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...They spend a lot of time just batting a ball into the ground and standing around,” acknowledges physics grad student and cricket aficionado Lars C. Grant. But, for the 45 cricket addicts who have gathered together in Leverett G to watch a live satellite broadcast of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, batting a ball and standing around is serious business. Among the countries of the former British Empire, there are few sources of national pride greater than securing victory on the cricket field. Grant proudly announces that his native Canada had recently advanced to the next round...
...anyone who remembers the pre-cable heyday of National Geographic documentaries or Wild Kingdom (which now airs on Animal Planet) on broadcast TV, it may seem surprising that Discovery has so quietly become a cable powerhouse. That may just be a consequence of a 500-channel universe. But now that cable is entering the digital age, Hendricks is hoping to give Discovery a much higher profile. He has already started the nation's first 24-hour HDTV subscription service, which provides a variety of Discovery programming in high definition for $8 a month. And he will soon announce plans...
...million is the number of U.S. viewers who tuned in to watch CBS's broadcast last Wednesday of Dan Rather's interview with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein?the first with a Western reporter in 12 years...
...million watched NBC's broadcast of Law & Order on the same night...
...weeks ago, the government faced a quandary. Should it maximize coverage to prove its seriousness in cracking down on gangsters and their dirty friends in high places? Or would that merely publicize the scale of official corruption? Hanoi chose a middle course. The opening hours of the trial were broadcast live on national television, with Nam Cam shown handcuffed and in striped prison pajamas. (Reporters weren't allowed in the courtroom; they viewed the proceedings on a closed-circuit-television monitor. "That's so they can cut the feed if they need to," one reporter speculated.) The trial itself will...