Word: broadcasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most students taking baby steps from the closet, the decision to broadcast homosexual feelings is fraught with the possibility of negative, even violent reaction. The students often dislike lying to classmates but know the consequences of coming out can be dire. After Legare circulated a petition last spring urging Cabot to combat antigay bigotry, some students yelled "faggot" at him. An athlete in four sports, Legare didn't suffer the worst abuse because, he says, "I'm not stereotypically gay." But he was once shoved and kicked. For De Vries, harassment came in the form of vulgarities whispered behind...
...trench-coated stand-upper with the rubble of some dreadful, war-torn landscape stretching out behind the minor media star. It's also a life that can begin to seem feckless--you know, the endless trafficking in scenes of human misery that, no matter how widely they are broadcast, do nothing to halt the flow of tragedy...
This fall the cable channel took a deep breath and gave Bart what he wanted. Quick cuts, vapid veejays, silly game shows, Singled Out, the beach house--gone. In their place, the channel refocused its programming on music and news; showcased interviews with musicians broadcast live from a studio overlooking Times Square; and hired a new cast of serious, rock-minded jocks. To oversee the changes, it brought in Brian Graden, 34, the former Fox executive who commissioned the famously crude Christmas cartoon that became Comedy Central's hit, South Park. "There's more value on talent and substance...
...YORK: Broadcast a TV commercial encouraging consumers to stay home today, rather than shop on the busiest day of the retail year? You'd be quixotic not to expect opposition from retailers. But who'd have thought that the so-called Buy Nothing Day ad would be also be censored ? by two national TV networks...
Advances in technology also make the prospect of home theater more attractive. With direct-broadcast satellite TV taking off, millions of Americans (and early adopters in Europe and Asia) are enjoying the first digital television sound and images, including hours of sports and movies. In 3 1/2 years, according to the Carmel Group research firm, U.S. DBS customers have grown from zero to 5.8 million. And as cable and broadcasters start to roll out high-resolution programming in the next few years, more viewers will find a reason to be immersed in a movie-theater environment. "The future of home...