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television war

television war an armed conflict in which combat actions are routinely recorded by commercial television crews and the resulting tapes replayed on network television broadcasts in the home country. See also living-room war .

Publication: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

television

television • noun   synonyms : television set; inf. TV, tube, boob tube, box, idiot box.

Publication: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English

Television

Television. Experiments in the radio transmission of visual images had been conducted for several decades before manufacturers offered the first television receivers for sale in 1939. Consumer indifference and World War II , however, kept demand slight until 1948 when, soon after the beginning of

Publication: The Oxford Companion to United States History

Television Martí

Television Martí see Radio Martí .

Publication: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

television and politics

television and politics The BBC opened a television service for the London area in 1936, first broadcasting from Alexandra Palace on 2 November. Widespread access to a medium which could accurately communicate both sounds and images must be assumed to have a considerable effect on political

Publication: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics

satellite television

satellite television Television services transmitted to viewers via communications satellites in orbit around the Earth. These satellites orbit the Equator and keep in time with the Earth's spin. As a result, each one remains above a fixed point on the Equator. Television companies beam their

Publication: World Encyclopedia

New York Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Integrated Command Center for Flat Screen Televisions

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- Gary Rein of New York has developed an ornamental design for an integrated command center for flat screen televisions, and internet protocol monitors, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D575,751 on Aug. 26. The

Publication: US Fed News Service, Including US State News

Armed Forces Radio and Television Service

Armed Forces Radio and Television Service AFRTS a Department of Defense activity, the successor to the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) formed in August 1942 to provide information, education, and entertainment to U.S. military forces world-wide. The various AFRTS radio and television broadcasting

Publication: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

high-definition television

high-definition television (HDTV) Form of television on which the picture is made up of 1250 or 1125 scanning lines instead of 625 or 525. The increased number of scanning lines makes the TV image sharper. It relies on digital transmission down optical fibres , rather than the transmission of

Publication: World Encyclopedia

Women in Television

Amanda Edwards Getty Images 12-03-2003 NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 3: Producer Caryn Mandabach arrives at "Women in Television" at The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on December 3, 2003 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images) Local Caption Caryn

Publication: Getty Images