Word: channelized
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...live interview with a government critic on the company's radio program was abruptly cut off. The Defense Ministry, which owns the radio station, offered a series of unconvincing explanations; taking heed, the Nation Group said it was ending political coverage on its 24-hour cable news channel. The most recent issue of Britain's the Economist was banned because of a special supplement on Thailand. And the government reversed a decision to deport two Bangkok-based correspondents for the Far Eastern Economic Review, who had been accused of endangering national security, only after the publication offered a measured apology...
...tightly controlled and censored by the government. There simply aren't many ways for overseas broadcasters to get signals to the public. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. beams some programming into the country through its STAR satellite business and its joint venture with Phoenix TV, a 24-hour news channel based in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, AOL Time Warner (TIME's parent company) has invested in CETV, another Chinese news and entertainment channel. But, it is technically illegal for most Chinese citizens to receive these broadcasts...
...came back to the Olympics for Salt Lake, taping the "The Ice Dream" every night for broadcast a few hours later on Australia's Seven network. Due to popular demand, Seven also fed the show live through an internal Olympic television channel to the athletes' village and the International Olympic Committee. Day Five was dedicated "President's Day", for "his awesomeness," IOC President Jacques Rogge, who appeared on the show. A former surgeon, Rogge was asked by Roy whether he missed operating, and when the last time was that he had cut someone up. "This morning, actually," Rogge replied...
...netlets" UPN and the WB added African-American sitcoms to draw an audience eager to see people on TV who looked like them, the big networks went even whiter. White folks watch Friends, and black folks watch Steve Harvey, so held the new wisdom, and never their channel surfing shall meet. (In 1996 the melanin-poor Seinfeld ranked No. 2 among white viewers and No. 89 among blacks...
...huge stars, millionaires and marketing Midases. Now they have American ankle biters in their sights. They have sold more than 1.5 million videos and CDs in the U.S., and their newest release, Wiggly, Wiggly World, was Amazon.com's best-selling family video even before it was out. The Disney Channel has started playing their songs between shows every morning. And their second U.S. tour begins next week...