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• Dusting duo joy

  - 2006-12-15

  Despite having achieved international success this year with their outrageous comedies Dirty Dusting and Waiting For Gateaux, North East writers Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood decided not to premiere any new plays in 2006. Instead they set out to try their hand at film and television. The upshot is...

  Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., TVs, upshot

• COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES

  - 2006-03-14

  Statement of Kevin Kahn Senior Fellow and Director, Communications Technology Laboratory Intel Corporation Committee on Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation March 14, 2006 I. INTRODUCTION I am Kevin Kahn, Intel Senior Fellow and Director of Intel`s Communications Technology Laboratory. In my current position, I manage a research and development lab...

  Tags: FCC, Intel Corp., radio, spectrum, technology, TVs, upshot, wireless

• Ad glut turns off viewers

  - 2005-10-12

  Can't Bree grieve anymore without a MasterCard commercial loudly interfering? Lately, fans of Desperate Housewives, Lost and other top shows have been complaining about excessive commercials that seem more intrusive than ever and slow down the programs they surround. "I have definitely noticed that the shows on ABC...

  Tags: ABC Inc., advertisement, TVs, upshot

• Watch your synchronizers, and other 'platforms'

  - 2004-08-26

  Think of it as Platform Diving: The Home Game. In a clever bid to boost the ratings, profits and profiles of its sister networks, NBC has spread the Olympic wealth to USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, Telemundo and its HDTV channel. The upshot is you can watch someone you've never...

  Tags: Cable, Games, MARKETING, MSNBC, NBC Universal Inc., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, upshot

• Marines call off light truck procurement: Corps says it wants 'transformational technology' for future tactical vehicles.

  - 2002-07-01

  Delays in the development of the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft have prompted the cancellation of the Marine Corps' light truck program known as the internally-transportable vehicle. The ITV program began two years ago, with a goal of purchasing up to 2,700 light trucks for Marines...

  Tags: Air Force, AMC, iTV, Lewis, procurement, technology, TVs, upshot

• 7 days in the life of Stuart MacDonald. The magical mystify tour ends

  - 2002-06-30

  ... Stuart MacDonald, director of The Lighthouse, a host of Architecture Week Monday Contrary to what some might think, Architecture Week is not only an annual fest for the black linen suit brigade. It is also about demystification. For us it began last Wednesday in London at the British Museum,...

  Tags: Cardiff University, MARKETING, TVs, upshot