Cable television

One telecommunication leader is giving customers the option to customize the channel lineup to suit their individual entertainment needs. Verizon Fios Custom TV lets you choose types of channels in a way that cable never has. Instead of overpaying for hundreds of channels never watched, select what types of channels are included in the subscription. This new service debuted in the spring of 2014, allowing customers to essentially build their own channel lineup based on modular stacks of…

of communication technological determinism can be applied to the emergence of the television. Technological determinism can be defined as the idea that a communication technology changes society in unexpected ways by altering cultural values and the social structure itself (Lecture 1B). The television has become such an essential part of households in society and is hard to imagine life without it. The television provides entertainment to people of all ages, not just for entertainment, but…

traditional television viewing as we know it where the viewer is required to tune in at a certain time and day in order to watch a particular program will soon become a thing of the past. In the near future, viewers will be able to select any program, at any time from platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, and Snapchat. As inevitable as this new television may seem, its arrival is slow in coming due to the fact that both distributors and networks have a vested interest in traditional…

Introduction: in the 1980`s music had influenced the culture, society and economics of Australia, the improved accessibility of music during the decade encouraged people to become more engaged and passionate about music. Music became a part of culture due to heavy influences of music throughout the wider world. The 1980`s or familiarly recognized as the 80`s was a decade in post war times. During World War 2 when America and Australia became strategic alliances, American culture was influencing…

Diversity on American Television Since 1968, there have been dozens of programs on American TV featuring a relatively diverse array of black families. But for many years within this span of time, there has been what has felt like a drought of Black imagery, a “whiteout,” if you will. Many of our shows essentially came and went, while programs featuring White families continued to dominate the airwaves. Today, however, Black faces are finally all over the network and cable television lineups,…

Millions of television viewers found themselves without access to ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' and many other popular television programs yesterday as a battle between the country's two biggest media companies, Time Warner and Walt Disney, became a bitter public confrontation. The dispute involves how much Time Warner should pay Disney for carrying its cable channels. But it also touches on larger issues dealing with the distribution of news and entertainment programming, including the…

DirecTV and actor Rob Lowe have recently collaborated on a series of commercials. The purpose of these commercials was to persuade people to get rid of cable, and sign up for DirecTV. Every commercial that was released pretty much followed the same format. I will be specifically analyzing the commercial titled, "Far Less Attractive Rob Lowe." The commercial begins by presenting the audience with Rob Lowe as his normal self. He is depicted as the handsome, successful, and confident man that a…

big reason for the problem on when it is appropriate to air indecent material on television has to do with the parents complaining too much. Parents have an obsession of protecting their children from everything on television so when they see something that seems obscene parents will start complain. One thing that the parents can do is get a V-chip that is inserted in the television so a parent can put the television rating which will block any channel that has a higher rating. A problem with…

“In a sense, terrorism blossomed in the advent of television. Television promotes terrorism in religion and in politics” (Marilyn Mason). The production of television shows and movies all have influences on people as a society. In our nation in this era, we have been accustomed to the lifestyle of technology, social media, and the atmosphere of television and movies on how they influence us. In our world today, it seems that we are being controlled by the advancements in technology. It is an…

favorite forms of entertainment is watching television. Two very popular services offered are Direct TV and Netflix, and both have proved to satisfy their customers in some way or another, but at different costs. In fact, when it comes to television entertainment, families spend their money unwisely without pondering the pros and the cons of each service. With no doubt, Netflix is the choice that doesn’t hurt the customers’ wallets. People who often watch television need more variety, and…