"We do accept license fee-funded BBC needs to be popular. But it does not need to be populist. It has the money to give us something different." –Gerry Murphy, CEO Carlton Communications, speaking to Royal Television Society Since its in...

TV in the 1950's Reflected/Created Culture How many hours per week do you spend watching television? The average American child or adolescent spends 22-28 hours per week watching TV, which is more than any other activity other than sleeping. Did you know that there are more television sets in...

Interactive TV The Web and the Internet are the latest technologies to be harnessed by companies trying to develop interactive television. This paper reviews the efforts of technology companies and broadcasters to combine television and the Web in their products and activities, and h...