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Pay-TV vs. Free TV: May the best deal win
Published 9 August 2021
As the cable revolution spreads in the US, a new tier of channels starts to appear… ones you have to pay for. Will this ever catch on?
New York cables’ answer to Carson: late-night sex
Published 14 June 2021
The curious case of pornography on cable television in the US in 1975
First television service
Published 16 December 2020
Has Germany beaten Britain to television in 1936?
Not-so-Freeview
Published 18 June 2010
The announcement that BSkyB is withdrawing its Sky Sports News channel from Freeview may not be that unexpected but it does raise some interesting unanswered questions in relation to Sky’s…
Pause for annoyance
Published 22 January 2009
As mentioned on the Digital Spy forum, this may have happened close to an ad break but is an example of the latest technique that’s now used by certain US…