonio Recio has made the first film about the 33 miners trapped deep underground in a Chilean mine for 69 days. 19/11/2010
Japanese revive “Smell-O-Vision”Researchers in Tokyo have developed a new device able to release smells that match the images shown on a screen. All that is needed is an ordinary ink jet… 10/11/2010
Touchy feely 3D TV3D TV is the latest must have home entertainment and hi-tech firms are desperate to get a foot in the expanding market. Now, some companies have developed… 27/10/2010
First glasses-free 3D TV unveiledToshiba has beaten its rivals by developing the world’s first 3D television for which viewers do not have to wear special glasses. The technology in the… 05/10/2010
3D on display at IFA in Berlin2010 marks the 50th edition of the IFA, the largest European trade show for consumer electronics and domestic appliances. Around 1,500 exhibitors showcased… 07/09/2010
News Corp moves to buy all of BSkyBShares of British pay-TV firm BSkyB soared after it rejected a proposal by majority shareholder News Corporation. The Rupert Murdoch controlled group… 15/06/2010
‘Electric shock’ game show shocks TV researchersHow can TV turn people into torturers? A documentary broadcast on French television depicts a game show where participants willingly give electric shocks to… 17/03/2010
Sony joins 3D TV fraySony is to start selling 3D televisions in June, betting they will be the next hot product in the electronics industry. The Japanese company said it… 09/03/2010
BBC to cut output – papersBritish state-owned broadcaster the BBC is reportedly considering major cutbacks to its radio, online and TV output. Two British newspapers have said that a… 26/02/2010
TV KidsYoung French people on average spend three and a half hours per day in front of TV or internet screens or game consoles. That’s about 1,200 hours in a year… 02/02/2010
euronews launches new Turkish serviceEuronews has launched its new Turkish service, the channel’s ninth language to be broadcast 24/7. In Istanbul the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke… 30/01/2010
Chavez gags opposition televisionThe broadcasting bete noire of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, Radio Caracas TV Internacional, has been taken off the air. Cable operators have dropped… 25/01/2010
Targeting safer technology for childrenTelevision, the internet, video game consoles – exactly how dangerous or beneficial are they for children? As the French broadcasting authority… 11/12/2009
Women freed from Turkey’s fake ‘Big Brother’Nine young women in Turkey have been set free from a villa two months after entering a fake big brother style reality television show. Police said the women… 11/09/2009
Portugal’s government denies pre-poll censorshipA political storm has enveloped Portugal after one of its leading TV channels shelved a programme about a corruption case. TVI has yet to explain the… 04/09/2009
Spain to remove advertising from state TVThe Spanish government has taken the first steps towards removing advertising from the country’s public TV channels. At the moment, almost half of Spain’s… 09/05/2009
UK singer becomes Internet sensationLast week she was an unknown charity worker from Scotland who dreamed one day of being a professional singer. But thanks to the Internet and a British… 18/04/2009
Putin hints at Kremlin comebackThe former Russian President Vladimir Putin has hinted at a return to the Kremlin, but not for at least three years. Asked about the presidency after his… 04/12/2008
Putin hosts tv phone-inRussian television viewers have been assured that their government is doing all it can to help them through the world financial crisis. Prime Minister… 04/12/2008
