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...biologist and philosopher Lewis Thomas was asked what record of human achievements he would launch into space to be discovered one day by some transgalactic civilization. A continual broadcast of Bach would do, Thomas suggested, though "that would be boasting...
...high cost of programming in Europe, driven up a decade ago by newcomers KirchPayTV and BSkyB, which wanted to kick start their fledgling services. Soccer--which is quite literally "the only game in town," as Carmel Group analyst Jim Stroud puts it--has seen the cost of its coveted broadcast rights soar in recent years. Kirch alone paid $350 million a year to distribute the German national championship league, a cost that contributed to the German company's eventual downfall. Even BSkyB hasn't turned a profit on its most recent investment in soccer...
...Germany's first made-for-TV movie in 1993, and the format has proved such a commercial success that more than 200 made-for-TV movies now appear each year. The disease of the week was an early ratings grabber, but now romantic comedies have come in vogue. After broadcast in Germany, the world's second richest media market, many of the shows are sold to networks in France and Italy...
...bring people closer. Korea, where China made its World Cup debut, played host to the largest ever influx of mainland tourists, and some hospitable chefs responded by learning how to steam dim sum so that the visitors could feel at home. In a rare show of unity, North Korea broadcast the South's win over Italy, raising hopes that a divided peninsula could still share in athletic triumph. Eastward, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung plans to renew his invitation to Japan's Emperor Akihito to visit, just a few months after the monarch said the nations shared not only...
...space in the CIA's Langley, Va., headquarters, with computers whirring, phones jangling and TV sets turned on 24 hours a day, not only to CNN-the favorite in military command centers-but also to al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based TV network that's usually the first to broadcast videos from Osama bin Laden. The warren of offices and cubicles that make up its main section has grown so large that street signs named after terror purveyors have been erected to guide newcomers. The intersection that draws the most smiles is Saddam Street and Usama Bin Lane...