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MULTIMEDIA television : Sexy EU election candidates from France to Romania via Lithuania

Sexy EU election candidates from France to Romania via Lithuania

It's European election time again. As per usual there are some 'special' candidates hoping to win a seat. In 2004, a French orchestra conductor, a British actor, a Czech cosmonaut and even a Lithuanian hockey player became MEPs. What does the 2009 edition have in store for us? Featuring Elena Basescu, Barbara Matera and Donala Meiželytė-Svilienė

by Pierre-Anthony Canovas @ // 04/06/09

television, music, humour, scandal, singing, sexism, erotic

MULTIMEDIA television : Video: German TV actor Inspektor Derrick dies

Video: German TV actor Inspektor Derrick dies

You might have heard of Horst Tappert, star of the cult crime series and the equivalent of the UK's Inspector Morse. The German actor passed away in a clinic on 13 December. He was 85

by Katharina Kloss @ // 15/12/08

television, culture

Italian TV censorship: no sex on Brokeback Mountain Watch the video

- Video Italian TV censorship: no sex on Brokeback Mountain

10/12/08

television, cinema, censorship, gay, culture

You can still watch TV in a financial crisis

You can still watch TV in a financial crisis

Don't forget world television day on 21 November! The UN has consecrated a day to pay homage to an essential instrument of dialogue between cultures. On its twelfth celebration in Europe, sit back and watch a maybe mediocre media in crisis, versus an internet content rival

FEATURE television : 'If poker is a sport, why do I have this stomach?'

'If poker is a sport, why do I have this stomach?'

Technique, strategy, maths, patience and more than a bit of luck: these are the ingredients necessary to qualify for the final table at the World Series of Poker Championships on 9 November. With nine million dollars up for grabs, Denmark’s Peter Eastgate is the only European representative for this debatable sport

by Jesús Ramírez Morales @ // 13/11/08

television, sport, gambling, poker

MULTIMEDIA television : Videos: EU’s powerful but arrogant leaders

Videos: EU’s powerful but arrogant leaders

The relationship between EU leaders and the cameras is often an unstable one. It is a way of gaining huge popularity. But it can also bring out the worst side in the leaders - or, to put it simply, display the arrogance of those in power

by Viola Fiore @ // 01/08/08

television, eudebate2009, media, european elections 2009, silvio berlusconi, power, videopolitics

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I multiplied myself into France 24 cathode-ray tube

On Wednesday I was a guest speaker in two separate talk-shows. One in English (Face Off), the other in French (Face à face). On the same TV, France 24. Who is running Europe in time of crisis?

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Your favourite – and worst – national television

Did you know that 21 November is World Television Day? Not many do. The UN General Assembly denoted twenty-four hours of anniversary a year to encourage nations to exchange cultural programming, focusing on peace, security, economic and social development. It should be an opportunity to reflect on television - I don ...

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