Word: broadcast
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...altogether at the NCAA’s discretion, as Harvard was in 1952 when the DuMont network’s efforts to air The Game in New York were rejected by the NCAA, since NBC had placed the winning bid for the year’s exclusive broadcast rights...
...last week's TV upfronts--the annual galas at which the broadcast networks preview next season's series for advertisers--CBS offered a lesson in the difference between life and TV. It closed its presentation with a surprise appearance by the Who, playing its classic Who Are You, the theme of CSI. Carnegie Hall shook, Pete Townshend windmilled on his guitar, and Roger Daltrey howled, "Oooooh...
...Super Bowl Sunday "wardrobe malfunction." But an aggressive FCC was only one of network TV's problems last season. Another was the sudden, steep drop-off in young male viewers, the most elusive and therefore coveted audience for advertisers. As of April, according to Nielsen Media Research, prime-time broadcast ratings among men ages 18 to 34 were down more than 13% from the previous season...
...very frustrating," says Jordan Levin, CEO of the WB. "Free TV is in the public interest, and yet laws are facilitating audience growth for cable." But regulation is the networks' trade-off for free access to broadcast spectrums worth billions of dollars. So the new network schedules seek to lure guys within those constraints. There are cop shows and action shows, series set in casinos and boxing rings. Fox is relying on male-oriented sitcoms like Method & Red, with hip-hop stars Method Man and Redman. NBC unveiled Summer Olympics promos that made swimming and gymnastics look like X Games...
...name of the local hotspot where you happen to be hanging out. If there's a fellow Dodgeballer in the vicinity who has identified you or one of your connections as a friend, you'll get a message sharing that person's coordinates. You can also use Dodgeball to broadcast messages to all your buddies or just the ones in your area and to look up the street addresses of hard-to-find bars and restaurants. There's a "listening" mode in case you want to find out who's around but stay undercover. Phones that can send text messages...